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Generation Y is changing what multifamily developers build
Shocked by what's required for home ownership, renters age 20-34 are valuing amenities over space as they seek apartments.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 6, 2013 -
Technip gets front-end design job for possible ammonia plant in La.
Paris-based Technip says its Houston and Rome offices would collaborate on giving The Mosaic Co. a plan on which to make a decision.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 5, 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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Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Prefab apartments and modeling with light
What were Construction Dive readers looking at in the first week of 2013? Click here to find out.
By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 4, 2013 -
Growth in construction jobs last month is really about residential progress
Residential accounts for 18,100 of 30,000 new jobs in December, and nonresidential was behind its December 2011 level.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 4, 2013 -
Association has new guides for bracing tilt-up walls against wind during building
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association devised the guidelines so contractors would have information about how to meet OSHA requirements for bracing.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 4, 2013 -
Company offers lead-backed wallboard for keeping radiation in or out
Designed for medical and laboratory applications, the wallboard meets fire codes while also offering a way to keep electromagnetic radiation in check.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 3, 2013 -
Grab the aspirin – federal audits of health plans are expanding
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will be asking about more as it audits companies' benefits programs, including contractors' plans.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 3, 2013 -
Gilbane: Construction jobs grew in '12 as spending crept up, and '13 will see more
This year should see a gain of 4.9% in nonresidential construction spending, like 2012 did, but with no help from the public sector.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 3, 2013 -
Modeling system has a bright idea: Illuminate daylight's effects before construction
Daylight is a complex design aspect, and a company that makes translucent building materials has created a website to help design-build professionals see its effects in advance.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
November nonresidential construction goes downhill
Despite that, however, Associated Builders and Contractors thinks there is pent-up demand for building.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
A few office developers are returning to something called 'speculation'
Putting up an office tower without tenants on the hook first is an idea the industry has not seen implemented in recent times.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
L.A. joins Brooklyn with a prefab apartment construction project
Estimates are that a 102-unit apartment project on Skid Row will go up in about 25% less time than conventional construction would take.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
Ordering Internet 'take-out' to connect job sites to the company system
With Job Site in a Box, Brassfield and Gorrie does not need utility trucks to connect job-site managers to the office.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
SIPs give Manhattan, Kan., energy-efficient firehouses that look good
Using structural insulated panels led to two fire stations that look traditional but save taxpayers money every year.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 1, 2013 -
Five cool time-lapse videos of cities in 2012
How photographers saw change and growth in Kuala Lampur, Chicago, Toronto and San Francisco and the less-cheerful arrival of Sandy in New York City.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 1, 2013 -
Age proves nothing as NYC ranks the energy use of large commercial buildings
Using Energy Star standards, the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building beat out a LEED Gold building for efficiency.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 27, 2012 -
Insulation is a growing technology, partly because the materials are shrinking
New technologies are emerging to keep buildings warm and cool, and they promise to keep on coming.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 26, 2012 -
A tall order for Phoenix: Build an observation tower
With the commercial market in a holding pattern, Novawest LLC has suggested a 420-foot novelty to give tourists a destination.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 25, 2012 -
BIM is a game-changer, not just a third dimension for design
It was contractors, rather than designers, who understood the revolutionary power of building information modeling.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 24, 2012 -
JP Morgan and Hines to build largest carbon-neutral building
The 13-story carbon-neutral building will run off biogas and be 100% self sustained.
By Brian Warmoth • Dec. 21, 2012 -
Schools that go LEED save operating costs and often cost no more to build
The U.S. Green Building Council reports that operational savings can be substantial for little or no increased construction expense.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 20, 2012 -
Fallout from Libyan killings may be more construction at U.S. facilities
An investigation of what happened at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi says the U.S. should greatly increase spending to create secure facilities.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 20, 2012 -
Leasing and finance industry expects good 2013 for construction equipment business
The overall outlook for leasing or financing purchases of equipment is muted, but the companies that provide those services see a 15% climb for construction.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 19, 2012 -
New national air standards for particulate matter likely to affect diesels
The EPA issued lower limits on the matter in the air, and the expectation is that diesel engines and coal-fire power plants will be affected most.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 19, 2012 -
Contractors offer guide for managing environmental concerns, issues, information
The advisory document is the result of collaboration by talent from 11 U.S. construction companies under the auspices of Associated General Contractors' Environmental Forum Steering Committee.
By Ron Gallagher • Dec. 18, 2012
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