Commercial Building: Page 368


  • YMCA–PG&E Teen Center in Which the Kids Helped With Design

    A teenager handling important construction documents? My oh my!

    By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2012
  • Lean Building Blog: There Is No Future in Pessimism

    Scott Sedam, blogger and president of TrueNorth Development, sees no upside in looking down.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2012
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    Digital Solutions

    A range of ideas, products and platforms are transforming the construction industry.

    By Construction Dive staff
  • In The Pipeline: CoStar Development & Construction News for March 4 - 11

    In The Pipeline reports on acquisitions and other transactions and trends in the commercial sector.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2012
  • Fitness Facilities Matter to Tenants

    People who rent to have access to fitness centers at their apartments notice when things get run down.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2012
  • MHN INTERVIEW: Maximizing Apartment Space

    Gale Steves, author of Right-Sizing Your Home: How to Make Your House Fit Your Lifestyle, spoke about maximizing apartment space.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2012
  • Construction Under Way on Avenue R Development in Houston

    The Galleria area of Houston is the site of a new Meeks + Partners-designed community by Greystar.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2012
  • SNC-Lavalin Begins Investigation into Mysterious Payments of $35 Million

    Move at Canadian engineering firm raises questions of Quaddafi ties in Libya, Mexico

    By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012
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    CoStar's People of Note (Feb. 26-March 3)

    Promotions and hires in markets from New York to Los Angeles.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012
  • GREEN LEAD | Green Building News

    Tops in the biweekly report from Costar is a comment period on new LEED standards.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012
  • Tranwestern Receives Seventh Consecutive EPA Award

    The Sustained Excellence Award recognizes efforts toward sustainability and reduced energy consumption.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012
  • EPA Renews, Raises Site-Runoff Standards for Construction

    A new General Construction Permit program for site runoff replaces the one that expired last month

    By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2012
  • Construction Spending Steps Off Escalator in January

    Spending slipped a tenth of a percent, breaking a six-month growth pattern.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2012
  • Why Build a Structure If a Robot Can Build It for You?

    Cornell engineers have one that can traverse a truss structure and assemble and disassemble parts.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2012
  • Falls by Roofers, Carpenters Among Costliest Injuries

    A study by OSHA found that falls by labor in those trades had high workers compensation costs.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2012
  • Study Shows Need for More Safety Steps in LEED Construction

    The study found that the data say there are more worker injuries on LEED projects.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 29, 2012
  • Construction Materials Prices Ready for Lift Off?

    AGC suggests that numbers from January may signal bigger hikes "just around the bend."

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 29, 2012
  • How Students Look for Apartments

    It's not in print ads. Social media and Web searches are far and away in first place.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 29, 2012
  • Los Alamos Lab Faces Delayed Construction, Layoffs

    About 1,000 construction jobs will not happen as a new plutonium-research facility gets put on hold.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 29, 2012
  • Concrete Industry Picks Most Innovative Projects

    The MIP Award Program features many of new products shown at World of Concrete.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2012
  • Turkey Still Seeks Bids for Bosporus Crossing

    After a year with no bidders, Turkey is splitting the project in two.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2012
  • Analysis Sees Retrofits as Construction's 2012 Growth Path

    Business isn't back yet and government is short on money, so Building Design + Construction's Jon Walton looks for 2012's construction path forward.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2012
  • Some Sound Ideas on Masking Noise in Open Environments

    Open floor plans and other trends make it critical to have well-designed sound-masking systems.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2012
  • American Infrastructure Takes ABC 2011 Top Contractor Award

    The 1,800-employee company operates in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2012
  • Frost Museum of Science Breaks Ground in Miami

    To date, the museum has secured approximately $70 million of its $100 million private fundraising goal.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2012
  • Loan Maturities, Debt Funding Gap Loom for Euro Zone CRE

    The sovereign debt crisis and new rules on capital sources are shrinking the flow.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2012