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HGA names Daniel J. Rectenwald to be COO
Clients of Minneapolis-based architecture/engineering firm HGA will find a new face in the chief operating officer's chair running day-to-day affairs.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013 -
EPA seeks to avoid dissent on looming stormwater rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is due out in June with rules for incorporating stormwater control in low-impact development, and it's lobbying local governments to see the rules favorably.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineData center construction
New projects from customers like Meta, Google and Amazon make this a burgeoning sector for contractors.
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GSA wants feedback on which green-building rating system to use
A mandatory review is under way by the General Services Administration of whether LEED still works best for the government to build green or if its choice of Green Globes is right.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013 -
And the world's tallest wooden apartment building is...
The Forté was built by Lend lease in the Melbourne's Victoria Harbour area with cross-laminated timber panels made in a factory in Austria.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013 -
Preventive maintenance is about doing the things you don't 'have' to do – yet
It's easy to wait until equipment breaks – and stops a job – before doing repairs, which is just what good preventive maintenance does not let happen.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2013 -
World machinery show will have an energy-efficiency theme
Several companies are planning to show off construction gear with high-efficiency diesels or hybrid power systems at "bauma 2013," the machinery show in Munich, Germany, in April.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2013 -
Mayors' group tackles greenhouse emissions where they can – buildings
The group called C40 Cities – which actually has 58 members – is an alliance of mayors who want to reduce the global-warming effect of emissions from large urban buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2013 -
Major figure in Texas A&M Construction Science, Stephen Byrne, dies unexpectedly
Stephen P. Byrne was a strong advocate for certification for contractors and he helped shape the school's department and led its Construction Industry Advisory Council.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2013 -
Contractors voice concerns over worker shortages, immigration focus
Associated Builders and Contractors members and some of their customers are concerned that a recovery in construction will be hampered by a shortage of skilled and unskilled workers.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2013 -
La. company takes ABC's 'Contractor of the Year' honor for 2012
Thirty years after its founding, Cajun Industries LLC of Baton Rouge, La., has been named Associated Builders and Contractors' outstanding member for 2012.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2013 -
There are ways to keep concrete moving when cold weather is trying to stop it
Contractors who work in cold climates know tricks to keep concrete booms warm enough that the mixture keeps flowing even when temperatures are plunging.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2013 -
OSHA imposes fine in roof worker's heat-related death; contractor is contesting fine
A temporary employee of Dayton, Ohio,-based A.H. Sturgill Roofing Inc. was on a roof on an 82-degree day last summer when he suffered heat stroke.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2013 -
Lighting standard proposes quicker reduction, shutoff in more building spaces
Revisions proposed for automatic lighting standards for buildings would have auto-reduction and auto-off lighting in more places to reduce energy usage.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2013 -
Rule reduces review of some emergency road, bridge repairs
A new ruling by federal highway officials aims to speed up environmental reviews of road and bridge projects when the president or a governor has declared an emergency.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2013 -
Concrete industry touts hard roads as a gas-saver
You may have inflated your tires a bit extra to get better mileage, and now an MIT research center associated with the concrete industry says harder roads are better, too.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2013 -
Rendering of Google headquarters shows a worker-to-worker web
Google's latest foray into building a new headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., would have a collection of bent buildings that form courtyards, are connected and put every worker within 150 seconds of every other worker.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2013 -
Steel construction industry looks for advice on melding BIM, existing guidelines
The American Institute of Steel Construction wants to blend its existing guide to best practices with the growing use of building information modeling to drive projects.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2013 -
Boyer moves from Shaw Environmental to lead Atkins' North American arm
The England-based engineering and consulting firm has hired Joe Boyer to replace the retiring L. Dean Fox as CEO of the North American subsidiary of the company.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2013 -
Turner technique for transit tunnel: Expand, pour, collapse, move on
In Seattle, the company will use a framework that can be inserted into a tunnel and expanded to allow for pouring concrete, then collapsed back down and moved ahead for another pour.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2013 -
Dutch scientists announce self-healing concrete
In the wake of Korean scientists' devising a self-activated coating, Dutch scientists announced a bacterial mix-in patch which activates when water gets in the small cracks in concrete.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 22, 2013 -
The big thinking behind designing tiny apartments
The architect who won a contest to design a New York City micro apartment shares some insights on living large in a small space.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 22, 2013 -
Defense Dept. report: Green buildings save money
The National Research Council says the Defense Department is on the right track in requiring LEED Silver or better for new construction and large renovations.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 22, 2013 -
New line of modular Starbucks shops won't have chairs
The king of the coffee shops has a new look of about 500 square feet that will use local materials and will not offer seating.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 22, 2013 -
In R.I., there's a chance to have a 19th-century home by living at the mall
The nation's first indoor shopping mall – built in 1828 – fell victim to the 21st-century recession, but it's being reborn as mostly tiny apartments above small shops.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 21, 2013 -
Nice color on the polished concrete – but could you change that red, please?
Grand Prospect Corp. overcame several challenges in grinding and polishing concrete floors in the remodeling of Ted Stevens Airport, not least of which is a last-minute design change.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 21, 2013
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