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AT THE BUILD SITE for One Dalton, a 61-story luxury residential tower rising over Boston’s Back Bay, you’ll find all…
Contractors remain upbeat in Q2, according to ABC’s latest Construction Confidence Index
Construction contractors remained confident during the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest Construction Confidence Index released today by…
Real results from virtual reality: safer jobsites
Virtual reality is making an impact in the construction industry, but not in ways that many would expect. The technology…
Wearable Smart Sensors Could Improve Worker Safety
SangHyu Lee, an associate professor in the University of Michigan’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, says that wearable sensors…
World’s longest concrete cable-stayed bridge to be ‘stitched together’
A new bridge over the Panama Canal will soon become the longest concrete cable-stayed span in the world, at 1,739…
Preventing falls in construction
Falls continue to plague the construction industry. According to OSHA, falls are the leading cause of death in construction. Of…
Ontario’s July Construction Unemployment Rate, at 1.3%, a Record Low
How tight have construction labour markets become in Canada? Accompanying Graphs 1 through 5 show the monthly history of construction…
The architecture of relief: how design builds hope in the wake of disaster
After the 1994 Rwandan genocide, humanitarian efforts were beset by an unexpected problem. Aluminium tent frames built for refugees were…
AGC Supports New House Transportation Proposal
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, released the following statement in reaction…
Designing for the Driverless Age
When it comes to designing Mission Rock, a $1 billion, 28-acre (11 ha) mixed-use project south of AT&T Park in…
U.S. Army to invest $62 million in Puerto Rico infrastructure
The U.S. Army says it will invest some $62 million in Puerto Rico to renovate and expand its infrastructure in…
U.S. construction spending hits all-time high in May
U.S. construction spending reached a record level of $1.3 trillion in May as monthly increases in residential and public investment…
Esports’s rise, and hunger for stadiums, points to adaptive reuse potential
A new stadium in Arlington, Texas, suggests the move from big-box store to video game venue may be coming to…
Construction Industry Leads Drone Adoption and Investment
Skyward, a Verizon company and maker of drone operation management software and consulting services, announced results of a custom-built quantitative…
Ahead of AIA Conference, Architects Rally for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
In the weeks leading up to the 2018 AIA Conference on Architecture, Frances Halsband, FAIA, of Kliment Halsband Architects in…