Commercial Building: Page 72

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    Project Wins

    Skanska books $480M in airport, healthcare projects

    The Swedish contractor added two high-profile contracts to its third quarter order bookings.

    By • Updated Oct. 12, 2022
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    Fluor selected for overseas manufacturing facility

    The Irving, Texas-based company will perform procurement and construction management for a biologics manufacturing plant in Denmark.

    By • Sept. 30, 2022
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    Labor

    A roundup of articles about issues affecting the workforce.

    By Construction Dive staff
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    Builders face security, privacy risks as BIM takes off

    As state and federal agencies tighten cybersecurity regulations on their projects, here’s how contractors and subs can comply.

    By Julie Strupp • Sept. 29, 2022
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    Racism in Construction

    EEOC sues California contractor for national origin, sexual harassment

    Supervisors used derisive language against Latino workers and threatened to sexually assault them, the lawsuit claims.

    By • Sept. 29, 2022
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    Q&A

    New Boldt diversity head: DEI starts with leadership

    Jaclyn Skalnik sees a well of talent just waiting to be recruited to construction.

    By • Sept. 28, 2022
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    Project Wins

    Granite nabs 2 Texas highway jobs worth $107M

    Following its completion of a section of the Grand Parkway around Houston, the contractor has picked up smaller road projects in the Lone Star State.

    By • Sept. 28, 2022
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    Consigli breaks ground on Lendlease’s $500M Boston life science project

    Lendlease partnered with Montreal-based Ivanhoé Cambridge to develop the 350,000-square-foot, nine-story building. 

    By • Sept. 28, 2022
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    The Dotted Line: Cost escalations lead to more disputes

    Construction attorneys say price increases for labor and materials are causing friction between GCs, subs and owners.

    By • Sept. 27, 2022
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    Ford breaks ground on $5.6B Tennessee EV project

    The construction of electric vehicle factories in the U.S. is expected to increase in coming years, especially due to backing from the federal government. 

    By • Sept. 27, 2022
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    Southern states saw active apartment construction in urban areas

    Downtown Atlanta has delivered over 21,500 new units over the last 10 years, according to StorageCafe.

    By Mary Salmonsen • Sept. 26, 2022
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    Turner wins $900M New Jersey film studio project

    1888 Studios, named after the year Thomas Edison invented the motion picture camera, will sit on a former Texaco oil refinery site.

    By • Sept. 26, 2022
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    Q&A

    How small construction businesses can succession plan

    Employees make the best owners, according to a financial expert, as they have already invested in the business’ success.

    By • Sept. 26, 2022
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    Dodge: Total construction starts fell 9% in August

    Strength outside of high valuation projects shows the construction sector has not yet been undermined by a potential 2023 recession.

    By • Sept. 22, 2022
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    ABI score jumps, outlook remains muted

    AIA’s Architecture Billings Index score for August increased, but business conditions remain mixed in different regions of the country.

    By • Sept. 22, 2022
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    Turner halts work at $1.5B Meta site for recurring racist graffiti

    After Turner held a stand-down at a massive Nebraska data center project to address racist speech scrawled on the site, a second hateful missive appeared.

    By • Sept. 22, 2022
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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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    Q&A

    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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    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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    Q&A

    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