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White House touts low-carbon concrete buy-in from suppliers, contractors
The Biden administration, in partnership with the likes of Turner Construction, Clark Pacific and Ozinga, wants to leverage public procurement as a decarbonization tool.
By Julie Strupp • Oct. 21, 2024 -
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Election 2024Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on construction’s top issues
Here are Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s views on the industry’s most pressing topics, including immigration, permitting, infrastructure and more.
By Construction Dive Staff • Oct. 16, 2024 -
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Project WinsKiewit beats out 2 firms for Texas desalination plant job
The city of Corpus Christi picked the firm to design and build its first seawater purification system, expected to cost at least $750 million, to drought-proof its water supply.
By Julie Strupp • Oct. 15, 2024 -
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OpinionCommunities nationwide plan disaster preparedness work
As cities and states prepare for more extreme weather like this fall’s major hurricanes, there are hundreds of resiliency projects throughout the country already underway. Here are six of them.
By Mary Scott Nabers • Oct. 11, 2024 -
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Rays’ stadium roof blown off by Hurricane Milton
The storm also toppled a crane at a St. Petersburg, Florida, construction site, tearing a hole in an office building.
By Zachary Phillips , Jennifer Goodman • Oct. 10, 2024 -
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Project MilestonesSwinerton breaks ground on Texas mass timber office
The Austin building, which will be occupied by the contractor, features a different mechanical system on each floor.
By Matthew Thibault • Oct. 9, 2024 -
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Helene deals billions in damage to infrastructure
Roads, bridges, electrical grids and water systems need to be rebuilt following the deadly storm, even as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida.
By Julie Strupp • Oct. 8, 2024 -
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Executive MovesAECOM names head of new Water & Environment Advisory business
Jill Hudkins, previously a strategic advisor with Tetra Tech, will serve as chief executive.
By Julie Strupp • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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Balfour Beatty partners to develop 3D-printing materials
Together with materials firm Versarien, the London-based builder will develop a variety of mortars for use in civil construction.
By Matthew Thibault • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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Q&AShawmut founder builds global healthcare projects in retirement
Jim Ansara helps run a nonprofit dedicated to providing sustainable medical facilities in countries like Haiti and Sierra Leone.
By Jennifer Goodman • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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Deep DiveChevron decision may lead to environmental suits, permit delays
The Loper Bright and Corner Post rulings could open the National Environmental Policy Act, OSHA’s heat standard and other regulations to challenges, legal experts say.
By Julie Strupp • Oct. 3, 2024 -
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Glass houses? MIT pilots translucent bricks
Researchers recycled crushed bottles to 3D-print multilayered blocks as strong as concrete, according to the university.
By Matthew Thibault • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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Project MilestonesConsigli breaks ground on $500M Maine higher-ed campus
The superstructure of a 245,000-square-foot research building will be partially built with mass timber to reduce embodied carbon and emissions on the project.
By Matthew Thibault • Updated Oct. 2, 2024 -
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2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’
Multiple utilities say they will need to totally reconstruct, rather than repair, electric systems in the hardest-hit areas.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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Minneapolis airport unveils plans for geothermal heating, rainwater harvesting in $263M expansion
The 168,000-square-foot addition to Terminal 2 is the first of several projects planned in coming years to accommodate growing passenger demand.
By Brian Martucci • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Project WinsBechtel wins $453M Michigan solar project
The contractor will lead the design and construction of Sunfish Solar 2, which will be one of the largest solar facilities in the state when finished.
By Matthew Thibault • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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First national green bank launches with IRA funding
The Coalition for Green Capital said it’s open for business and seeking to build a U.S. network of green banks that will mobilize capital for clean energy.
By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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Low-carbon materials a ‘huge opportunity’ to green the transportation sector
The DOT is releasing $800 million to reimburse builders for using cleaner construction products, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt told Construction Dive.
By Julie Strupp • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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6 sustainability trends impacting commercial properties: Cushman & Wakefield
The SEC’s final climate rule will require public companies to disclose their climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, pending an ongoing legal review, per a report.
By Nish Amarnath • Aug. 21, 2024 -
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EPA unveils labels for green construction materials
The program will support the Biden administration’s Buy Clean Initiative to boost lower-carbon building products on federal projects.
By Julie Strupp • Aug. 9, 2024 -
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Project WinsHensel Phelps tapped for $174M California border entry
The firm will build a new pedestrian processing facility, the final phase of the Calexico West land port project between the U.S. and Mexico.
By Julie Strupp • July 30, 2024 -
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EPA announces nearly $160M to cut construction emissions
The funding will go toward 38 grant recipients, including entities that make low-carbon cement and study the reuse of structural steel.
By Matthew Thibault • July 24, 2024 -
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$1.15B Great Lakes dam project enters construction phase
Illinois and Michigan are partnering on the Brandon Road Interbasin to stave off invasive carp and other aquatic nuisance species.
By Matthew Thibault • July 15, 2024 -
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Federal infrastructure projects get a (flood) raise
New and reconstruction projects must be built more resiliently under a recently finalized Federal Emergency Management Agency policy.
By Julie Strupp • July 12, 2024 -
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Q&A // ConTech ConversationsWhat generative AI can do for construction right now
Aaron Anderson, the director of innovation for Swinerton, dishes on the tech and the tools the firm uses to stay competitive.
By Matthew Thibault • July 3, 2024
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