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Hyundai and Cummins are tightening up their machine-engine relationship
The heavy-equipment maker and the diesel giant have formed a 50-50 partnership to manufacture power plants in Korea.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 12, 2012 -
Federal job-watchers expect construction to add 1.8 million jobs by 2020
In a little-noticed report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the industry will see job growth through this decade.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 12, 2012 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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Turner gives up workers' production time to get leaner and safer
The contractor had everyone stop what they were doing and listen to how lean can lead to safety.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 12, 2012 -
Nonresidential indicator, Dodge Momentum Index, pulls back some in August
Latest figures from the McGraw-Hill compilation show last month was down a bit from July, but well ahead of 2011.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 11, 2012 -
Some schools use their own green designs as teaching tools
Educators are using schools themselves to get kids in touch with nature instead of gaming screens.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 11, 2012 -
BRAC veteran named to head Public Building Service
Dorothy Robyn will lead the federal government's managing agency for non-military property.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 11, 2012 -
Kan. county's experience shows need to tailor codes to the jurisdictions they cover
Adopting an urban fence code with adapting it to a rural area produced problems for Shawnee County.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 10, 2012 -
A deadline for contract signing can bend if everyone seems to agree, court rules
In an Ohio case, an appeals court said a deadline for a contract can stretch as long as neither side says it cannot.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 10, 2012 -
10 states' projects vie for top spot in America's Transportation Awards
A panel of judges will award the Grand Prize while the public votes for the People's Choice Award.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 9, 2012 -
Texas is taking a new look at privatizing maintenance of interstates
It didn't fly in a 1999 experiment, but Texas DOT is liking a new pilot program in effect on I-45.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 9, 2012 -
Cities lose out when big projects run out of gas
In several cities, the reality of multiple-use projects look little like the grand dreams that spawned them.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 7, 2012 -
Lessons learned in making BIM and IPD work for a project team
In two years of planning and design, a project team depended on cooperation, but a not contract.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 7, 2012 -
Lower construction unemployment laid to fewer seekers, not many more jobs
The unemployment rate for the construction industry is down in the latest report, but not because hiring has surged.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 7, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Green building, home prices and OSHA
Did you miss out on the week's construction news? Catch up with Construction Dive's most popular reads of the last seven days.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 7, 2012 -
Walkable urban development is already a market demand, professor says
In places, live-work-play development is already a market winner, though Prof. Christopher Leinberger says developers don't get it.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 6, 2012 -
AGC tells EPA proposed air rules could hurt construction industry
Associated General Contractors said proposed tighter standards for particulates could cause sanctions that would hamper highway work.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 6, 2012 -
Bid to help young immigrants could cause employer headaches
Workers who take up a government offer to get legal work permits might cause questions about how they got jobs before.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 6, 2012 -
Extra owner and driver care can keep your trucks safe and your insurance bills down
There are several ways you can assure that safety and caution are on everyone's mind when your trucks are away from your base.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 5, 2012 -
Would you believe: Rip up space to attract office tenants
In San Francisco, some owners of older buildings are taking them back to their roots for a funky feel.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 5, 2012 -
Office is mending slowly, but industrial is looking good, agents say
Realtors blame a lack of job creation and tight credit for keeping office-space recovery at a crawl.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 5, 2012 -
Why build a new bridge if you can stretch the old one wider?
Workers slid one side of a steel-truss river crossing in Vermont 12.5 feet sideways to create a wider roadway.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 5, 2012 -
Don't just brand a finished building, build to fit a brand
A non-traditional approach for apartment construction is to determine what will succeed and let that drive programming.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 4, 2012 -
EPA to let single apartments, condos earn WaterSense label
The agency will let the label go unit-by-unit, but there has to be some compliance in common areas.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 4, 2012 -
July construction: Down from June, up from 2011 and dependent on private sector
The nation's total spending on construction in July was 0.9% lower than June's, but 9.3% higher than it was a year before.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 4, 2012 -
The cloud promises to take BIM to new heights of access and convenience
Cloud computing holds an opportunity to make building information modeling widely available and affordable.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 3, 2012
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