December architecture billings strong, finish 2017's best quarter
Construction Dive
JANUARY 24, 2018
The positive end to 2017 puts industry activity on solid ground for the coming months.
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Efforts to simplify the federal tax code have failed to reverse decades of regulatory and legislative changes that have made it more complex.
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California doles out $3.8B for transportation improvements
Construction Dive
OCTOBER 28, 2024
billion of the total comes from the IIJA, with another $330 million funded by the state’s 2017 highway bill and gas tax. Approximately $3.5
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2023 begins with ‘positive momentum’ for construction
Construction Dive
JANUARY 25, 2023
December project starts grew 27%, the first end-of-year monthly gain since 2017, according to Dodge.
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Private construction spending beats public spending in 2017
Construction Dive
JANUARY 4, 2018
Total private-sector spending was up 6.5%, bolstered by residential construction. But private nonresidential construction spending fell 3.1%.
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Number, rate of nonfatal construction injuries fell in 2017
Construction Dive
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Last year marked the second consecutive year that nonfatal jobsite injuries and illnesses declined, following a slight uptick in 2015.
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Border wall prototypes not up to snuff, tests found
Construction Dive
AUGUST 24, 2018
Customs and Border Protection tests uncovered issues with the 2017 prototypes' constructability, engineering and aesthetics.
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8 construction trends to watch in 2018
Construction Dive
JANUARY 8, 2018
After a robust 2017, construction companies are expecting more of the same this year. Here are the strengths and challenges they face in the year ahead.
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Edenville Dam owner knew about defects 10 years before failure, filing claims
Construction Dive
JUNE 6, 2023
The Michigan attorney general alleged an engineer quit the site in 2017 after his calls for repairs went unheeded.
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Seattle arena costs creep to $900M
Construction Dive
APRIL 23, 2019
Developers aren't scrimping on the design for an expansive venue under the historic KeyArena roof, said an official explaining the project's price tag, which in 2017 was $660 million.
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Report: US construction industry has a bright future
Construction Dive
JUNE 18, 2018
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation predicted industry growth of 5% from 2017 to 2018.
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December material prices edge down, up 5% for 2017
Construction Dive
JANUARY 12, 2018
Material price inflation largely was kept at bay in December, but the Associated Builders and Contractors said increases are likely in 2018.
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Construction fatalities up in New York state, down in NYC
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
While the rate of jobsite deaths across the state increased 39% between 2013 and 2017, the city saw a 23% decrease, according to a report on the most recent Department of Labor data.
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$30B Bechtel-built nuclear plant starts operation in Georgia
Construction Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
The contractor took over work in 2017 to complete the first new nuclear unit built in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
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Balfour Beatty to start Phase 2 of Washington, DC's $2.5B The Wharf
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Having completed work for Phase 1 in 2017, the general contractor was selected for the next landside portion of the more than 1 million-square-foot phase of mixed-use waterfront development.
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Construction gains 30,000 jobs in December
Construction Dive
JANUARY 8, 2018
The industry added 210,000 jobs in 2017, a more than 35% jump from 2016's increase of 155,000.
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FEMA to fund only half of California's Oroville Dam repairs
Construction Dive
MARCH 13, 2019
The federal agency approved only $333 million of the $639 million the state requested, reportedly citing the dam's condition prior to the 2017 failure.
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Autodesk acquires Pype for its growing contech cloud
Construction Dive
JULY 22, 2020
Since 2017, Autodesk has made nine major investments into construction tech startups, in addition to acquisitions worth a total of $1.1 The Pype deal cost was undisclosed.
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Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier project 2 years behind schedule
Construction Dive
DECEMBER 17, 2019
AECOM's 2017 acquisition of Shimmick Construction, part of the JV project, delayed the start of construction and led to an underestimation of how long it would take to complete some tasks, bridge officials contend.
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CITB told to improve by Ofsted inspectors
Construction Enquirer
MAY 31, 2023
The latest ranking comes as CITB has changed its business model since the last “outstanding” rating in 2017. “CITB’s business model for supporting the sector to recruit and train apprentices fundamentally changed between the 2017 inspection and 2023. “Overall, this strategic shift has been a success.
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Infrastructure skills training center opens in Washington, DC
Construction Dive
MARCH 15, 2018
Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District was opening the center because it could only fill 50% of its open infrastructure jobs in 2017.
264 NYC construction activity may have 'leveled out' in 2018
Construction Dive
JANUARY 24, 2019
While they slid from 2017 levels, last year's permits represent the addition of 46 million square feet of floor space, according to the city's buildings department.
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Dodge: 2017 commercial, multifamily construction starts decline in top markets
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Even with a 16% drop in commercial and multifamily starts from 2016, the New York City metro area emerged as last year's leader. Overall, starts for all construction segments were up 3%.
227 Los Angeles construction costs climbed most in U.S. in 2017
Construction Dive
APRIL 20, 2018
increase for the California city last year was nearly double the 4.2% average uptick the rest of the country experienced.
