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Blow up your mindset: Recovery speed is about process and materials

Our disposition to want to maintain the status quo hinders a "build back better" philosophy and reconstruction in the aftermath of disaster.

By Nisha Brown • Oct. 15, 2019

Report reveals the most in-demand multifamily amenities

From yoga studios and screening rooms to tankless water heaters and Peloton bikes, these are the top 113 features that buyers and renters seek.

By Kim Slowey • Oct. 03, 2019

Z modular makes bold moves to convert more hotel designs

The firm is offering, for a limited time, the chance to convert any hotel project floor plan into a modular one for $20,000, a 60% savings from its standard fee.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 25, 2019

EIR, IMC Construction link for modular healthcare partnership

Using EIR's MedModular product, IMC plans to pursue a variety of healthcare projects, including hospitals and standalone emergency rooms. 

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 23, 2019

Primus Builders' new COO: how design-build-automate streamlines construction

The contractor's warehouse customers rely on the firm's expertise suggesting and incorporating end-use equipment and processes during its design phase.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 23, 2019

Engineers approve $100M retrofit for San Francisco's 'sinking' Millennium Tower

The plan involves drilling 140,000-pound piles, each of them 24 inches in diameter, 250 feet into bedrock underneath the building to relieve stress on compressed soil underneath.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 29, 2019

Engineers implement system to improve practices through reporting of failures

The reports submitted through the CROSS-US system will remain confidential, but the public can review commentary and analysis on each case for free.

By Kim Slowey • July 29, 2019

Gilbane, Jacobs find tech benefits beyond closeout

Virtual and augmented reality and BIM tools have become staples in design and construction, but savvy VDC managers are finding ways to extend their use to unanticipated benefits for owners.

By Joe Beeton • June 19, 2019

Hilton opens San Francisco's 1st modular-constructed hotel

The Home2Suites-branded, 107-suite building welcomed guests after just 16 months of construction and less than a year after prefabricated components arrived at the jobsite.

By Kim Slowey • June 18, 2019

Skender, Z Modular strike deal to manufacture multifamily components

Skender says Z's all-steel VectorBloc system will allow it to stack units higher, accelerate construction by 40% and lower project costs by up to 15%. 

By Kim Slowey • April 26, 2019

Laser scans could be key in Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction

A point cloud of the 12th-century Paris landmark captured in 2015 could serve as a digital blueprint for the wooden spire and roof destroyed in last week's fire.

By Kathleen Brown • April 24, 2019

$1B Las Vegas Circa Resort & Casino starts concrete work

Construction of the city's first ground-up resort in 30 years, led by McCarthy and Tré Builders, is expected to be complete next year.

By Kim Slowey • April 18, 2019

$252M soccer stadium coming to Sacramento, California

Construction is expected to create between 1,310 and 1,640 jobs while supporting infrastructure work would generate up to 245.

By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019

Deep Dive

Test lab for timber technology: college campus construction

With 34 mass timber college buildings completed or in the works across the country, the technology is seeing a lot of support despite challenges.

By Hallie Busta • April 10, 2019

One Central: Another megaproject proposal for Chicago

The 34-acre development, which would see high-rises built on a platform over an existing rail yard, could take as long as 15 years to complete.

By Kim Slowey • March 20, 2019

3D-printed panels define Seattle high-rise's sloped facade

3Diligent's technology was chosen for the 59-story Rainier Square Tower because of the accuracy that would be required to achieve different angles on each sloping floor.​

By Kim Slowey • March 13, 2019

3 recent developments in 'constructuring'

By adapting manufacturing's efficiency models to building processes, these initiatives are expanding offsite construction to more, exceedingly complex projects.

By Kathleen Brown • March 06, 2019

Musk almost ready to unveil new tunneling machine

The Boring Co. founder said the Line-Storm, reportedly able to dig continuously as opposed to the 10 minutes per hour current machines operate, could be ready in as little as a month.

By Kim Slowey • March 01, 2019

$1B Boston hospital expansion will include disaster, flood protection

Healthcare facility upgrade requirements for worst-case scenarios are often financially burdensome for owners, including Mass General, which is still raising money for the project.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 25, 2019

Prefab Logic's $102M automated factory to produce 1,600 modular units a year

The 400,000-square-foot facility is being developed in association with an unnamed robotics company to hopefully shave off construction costs and target the West Coast's expensive housing market.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 30, 2019

ISO publishes first international BIM standards

The guidance will provide the necessary framework to help designers and contractors from different countries collaborate more efficiently on all phases of construction projects and will encourage BIM's wider use.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 30, 2019

Complex brick patterns fall into place with mixed reality tool

Fologram scales 3D models to workers' environments via HoloLens headsets so they can accurately assemble tough designs in hours rather than days.

By Kathleen Brown • Jan. 30, 2019

3D: 3 viable printing tech developments for construction

Completion of the world's longest 3D-printed pedestrian bridge and other recent milestones indicate the technology is making big advancements.

By Kathleen Brown • Jan. 23, 2019

Deep Dive

7 trends that will shape commercial construction in 2019

Automation, drone use, hyperloops and more are among the trends that will make the biggest impact on the industry this year.

By Kim Slowey , Laurie Cowin , Joe Beeton , Kathleen Brown • Jan. 07, 2019

Investigators closer to determining cause of Salesforce Transit Center's cracks

The review is pointing toward an unfortunate combination of standard design, fabrication and installation problems at the San Francisco facility.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 07, 2019