$100M mixed-use development underway in Colo.

250 Columbine will contain stores, offices and residential condos, and is expected to be completed by 2015 at the latest.

By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 26, 2013

Expect new electric van, pickup options in 2014

Utah-based VIA Motors says it will bring electric power to light trucks next year, offering modified Chevrolet Express cargo vans and Silverado pickups.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 22, 2013

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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.

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Rate of accidental deaths is up, raises questions

Federal figures on workplace fatalities have members of the construction industry scratching their heads because both the raw number of fatal accidents and the rate of fatalities went up in 2012.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 22, 2013

Rehab equips warehouse docks with windowed doors, offers flexible office layouts

Between a rail line and a river, Freight's office space comes from a run-down warehouse building in what was industrial Denver.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 22, 2013

Standards for managing BIM expectations emerge in final form

After taking comments on a draft, the BIMForum is out with standards designed to help construction professionals across disciplines understand what to expect from models at various stages of projects.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 22, 2013

A measure of recession: How old are the pickups on the roads?

You can see one sign of the U.S. recession every time you drive down the road—or perhaps look in the parking lot—light-duty trucks in the U.S. are getting older.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 21, 2013

BIM is critical to Skanska's green commitment

The company—famous quitting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over opposition to LEED—has been using building information planning for a decade.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 21, 2013

Contractors' work backlog rising, but the news isn't all positive

Good reason for optimism still comes in the context of weak U.S. economic growth.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 21, 2013

It was a tough quarter for several engineering and construction companies

Stock analysts found several publicly traded companies' figures disappointing—and even good results to be so-so.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 21, 2013

An engineer considers the ethical demand for sustainability

An associate professor of engineering at Clemson uses a new pedestrian bridge on the campus as the subject of thinking about an engineer's professional responsibility.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 21, 2013

Mechanic: Lift was being misused when fatal tip happened

A worker died in Canada in 2011 when a lift tipped with him in the basket, and a mechanic told a coroner's inquest recently that an alarm appeared to have been blocked.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 20, 2013

Demand for composite beam depends on 'subculture' favoring new ways of building

John Hillman, inventor of the hybrid composite beam, admits its hard to crack the market with a proprietary product, but says there are engineers, contractors and owners who want it.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 20, 2013

Housing project in L.A. sized up for $1 billion mixed-use makeover

The Los Angeles City Council wants to replace 700 apartments in one of its worst neighborhoods with 1,800 mixed-income units, green space and retail.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 20, 2013

Dallas code would take a lot of the shine off new downtown towers

New building code language awaiting a City Council decision would limit reflectivity of new buildings to 15% of the exterior surface in a war on glare.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 20, 2013

Hollywood skyscraper developer worried about fault line

Digging down will reveal whether 35- and 39-story towers can go up in Hollywood or if the Hollywood Fault runs under the project, which would kill it.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 20, 2013

Construction workers get credit for collaring Ore. bank-heist suspect

When a man suspected of robbing a Portland, Ore., bank took a swing at a construction worker, his flight from the crime scene came to a quick end.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 19, 2013

Mortenson Construction gets federal award for using small businesses

Mortenson officials said their company started small, and they know how important it is to get a seat at the table when work on major projects is available.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 19, 2013

Next phase of Cincinnati's The Banks development to break ground in December

Developers are confident, but county approval still awaits.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 19, 2013

Monitor worn on a hard hat protects from carbon monoxide build-up

A prototype device that's easily attached to a worker's hard hat monitors carbon monoxide levels for safety in enclosed work areas.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 19, 2013

Construction manager certification gets industry group's backing

A program that certifies managers as having the skills to handle commercial construction projects has been endorsed by the Construction Industry Institute.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 18, 2013

Common-area lighting requires some thinking in commercial refits

Contractors who are helping clients through a commercial rehabilitation need to think through conventional lighting when weighing it against new technologies.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 16, 2013

AGC urges contractors to be heard on immigration reform

The construction industry has a significant stake in immigration reform, and Associated General Contractors is urging members and others to make sure members of Congress know it.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 16, 2013

Design-build advocate claims 40% usage among U.S. nonresidential projects

The Design-Build Institute of America commissioned a new report assessing how frequently design-build gets chosen.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 15, 2013

Gilbane foresees growing nonresidential volume, but also costs, for rest of 2013

Gilbane Building Co. says in its summer analysis of nonresidential building construction that the outlook for the rest of this year is good, but all of a 2013 construction gain of 5% will be from residential.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 15, 2013

Construction materials prices hold the line in July in government index

Construction materials overall were going for the same prices in July as in June, which put them 2% from July 2012 and a little bit behind the rise in all wholesale goods for the period.

By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 14, 2013