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What kind of UK HQ will $1 billion buy Google?
The company has reportedly chosen the Kings Cross Central development in London for its massive new office complex.
By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 18, 2013 -
Rental companies made almost half of U.S. equipment purchases last year
Contractors' decision to rent rather than buy equipment in uncertain times made rental companies the buyers for almost half of new equipment last year.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 17, 2013 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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Radiant heating system can keep pavements clear midst winter's mean weather
Radiant heating elements for use under pavers, concrete or asphalt might be the ticket in areas where unusual weather has not banished winter.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 17, 2013 -
Housing starts end 2012 at highest rate in 4½ years
Combined single-family and multifamily starts hit a pace of 954,000 units in December, a rate unseen since June 2008.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 17, 2013 -
Project targets Pittsburgh's last big former industrial site
The 178 acres that once were LTV Steel along the Monongahela River are being proposed for a tax-increment financing deal to fund a $1 billion redevelopment.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
Demand is easing a bit, but apartment construction growth races on
At a conference on multifamily building, market-watchers said investment is still focused on apartment development.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
Israeli firm's U.S. subsidiary will design, run Calif, desalinization plant
The largest desalinization plant in the western hemisphere will be built by IDE Technologies Ltd.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
Helicopter clips construction crane in London, crashes to street below
The helicopter, diverted from its intended course by bad weather, hit the crane being used to build one of Europe's highest residential structures.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
ANSI amends A10.9 standard for concrete and masonry work
The changes focus on reinforcing steel and post-tensioning operations to enhance safety.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
Pentagon sharpens spending ax to be ready if Congress cannot agree on budget plan
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a public plan ready, and construction spending will take a hit.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
Domino effect of project problems turns clients from New England contractor
Baybutt Construction Co. has been declared to be in default by two public clients, and one state official speculated it is the result of trying hard to survive the recession on slim margins.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
Tiny openings can make sound-barriers of construction materials
In Germany, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics have devised a way to use micro perforations in a range of materials to capture and deaden sound.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
History lesson: Recoveries can be worse than recessions for contractors
The failure rate for construction businesses is three times worse during recoveries than during downturns over the last 40 years.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
Supreme Court ruling in L.A. case may affect water-diversion projects nationally
The high court held 9-0 that the L.A. County Flood Control District did not have to get a discharge permit for water that came out of a waterway, went through a manmade structure and back into the same waterway.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
December material prices make 2012 a surprisingly stable year overall
Prices for many used in construction held about even with the year before, though some, such as lumber and paint, were having none of that.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
Olive oil as the elixir of long life for a deteriorating English cathedral?
A Welsh compound of olive oil and a Teflon-like water-repellant may be the salvation of the York Minster cathedral in England.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2013 -
Builders prevail in suit over U.S. construction-site runoff rules
A court agreement sends the Environmental Protection Agency back to the drawing boards for regulations on storm-water runoff from building sites.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2013 -
Panasonic to go for the design and construction market with super-high-res tablet, fine-point pen
The electronics-maker plans to be out later this year with a 20-inch tablet that it intends to mimic how professionals interact with paper drawings.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2013 -
Pulling back from the 'fiscal cliff' was good for the housing industry
When Congress pulled out of the nation's dive off the New Year's fiscal cliff, it benefited home building.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2013 -
U.S. names winners for health and safety applications to teach workers
The Department of Labor awarded modest cash prizes to four winners in its Worker Safety and Health App Challenge.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 13, 2013 -
AGC blasts USACE idea for PLAs in two large projects
The Corps of Engineers is mulling project labor agreements for levee work near New Orleans and fuel-tank replacement at Edwards Air Force Base.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 12, 2013 -
Fatal wall collapse brings fine for N.C. contractor
The Tennessee Division of Occupational Safety and Health imposed the penalty after a worker's death at a treatment-plant project last year.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 11, 2013 -
Crane that crashed in New York had been in place four days
Seven workers were hurt, but none critically, when a Manitowoc 4100W tractor crane owned by New York Crane collapsed onto an apartment construction project.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 10, 2013 -
Japanese firm makes tower demolition a clean, efficient affair
Taisei, a construction company, has devised an all-weather demolition technique that contains 90% of dust, cuts noise and generates energy.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 10, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: N.Y. crane crash, jobs and Gen. Y
End the week informed. Here are the most popular Construction Dive news posts of the week in a nutshell.
By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 10, 2013
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