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8 green commercial building projects
Green design in commercial building is finding its way all over new structures. Construction Dive looks at eight project examples.
By Shehryar Nabi • July 6, 2012 -
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Hospitals, standards and homeowner rights
The Department of Veterans Affairs, California's governor and the Supreme Court all weighed in on construction topics that mattered to our readers this week. Find out if you missed anything.
By Brian Warmoth • July 6, 2012 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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Time for old-school gear at annual antique construction equipment expo
The Historical Construction Equipment Association's annual meeting is in Bowling Green, Ohio, Sept. 14-16.
By Ron Gallagher • July 5, 2012 -
Broccolini plans Montreal's tallest residential tower
The 574-foot, mixed-use structure in downtown Montreal would be the city's sixth-tallest building overall.
By Ron Gallagher • July 5, 2012 -
Widespread net-zero building needs tax incentives for a while longer
The up-front cost of materials for green building will need a tax offset on the construction for "a few more years," advocates say.
By Ron Gallagher • July 5, 2012 -
Zillow's economy-watcher worries about too much multifamily
The chief economist of the real-estate tracking company says a multifamily bubble could grow in the shadow of the single-family collapse.
By Ron Gallagher • July 5, 2012 -
Rents hit all-time high as apartment vacancies plunge
Reis, the data-tracking company, says the second-quarter vacancy rate nationally was 4.7% for April through June.
By Ron Gallagher • July 5, 2012 -
Parsing the Transportation bill: More money, fewer programs, guarantee for states
Now that Congress has saved the highway and transit program from evaporating, it is time to see what changes were made in the process.
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2012 -
Retrofits are LEED-ing the way in commercial
The U.S. Green Building Council says successful renovations like the Empire State Building are proving green isn't just for new construction anymore.
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2012 -
Warranty-management app for consumers could be nice fit for construction
The app developed by a Danish company could easily be used to collect and store warranty information on everything in a project and easily delivered to the owner.
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2012 -
Demolition industry honors 4 projects for environmental performance
Green is not just for building. The National Demolition Association honored projects that demonstrated environmental performance in removing structures
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2012 -
National picture for office-space occupancy is dull at best
The amount of occupied office space in the country continues to grow at an anemic pace compared with pre-cession activity.
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2012 -
Evolving LEED for existing buildings is panel's topic
Panelists focused on USGBC's movement toward emphasizing building performance outcomes.
By Ron Gallagher • July 2, 2012 -
U.S. construction spending hits two-year high
Private and residential construction see significant upticks as May activity beats April numbers.
By Brian Warmoth • July 2, 2012 -
GSA is holding online session about green-building standards to use
Federal agencies are required to take a look every five years at what green standards to use.
By Ron Gallagher • June 30, 2012 -
AGC analysis: feds missed widely on cost of hiring quotas
Associated General Contractors of America looked at what it thinks it would cost contractors to meet hiring quotas proposed for federal government projects.
By Ron Gallagher • June 30, 2012 -
Highway funding bill approved in the House
$120 billion highway bill gets through the House with 373-52 vote.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
New Diller Scofidio + Renfro design revealed for Columbia University Medical Center
The Washington Heights building proposal includes an auditorium, student lounges and views of the Hudson River.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
Guest post: Earned value—The real story on a construction project's health
Dexter + Chaney co-founder John Chaney continues his series of blog posts on Construction Dive; today, he looks at evaluating the health of a construction project.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
Most Read Construction News of the Week: 4 WTC, tax cuts and business cash flow
Catch up with this week's most popular news in Construction Dive's five most read news posts of the week. You might see something you missed.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
First-quarter GDP growth positive, but below 2011 Q4 pace
The U.S. GDP for January through March grew 1.9% – more slowly than the last quarter of 2011 – but residential and commercial building helped make it a positive quarter.
By Ron Gallagher • June 29, 2012 -
VA is pushing Brasfield & Gorrie on Orlando hospital
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Brasfield & Gorrie disagree about the realities of demands in building a hospital in Orlando.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2012 -
Negotiators get deal on transportation bill for U.S.
The bill now has to pass the House and Senate before Sunday, but leaders think that keeping transportation jobs from disappearing on Sunday will be enough incentive in an election year.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2012 -
Guest post: Cash flow—below the surface
Dexter + Chaney co-founder John Chaney continues his series of blog posts on Construction Dive; today, he looks at cost and cash-flow issues and some vocabulary that builders should be familiar with.
By Brian Warmoth • June 28, 2012 -
New fracture-resistance mechanisms provided by graphene
Graphene can be used to enhance the toughness of ceramics, new research shows. This discovery – which increased the resulting ceramic composite's fracture resistance by over 200% – could potentially be used to enhance toughness for a wide range of high performance ceramic mater...
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2012
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