Tag: construction news

September 29, 2023

The U.S. Dept. of Interior said Sept. 28 it will offer up to $328 million in funding opportunities for water recycling, water storage and desalination projects to help communities address the impacts of climate change. Its Bureau of Reclamation is […]

September 27, 2023

Financial services firm Flex raised $120 million in a Series A equity and debt financing round, according to a Sept. 19 press release. The firm raised $20 million in equity capital, led by Tampa, Florida-based Florida Funders. San Francisco-based investment […]

September 27, 2023

Based on the results, “most of the industry is not prepared for a serious cyberattack,” the survey’s authors wrote. These cyberattacks may not even have the AEC firm as the end goal. Stel Valavanis, the CEO of onShore Security, wrote […]

September 26, 2023

During July, we delved into the Design Process as our monthly topic. Inspired by practices that intersect various uncommon layers in their creations, we talked with architect Guto Requena. When designing, his studio experiments with different digital technologies through a […]

September 26, 2023

Specialist market research and forecasting company Off-Highway Research believes 575 new all-terrain, rough terrain and truck cranes will be sold in South America this year. That may not be very many – perhaps 6 percent of the market in the […]

September 25, 2023

The guidelines mandate that environmental product declarations must be submitted for all concrete mixes used in qualifying state construction projects and must demonstrate that they achieve an environmental impact below the limits set by the state, effective Jan. 1, 2025. […]

September 25, 2023

For far too long, the construction industry has survived under the assumption that “safety culture” was about nothing more than hazard identification. Slips, trips and falls. Struck-by incidents. Airborne and material exposure. But recent data reveals that this long-held approach […]

September 22, 2023

On a positive note, it was the second consecutive month-to-month increase for project kick offs, marking a move away from a trend of off-again, on-again growth. And across the U.S., total construction starts in August rose in three of four […]

September 21, 2023

While high financing costs and lingering recession fears have yet to stymie contractors’ strong backlog levels, those headwinds have slowed the mergers and acquisitions market for construction and engineering firms, said Tristan Tahmaseb, vice president at ButcherJoseph & Co., a […]

September 20, 2023

The tunnel is part of the Clean Rivers Project, which stems from a lawsuit that environmental groups filed in 2000 against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority for allowing billions of gallons of untreated sewage to flow into […]

September 19, 2023

Kali Bonnell has built her construction career at Redwood City, California-based DPR Construction, where she worked her way up from intern in 2008. In May, she advanced from project engineer with the firm’s Special Services Group to its Atlanta business […]

September 18, 2023

One of the megatrends of the 21st century is the unprecedented urbanization of the world’s population. According to the United Nations, more than half of the global population currently live in urban areas, and that number is projected to rise […]

September 15, 2023

Today’s construction industry is changing faster than ever before. In fact, when surveyed, many in the industry agree it has finally reached or stepped over the precipice of major, holistic change thanks to the likes of Covid-19 and supply chain […]

September 15, 2023

An extreme jump in diesel fuel costs in August drove the overall increase in materials prices, according to a separate analysis from the Associated General Contractors of America. Most other commodity prices remained relatively unchanged, according to AGC officials. “The […]

September 14, 2023

Infrastructure covers a range of projects, but for the most part involves physical systems that help the greater good. More often than not, infrastructure projects comprise work that is behind the scenes, although the construction or reconstruction can cause disruptions […]

September 13, 2023

Backlog fell on a monthly basis for companies with revenues of less than $100 million a year. That mirrors the slight downturn in monthly numbers from July to August as overall industry backlog, including private development, dipped 1.1% lower. But […]

September 13, 2023

As young as 6 years old, Selasie Buatsi had her own steel-toe shoes and hard hat, which she donned each Saturday for tagging along with her contractor father to jobsites in her native Ghana. This early exposure to the industry […]

September 11, 2023

One of the main problems contractors face, according to the survey, is a lack of qualifications — 68% of firms reported that applicants lacked the skills needed to work in construction. “It is time to rethink the way the nation […]

September 8, 2023

Inspectors with the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries found that flipper deck platforms were not used in line with the manufacturer’s specifications on a jobsite where a worker was killed in a fall earlier this year. Officials cited […]

September 7, 2023

Modular or prefabricated building methods are pitched as a way to cut down on labor, material, time and costs. And because most of the construction work is done in a factory setting instead of in the field, it’s also presented […]