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OSHA to pay extra attention to temporary workers' safety
The agency told its inspectors to scrutinize temporary workers supplied by staffing companies and the safety training they receive onsite.
By Ron Gallagher • June 5, 2013 -
House's 2014 spending bill cuts Defense and Veteran Affairs building budgets
The appropriation bill would scale back Department of Defense construction to 94% of 2013 levels while giving Veteran Affairs less for major projects but more for small ones.
By Ron Gallagher • June 5, 2013 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineRecruiting, retention and training in construction
A roundup on articles focus on recruiting and retention for construction.
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Sharing app PlanGrid upgrades to link call-outs
The PlanGrid application will now link call-outs to the plan sheet and update them.
By Ron Gallagher • June 5, 2013 -
U.S. Green Building Council offers free certification in LEED-less countries
The first project to meet certification standards in an untapped market will get its green credentials for free under a new expansion program.
By Ron Gallagher • June 5, 2013 -
Porsche Design Tower parks car in your living room
Miami's Porsche-designed residential tower will deposit a driver and their car into their living room.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2013 -
Temporary installations prevent flood damage in low-lying urban areas
A Connecticut firm sells a flood-barrier system that uses interlocking panels for temporary installations when high water threatens urban properties.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2013 -
Can you build a skyscraper out of wood?
New research from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill suggests a tower using mass timber along with some concrete and steel is feasible.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2013 -
Audit: Dept. of Transportation not meeting goals for speeding up project delivery
The U.S. Department of Transportation's audit of how MAP-21 project-delivery improvements are going paints a less than glowing picture.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2013 -
Cattails excite researchers as insulation material for construction
It might sound strange, but cattails from swamps may be ideal for use in insulating buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2013 -
Building sites in South asked to stand down for heat-safety training
Regulators and Associated General Contractors' Georgia chapter are asking for an hour-long stand-down across the South on Tuesday morning.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2013 -
Public sector cuts take toll on April nonresidential spending numbers
Nonresidential spending eked out a gain from March but was down from 2012 as private sector expenditures rose but the public sector shrank again.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2013 -
International Green Building Code gains ground on rival LEED standards
The International Green Building Code may appeal to governments and businesses more than LEED standards that shoot too high.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2013 -
N.C. chooses Granite for $130M design-build interstate project
The project involves 11.5 miles of Interstate 40 through the state capital, Raleigh.
By Ron Gallagher • June 2, 2013 -
Keeping business simple can be a complex proposition
It takes hard work from the beginning to keep a contracting process simple so the client is not drowning in details by the end.
By Ron Gallagher • May 31, 2013 -
Home prices, demolition debris and the 'X-tweel': This week's Most Read Construction News
Home prices made their biggest gain in 7 years in another encouraging sign for the state of the economy.
By Davide Savenije • May 31, 2013 -
MIT scientists' idea replaces heating of rooms with heating of human beings
The idea is that infrared beams could track people as they move through structures and keep them warm.
By Ron Gallagher • May 30, 2013 -
Chinese firm boasts world's tallest building to go up in three months
Broad Sustainable Building Corporation says it's about ready to begin building the half-mile-high Sky City One from prefabricated elements later this year.
By Ron Gallagher • May 30, 2013 -
Construction begins on $763M Indiana-Kentucky bridge project
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence came to a ceremony marking the start of an Ohio River bridge to finish a loop around the Louisville, Ky., metro area.
By Ron Gallagher • May 30, 2013 -
How to run an effective BIM coordination meeting
Coordination meetings make building information modeling work and there are steps to take that will make the meeting itself work.
By Ron Gallagher • May 30, 2013 -
Precast arches for new Fort Worth bridge shave 7 months off project
An auto and pedestrian bridge that is replacing a 100-year-old structure in Fort Worth will use 12 precast concrete arches.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2013 -
Video: Crane at Russian building site topples into nearby building
A tower crane at a construction site in Kirov, Russia, may not have been secured properly and came crashing down as a result.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2013 -
Demolition debris isn't just trash—it's cash flow
One demolition company owner that recycles materials claims he can turn demolition waste from expense into profit.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2013 -
Appeal of $56M 'Big Dig' claim sparked by lack of contractual clarity
A case from the "Big Dig" project in Boston revolves around who the state and contractors decided could make a claim go to arbitration.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2013 -
Nonresidential construction accelerates, but can't keep up with economy
The index calculated by consultant FMI and based on an industry panel rose 2 points for the second quarter, but the overall economy index was up 7.9.
By Ron Gallagher • May 28, 2013 -
Washington moves fast to bandage broken bridge
The state will truck pre-built structures to the failed Skagit River crossing section that fell on May 23, using those as a reduced-speed, reduced-load link.
By Ron Gallagher • May 28, 2013
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