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Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Begins Concourse D Upgrade

Civil + Structural Engineer

As program manager, WSP provides comprehensive support for innovative modular construction plan at world’s busiest airport. The terminal expansion is a combination of modular construction and traditional construction,” said Edmund Ramos, vice president project management at WSP and deputy Concourse D project director. “We

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The Construction Industry Outlook for 2024

Jonas Construction

With another year closed, 2024 is stretched out before us like a blank canvas. For construction businesses, there is plenty of potential for growth and success, though they’ll likely be plagued with some of the same issues they’ve dealt with for years. So what can the construction industry expect from 2024? In the U.S.,

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Construction Technology Trends in 2024

Jonas Construction

Background: Construction Labor Shortage The construction labor shortage has been a problem for over a decade, particularly since the global financial crisis of 2008. In the 2020 CONSTRUCTION OUTLOOK SURVEY , 72% of construction firms anticipated labor shortages to be the biggest hurdle for them.

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Forecasting the Future: Will Construction Costs Go Down in 2024?

UK Construction Blog

The post Forecasting the Future: Will Construction Costs Go Down in 2024? appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Forecasting the future of construction costs has always been a challenge due to the multitude of factors that can influence prices, such as economic conditions, market demand, and technological advancements.

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BDC Network

Brett Lambert MFPRO+ Blog MFPRO+ New Projects Mixed-Use Multifamily Housing Designers Standards Reconstruction & Renovation Sustainable Development Sustainable Design and Construction It’s official: passive house design standards are coming to Massachusetts. The change is substantial. The Northland Newton Development in Newton, Mass.,

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FAA selects innovative design for greener airport control towers across U.S.

Construction Specifier

The design by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) of New York meets key sustainability requirements and can adjust to the tower height to meet each airport’s traffic and sightline requirements, while reducing construction and operational costs. The first groundbreaking could begin in 2024.

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AI Boom Fuels Global Data Center Demand

CCR Magazine

JLL’s (NYSE: JLL) Data Centers 2024 Global Outlook explores how data centers need to be designed, operated and sourced to meet the evolving needs of the global economy. In the United States, meeting energy transition goals to upgrade the grid and feed more renewable energy into the power supply will require an estimated $2 trillion.