Commercial Building: Page 318
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Owner survey: 50% use 'smart' systems
The survey has a message for contractors as well as system designers, demonstrating that customers increasingly want buildings that can accommodate active energy management.
By Ron Gallagher • April 1, 2013 -
Newly developed nanofoam withstands explosions
A new kind of foam – nanofoam – looks promising for use in shielding buildings that need to be able to withstand nearby blasts.
By Ron Gallagher • March 31, 2013 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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Construction CFOs exhibit rising confidence
A survey by the Construction Financial Management Association put its "Confindex" for the business at a two-year high in the first quarter of 2013.
By Ron Gallagher • March 31, 2013 -
New discovery slashes energy load for cooling buildings
Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a material that can cut cooling energy by 35% even if it's present on only 10% of the building's surface.
By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2013 -
Development 101 is all about doing your homework
A law firm's guide to investing in development provides developers with a blueprint to making their projects worthwhile opportunities.
By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2013 -
Most Read Construction News of the Week: 3D printing and plywood
Catch up on the biggest construction news of the past week as you end into the weekend.
By Brian Warmoth • March 28, 2013 -
$6.4B Bay Bridge's connecting rods bust open
Thirty-two steel connecting rods built into the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge broke when crews began to apply tension to them.
By Ron Gallagher • March 28, 2013 -
ConsensusDOCS debuts template for design-build joint ventures
The organization has devised an agreement that partners can use to assemble a team for proposing design-build work, before the need for a joint venture agreement.
By Ron Gallagher • March 28, 2013 -
Fla. lawmakers don't want LEED to decide what is 'sustainable'
Florida's House of Representatives is considering a committee-approved bill to let state agencies decide what environmental construction standards they want to follow.
By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013 -
Unions seek to promote, not impose, project labor agreements
Building and construction trade unions are sprucing up their image and going directly to project owners in a bid to persuade them that PLAs have benefits.
By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013 -
Architects' business up as billings index hits 5½-year high
Any stutter-step in the recovery of the construction industry is not showing up in the architecture world.
By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013 -
Architects dream up safe, green and cheap portable classrooms in Portland
An effort by architects, engineers, educators and Portland State University faculty and students built a better design for low-cost classrooms.
By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013 -
Chinese developers target Chinese-expats abroad
State-owned companies are hampered by development controls at home, and they are looking to create product elsewhere to sell to Chinese who live there.
By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2013 -
Modern engineering keeps famous abbey on its island
The popular French tourist attraction in Normandy, a historic Benedictine abbey on an island, was in danger of becoming a victim of its own causeway.
By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2013 -
Transportation Dept. reverses course, to study changes in DBE rules
Federal officials got enough blow-back from the commercial construction industry about proposed rule changes for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program to prompt a review.
By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2013 -
Verizon, AT&T launch fleet-tracking, field info apps
The two large mobile providers are offering new products that benefit contractors.
By Ron Gallagher • March 25, 2013 -
Customer-relations software integrates social media
Companies that make software for builders to manage their relationships with customers are packaging them with social-media connections.
By Ron Gallagher • March 25, 2013 -
NLRB rules union dues check-off to continue after CBA ends
Contractors that have labor agreements which fall under a certain section of the National Labor Relations Act will not be able to stop dues check-off if contracts expire.
By Ron Gallagher • March 25, 2013 -
Construction know-how necessary for rooftop solar installs
Installing rooftop solar units requires careful attention to the roof and an understanding of how to integrate the unit with the building's electrical system.
By Ron Gallagher • March 24, 2013 -
NYC building transformed into world's tallest data storage center
The former Verizon building in lower Manhattan is being re-purposed as a data center.
By Ron Gallagher • March 24, 2013 -
Plywood makers scrambling to catch up with booming demand
For signs that there really is a recovery, just take a look at the nation's two plywood giants – Georgia-Pacific and Boise Cascade.
By Ron Gallagher • March 24, 2013 -
Swiss green-roof package snags FM Approval rating
Sika Sarnafil, a specialty chemical maker based in Baar, Switzerland, offers a package that includes waterproofing and vegetation for green roofs.
By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2013 -
Latest numbers show dip in non-residential construction
February construction spending, calculated as an annual rate, was down 7% from January to February due to nonresidential buildings and non-building work.
By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Crane mayhem and wind valves
Catch up on the hottest construction news of the week with our most popular reads.
By Brian Warmoth • March 21, 2013 -
60-story 'sculpture' residence being developed in lower Manhattan
The area in New York City known as Tribeca – a name derived from "triangle below Canal" Street – is south of the landmark canyons of midtown Manhattan, but a 60-story residential tower is coming.
By Ron Gallagher • March 21, 2013
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