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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 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineTop 5 stories from Construction Dive
Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.
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Green simply is part of getting government business now
The U.S. government, the country's biggest property owner, is serious about the details of green building.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 31, 2012 -
Do you know where your bulldozer is?
An annual report from agencies that track vehicle theft shows 11,075 pieces of heavy equipment went missing in 2011.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: On-site fabrication, Pinterest and Blu Homes
Want to see what everyone else was reading on Construction Dive this week? Check out our five most popular reads.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Millennials will be the dominant demographic among renters
That group, born between 1980 and 1994, is not in the market for your (or its) father's apartment designs.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Public-sector school construction opportunities shrink
Schools were a backstop when housing began to fall, but that market is drying up along with local budgets.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 29, 2012 -
You need to know what U.S., states want when you hire DBEs
Agencies that demand DBE involvement want to see that they are real companies doing real work.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 29, 2012 -
How Pinterest can work for construction companies
Infographics and product information can be used to direct readers back to registration pages and bolster other marketing efforts.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 29, 2012 -
Developers attend to the basics of building envelopes to cut costs later
Developers doing renovations and conversions understand that green building makes old-fashioned business sense.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 28, 2012 -
Autodesk buys Vela to take BIM data to the construction site
The maker of 3-D design and engineering software gets new abilities to push data to mobile platforms.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 28, 2012 -
'Swimming pool' seems too little for 29-acre water feature being built in Egypt
At a resort, a Chilean company is constructing a swimming pool big enough for playing with real sailboats.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 28, 2012 -
Government finds construction job count down in 165 metro areas, up in 123
Monthly data show jobs in construction grew scarcer in 165 metropolitan areas in the U.S. in July.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 28, 2012 -
New polymer for asphalt binder aims to produce thinner but tougher roads
Houston-based Kraton Polymers is testing a new additive that will allow twice as much polymer in asphalt.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 27, 2012 -
Commercial equipment buying and leasing is gathering strength
Data from the equipment finance industry shows that volume slipped from June to July, but it remains well ahead of last year.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 27, 2012 -
U.S. jobs problems, tight lending hold back some commercial construction sectors
The National Association of Realtors sees job problems hurting offices and credit hurting building demand.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 27, 2012 -
J.F. White Co., Garver LLC lose executives to illnesses
Massachusetts contractor White and Arkansas designer Garver lost top leaders to cancer.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 27, 2012 -
Index of sentiment about nonresidential building takes a hit
A index compiled by FMI says nonresidential contractors are feeling worse as issues loom.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 26, 2012 -
NYC looking at wrong-way drilling in subway construction blast
Debris from construction blasting came to the surface and windows were broken in an incident in Manhattan.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Travel in Africa is driving four major airport projects
Construction work at airports in Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya and Egypt will boost passenger capacity 28%.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Shanghai to subsidize green property development projects
Projects will receive more than $900,000 each to provide the city with energy efficient developments.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Construction of $73M Bob Hope Airport Regional Intermodal Transportation Center begins
McCarthy Building Cos. broke ground on the Los Angeles-area transit center.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Court didn't clean out supervisor's mouth, but you should keep an ear cocked
A federal appeals court tossed out a same-sex harassment case, but the employer spent money to get there.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Top-job changes at CDM Smith, Pankow Builders
The two large firms have named new people to their top posts: CEO and COO at CDM, CEO at Pankow.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 22, 2012 -
Washington is taking ties off states' unspent money for transportation projects
The Department of Transportation is giving states a chance to recommit money obligated but not spent.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 22, 2012
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