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No surprise: Bechtel No. 1 on ENR 2018 Top 400 contractors list
Construction Dive
MAY 18, 2018
3 showings, while the 400 contractors in total generated a record $374 billion in contracting revenue in 2017. Fluor Corp. and Turner Corp. repeated their No.
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Audit: California high-speed rail's $600M in cost overruns caused by poor planning, contract mismanagement
Construction Dive
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
The California High-Speed Rail Authority says its decision to begin construction in 2013 stemmed from a 2017 federal deadline, but a state report also points to other issues that could push the total cost even higher.
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Single Family Build-For-Rent Homes Reach All-Time High
The Pro Builder
JUNE 13, 2023
This means that the metro has increased its stock of single-family rental homes by 280% since 2017. Dallas comes behind Phoenix again, doubling its BFR homes stock (currently, 7,843 units) from 2017 (3,888 units). that had 621% more BFR homes in 2022 (1,333 units) than in 2017 (185 units). Atlanta, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla.,
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Venture capitalists inject $1B into construction technology startups in H1 2018
Construction Dive
JULY 18, 2018
In the first half of this year, investments surpassed 2017’s total amount by 30% and outpaced the overall U.S. tech-startup investment growth rate.
244 Construction costs in New York City are the highest worldwide
Construction Dive
MAY 23, 2018
Building in the Big Apple was more expensive than anywhere else in the world again in 2017, at an average of $362 per square foot, a Turner & Townsend report revealed.
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Material suppliers sued in US over deadly London building fire
Construction Dive
JUNE 17, 2019
are defendants in a product liability suit relating to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 71 people. Whirlpool, Celotex and ?Arconic Arconic Inc.
US has fewer structurally deficient bridges than 10 years ago
Construction Dive
AUGUST 16, 2018
ASCE's 2017 report card for infrastructure indicated 9% of bridges were structurally deficient compared to 12% around a decade ago.
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Bam fined £2.3M for worker drowning on Leeds flood scheme in 2017
New Civil Engineer
JUNE 13, 2024
Bam Nuttall has been fined £2.345M over safety failings after one of its workers drowned in a Leeds river in 2017. for worker drowning on Leeds flood scheme in 2017 appeared first on New Civil Engineer. The post Bam fined £2.3M
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Dodge Momentum Index sees early 2018 dip
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Dodge Data & Analytics said January's decline was a correction following an unusually strong end to 2017.
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Vancouver airport kicks off CA$9B expansion program
Construction Dive
JUNE 18, 2018
billion Canadian dollars since 2017, includes 75 projects. Vancouver International Airport's 20-year capital program, which has increased by $3.5
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Report: Contract disputes are getting longer, more complex
Construction Dive
JULY 18, 2018
The average length of a North American construction contract dispute was nearly 18 months in 2017, almost three months longer than the global average.
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Dodge: High-rise construction ebbs, flows with economy
Construction Dive
JULY 31, 2018
From 2013 through 2017, only 10 cities saw 50 or more 10-story-plus buildings break ground, with New York City leading and Miami at a distant second.
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January construction spending unchanged at $1.26 trillion
Construction Dive
MARCH 4, 2018
from January 2017. January's construction spending failed to meet analyst higher estimates, but was up 3.2%
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New York Wheel clear to hire new contractor
Construction Dive
MAY 22, 2018
The 630-foot Ferris wheel's original contractor walked off the job in May 2017, and the project has been on hold since.
214 Hurricane Harvey recovery puts the squeeze on Houston's training centers
Construction Dive
JANUARY 4, 2018
Though the 2017 hurricane season resulted in job losses for some industries, demand for skilled construction workers is booming.
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Katerra reportedly seeking $200M in new funding
Construction Dive
JANUARY 3, 2018
billion in valuation in 2017. The turnkey modular startup, now entering its third year, reached $2.5
206 Grenfell Tower materials likely didn't meet code, 'fueled' deadly fire
Construction Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
have concluded in the first phase of their official inquiry that the fatal June 2017 incident in London? Officials in the U.K. was due to a combination of unsafe building materials and human error in the design process.
Katy Dowding to take over as CEO of Skanska UK
Construction Enquirer
APRIL 27, 2023
Dowding has been at Skanska for 20 years most recently as a member of Skanska UK’s Executive Management Team and since 2017 as Executive Vice President with responsibility for Skanska UK’s building and building services businesses. Craig has been President and CEO since 2017 and has been with the business for two decades.
Dodge Momentum Index ends 2017 on a high note
Construction Dive
JANUARY 9, 2018
The month's uptick was driven by the institutional sector, which shot up 8.6% month over month, while the commercial sector grew by a modest 0.7%.
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Eight Local Companies Kick Off A/E/C Intern Partnership Program
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 29, 2023
Trevor Splichal, Lead Design Engineer at BHC’s Overland Park office, gained a lot of insight from the A/E/C Partnership after his intern experience in 2017 and 2018. “It BHC established the A/E/C Intern Partnership in 2017. It gives you a lead on the understanding of the industry.
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