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Hundreds of projects to reconnect communities separated by roadways will launch in 2025

Civil + Structural Engineer

It is currently in the environmental permitting process, but this large effort will require many types of collaborative engagements between public and private sector partners. The design includes ADA-compliant ramps, crosswalks at intersections and the addition of pedestrian signals. billion will be launched in Massachusetts.

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US Housing Starts See Unexpected Surge in November

The Pro Builder

Meanwhile, building permits dropped in November, decreasing to 1.46 It is a good sign that builders are starting to ramp back up building activity with a market still in desperate need for more inventory. million, which is 2.5% less than October, real-estate marketplace Zillow reports.

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Ramp Slope is Still a Second Class Citizen

Revit OpEd

Ramps and the Slope Annotation don't like each other. In the past we could work around their unfriendliness by dragging a working slope annotation from an adjacent floor to the ramp. I'm reasonably sure Ramps have a slope. Then again it might just be better to ignore the ramp feature entirely in favor of Floors?

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Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

The Pro Builder

Once the customer chooses the design, Dvele handles the entire process—from permitting to factory construction to onsite delivery to post-occupancy check-ins that ensure the homes perform as modeled. The options range from single-module, 1-bed, 1-bath homes of 705 sf that start at $310,000, to seven-module, 4-bed, 4.5-bath

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Park Avenue showroom demolished

BD+C

Opened in 1955, the showroom features Wright''s signature organic style, with a spiraling ramp that circled a car display turntable. Months after Mercedes vacated the space, the new owner of the building, Midwood Investment & Management and Oestreicher Properties, was granted a permit to demolish the space.

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Uncover the Latest News on US 45 Ramp to I-41 to Close, Construction Permit Application, US-131 Construction is Set to End on Friday, and Ferrovial Won $1.2b Infrastructure Contracts

Construction Daily News

45 ramp leading to southbound Interstate 41 will be blocked for four months starting on Tuesday. In Oshkosh, the US 45 Ramp to I-41 Will Close for Four Months Beginning on Tuesday Original Source: US 45 ramp to I-41 to close for 4 months starting Tuesday in Oshkosh. 45 ramp shutdown. What to know. Detour route: U.S.

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Bowman Announces Major Infrastructure Openings for theContinuing Build Out of SDSU Mission Valley

Civil + Structural Engineer

The company’s wholly owned Project Design Consultants subsidiary (collectively with the Company, “Bowman”), provided civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, grading and improvement plans, permitting, design and construction management on the newly opened features, in addition to site infrastructure design and engineering for the (..)