Commercial Building: Page 69

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    Collecting personal data improves safety, but increases contractor liability

    Companies could face legal consequences for failing to secure employee data.

    By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Sept. 21, 2022
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    Shawmut targets NYC area growth

    Dave Margolius, executive vice president of Shawmut’s New York City metro region, said the company wants to expand into healthcare and life sciences.

    By • Sept. 21, 2022
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    Preconstruction

    Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.

    By Construction Dive staff
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    150 years after the Great Chicago Fire, mass timber buildings are making a comeback

    Now equipped with fire-resistant technologies, a planned Chicago high-rise is among the latest building projects in the U.S. utilizing the carbon-sequestering building material.

    By Stephenie Overman • Sept. 20, 2022
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    $838M neurosciences center breaks ground in Connecticut

    The 505,000-square-foot hospital in New Haven will be the largest project of its kind in state history.

    By • Sept. 20, 2022
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    Granite nixes plans to sell water, mineral units

    Kyle Larkin, the firm’s president and CEO, said “current market conditions” meant the firm couldn’t get the price it wanted for the businesses.

    By • Sept. 20, 2022
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    PCL details renovations at LA’s Crypto.com Arena

    The former Staples Center in Los Angeles will stay open as it gets new suites, LED screens, concessions and other improvements.

    By • Sept. 19, 2022
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    XL Construction’s Chris Bailey talks inflation, supply chain and the need for immigration reform

    After correctly predicting that higher costs and supply chain impacts weren’t temporary in early 2021, the California-based contractor gives his views on the biggest challenges facing the sector now.

    By • Sept. 19, 2022
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    OSHA expands severe violator program

    The updated policy targets more employers that commit willful, repeat infractions.

    By • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Construction input prices fall for second straight month

    The costs for building a commercial project declined 1.4% in August, following a similar decline in July, but were still up 16.7% from a year ago. 

    By • Sept. 15, 2022
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    White House details how CHIPS money will be spent

    The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS for America fund will invest $50 billion to revitalize the domestic semiconductor industry, protect national and economic security and create jobs.

    By • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Amazon cancels, delays dozens of warehouses as it looks to rightsize capacity

    The e-commerce giant is slowing its network expansion after excess capacity and less productive facilities saw billions of dollars in added costs.

    By Max Garland • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Armed with steady backlogs, nonresidential construction pros shrug off recession fears

    Commercial contractor confidence rose in August — a stark contrast to the homebuilding market, which is already in a recession.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Worker killed in accident at Lendlease jobsite in New York City

    Pape Khoule was pronounced dead on the site of the 1 Java Street mixed-use project in Brooklyn.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Railroads prepare for nationwide strike

    A major rail stoppage could add to construction’s supply chain woes, according to a new report.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Building group launches national BIM program

    The National Institute of Building Sciences aims to boost efficiency in construction with a BIM standard for the entire life cycle of a project.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Recession likely in 2023, Fitch says

    Cuts to estimates for earnings growth underscore the growing risk of a U.S. downturn next year, Fitch Ratings said.

    By Jim Tyson • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Intel breaks ground on $20B Ohio semiconductor manufacturing site

    The chip giant selected Gilbane Building Co., along with Ohio-based partners, to manage early excavation work on the project.

    By • Sept. 12, 2022
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    Turner funds $70K annual grant program at Tuskegee U

    The money will help with tuition assistance and to purchase software and other equipment for students in the architecture, construction and engineering programs at the historically Black university in Alabama.

    By • Sept. 12, 2022
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    Construction planning numbers fall

    For the year, the Dodge Momentum Index was still broadly positive, but the impacts of inflation and fear of a recession are starting to emerge.  

    By • Sept. 8, 2022
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    NYC’s construction site inspections, enforcement ‘inadequate’

    The tracking of jobsite injuries and deaths by the city's Department of Buildings needs improvement, according to a new audit.

    By • Sept. 8, 2022
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    Chicago Bears unveil new domed stadium, mixed-use concept

    The NFL team is weighing a 326-acre development anchored by a new venue in Chicago’s Arlington Heights.

    By • Sept. 8, 2022
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    Construction accountant on IIJA funds, inflation and CHIPS Act’s $500B potential

    Erin Roberts, head of Ernst and Young's global construction and engineering practice, talked with Construction Dive about the additional boost private funding will give government programs.

    By • Sept. 6, 2022
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    Construction unemployment rose in August, and that’s good news for contractors

    The sector’s overheated jobs market is beginning to cool, while average construction wages rose to nearly $35 per hour.

    By • Sept. 2, 2022
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    Public projects keep nonresidential construction spending positive, overall sector falls

    Total construction spending fell 0.4% in July, but highway and public safety jobs, funded by public dollars, kept non-housing-related spending in the black.

    By • Sept. 2, 2022
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    Lack of construction workers threatens infrastructure efforts: AGC

    A full 91% of firms are having trouble staffing jobsites and there’s “almost nobody” looking for construction jobs, according to a new Associated General Contractors of America survey.

    By • Sept. 1, 2022