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Most Read Construction News of the Week: Shipping containers, NYC and road salt
Find out what you missed in the news over the last week with Construction Dive's most popular posts.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Higher bar on LEED may not be harder to reach
Builders have to offer more detailed information, beginning in 2015, but they will not lose LEED if projections miss their marks.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 9, 2012 -
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Jury hits contractor with $2 million award to worker in scaffolding collapse
In Syracuse, N.Y., the six-member panel deemed that a worker who dropped 60 feet to the ground was entitled to the amount for past and coming lost wages and pain and suffering.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Slow recovery is making equipment rental the American norm
The need for many U.S. construction companies to hedge their bets in an uncertain recovery is making many equipment renters rather than buyers.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 8, 2012 -
Voters back majority of transportation ballot issues in U.S.
Transportation supporters say Americans showed they will back spending if they know where the money is going.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 8, 2012 -
With election over, road builders call for attention to needed projects and needed funding
It is time, ARTBA's president says, to focus on transportation work that needs to be done and on finding dedicated funding sources.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 8, 2012 -
Colo. apartments will be green, but won't scrimp on amenities
Wood Partners says it hopes for LEED Silver for its Alta Harvest Station Apartments in Broomfield.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 8, 2012 -
Sandy probably has an upside for construction employment
Projections are that the work needed to recover from Sandy will produce a small but measurable increase in construction jobs and then in follow-on employment.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Canadian construction continues to drive up demand for workers
Unlike the U.S., construction employment is growing steadily in Canada, with more than 300,000 more workers needed in the next several years.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Construction industry wants to know if Washington is ready to tackle issues now
The election changed nothing about the balance of power, but the industry is hoping some pending items will be addressed in the new Congress.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 7, 2012 -
NYC building design aims to keep sunlight on High Line pedestrian walkway
The 213-foot tower design has cutaway corners to keep people walking in sunshine as they pass it.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Chinese office tower is Goettsch Partners design
The 200-meter (656-foot) building is in the business district of Shunde.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 6, 2012 -
Shipping-container apartments: Coming to Detroit
A developer, Three Squared Inc., plans to break ground early next year on a project that will have 20 units in four stories for what the company says will be a lot less than conventional construction.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 6, 2012 -
View ahead for apartments is to keep building
There are some indications that growth in the multifamily housing market may be losing some steam, but it appears that demand will continue.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 6, 2012 -
Broken NYC crane secured, and midtown buildings reopen
Workers cranked the dangling boom of the 1,000-foot crane up against the One57 tower and tied it off there.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 5, 2012 -
$5.2 billion Hawaiian rail project is in design but gets a big opponent
Former Gov. Ben Cayetano says it's a way to give away money to engineers and contractors, who have already begun work.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Builders' risk policies are where some damage from Sandy may land
How hard builders' policies will be hit is part of trying to sort out the multibillion-dollar disruption the storm caused.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Road salt goes through concrete to attack steel, scientists report
A study in Sweden found that chloride ions find their way through concrete over the course of years.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Post-Sandy, should New York City go for floodgates?
Engineered protection from surges is not a new idea in the Big Apple, but it is certain to get a new hearing as the city drains.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 4, 2012 -
What's the future for DERA grants to clean up construction diesel emissions?
Diesel Emission Reduction Act money helps equipment owners lessen pollution in the field.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 2, 2012 -
One view: Projects are more like marathons than sprints
Merrill Stewart argues that rushing to meet a submission deadline and perhaps missing a detail is not in anyone's long-term interest.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Slow recovery grinds on in construction industry hiring
Employment rose 0.3% from September to October, but it's a slow path up the hill after the steep fall from 2006 record employment.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Sandy, rooftop solar and hardwood
The biggest Construction Dive post of the week involved a perilous situation in Manhattan. Did you catch what happened?
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Researchers steal a trick from locust trees to make better softwood
By infusing flavonoids into cells of spruce wood, they made it less water-absorbent and harder.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 1, 2012 -
September residential leads the way to best construction pace in three years
Annualized spending for construction hit a three-year high in September, new figures show.
By Ron Gallagher • Nov. 1, 2012
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