Category: Construction Processes

June 20, 2023

“It happens instantaneously,” said Emil Szotko, construction safety specialist for OSHA’s Region 5 in Chicago. When a construction trench caves in, the force is powerful and dangerous for those working inside; their fate is often sealed immediately. “Working in trenches […]

June 19, 2023

An arid environment refers to specific regions characterized by a severe lack of available water and extremely dry weather conditions. More specifically, arid regions by definition, receive less than 25 centimeters of rain per year. In the immense vastness of […]

June 15, 2023

While some have lambasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling about a Washington state concrete truck driver labor dispute, legal experts told Construction Dive that the impact of that ruling would be limited. In an 8-1 decision announced June 1, […]

June 15, 2023

Metal facades that change color with the sun, perforated metal, uniquely shaped panels—metal can seemingly do anything, and that’s part of why designers love it. “It’s definitely one of the materials I’ll use in any project,” says Devin Norton, senior […]

June 13, 2023

Twenty-five years ago the demand for sustainable building design skyrocketed. To the uninformed observer this push toward eco-friendly architecture may have seemed rather spontaneous. In reality the sudden proliferation of sustainable design was a response to early efforts at carbon […]

June 12, 2023

In May, Miami-based real estate investment firm Participant Capital Advisors announced the launch of its latest fund, the Participant Capital Sun Belt Multifamily Development Fund 1. It targeted $250 million in commitments to allocate to multifamily development projects in the […]

June 6, 2023

In an industry with low project margins, a high level of unpredictability, and fierce competition (both domestic and international), it does not take much to turn a profitable project into a loss-making project, putting the whole business at risk. That […]

June 2, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 1 that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters must defend itself in court over allegations that a 2017 drivers strike in Washington state damaged a concrete supplier when trucks were left with full loads as […]

May 26, 2023

Over the past half-century, value engineering (VE) has proven to be an effective tool to manage time, costs, and quality with an aim to maximize value. It has also been shown to be a highly effective approach for evaluating current […]

May 26, 2023

The American Institute of Architects/Deltek Architecture Billings Index score decreased from 50.4 in March to 48.5 in April, with any score below 50 indicating a decrease in billings in the on-the-boards survey of more than 100 AIA member firms. The […]

May 23, 2023

Nationwide, schools anticipate a burst of federally funded upgrades to facilities this summer. That’s in part due to loosening of backlogged projects and summer break, which makes school construction easier in the absence of most students and staff. Congress approved […]

May 18, 2023

Aviral video shows a reportedly abandoned Florida jobsite. Local experts say immigrants who are not authorized to work in the U.S. have fled the state out of fear of deportation. They’re reportedly moving in response to a new law signed […]

May 15, 2023

Prosecutors lost a tool to go after illegal bid rigging following the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 11 opinion that overturned the conviction of upstate New York former contractor Louis Ciminelli for allegedly helping to structure requests for proposals for projects […]

May 10, 2023

Professionals in the AEC industry are well aware of the issues that grapple the built environment. That the construction industry is the largest consumer of materials and is responsible for 40% of all carbon emissions is a commonplace fact. Construction […]

May 9, 2023

On the surface, the recent collapses of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank shouldn’t harm the multifamily sector as much as other commercial real estate asset classes. Recent data from research firm MSCI shows that local and […]

May 8, 2023

If we were to design an ideal building material, it would look like bamboo. At least, that’s what Neil Thomas, director of the London-based structural engineering firm Atelier One, claims. Its tubular shape, vascular bundles, fast growth rate, and ease […]

May 1, 2023

After Berkeley, California, became the nation’s first city to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings in 2019, dozens of local governments followed suit, including New York City in 2021. At the state level, Washington state and California have encouraged […]

April 27, 2023

As part of the investigation, the DOI executed a search warrant at Moore’s workplace, discovering computers, a card printer and counterfeit cards used to indicate that a worker has completed required safety courses approved by OSHA or Site Safety Training […]

April 21, 2023

“The financial burden of material and labor has always been difficult to quantify, the full extent a bit hazy. Knowing that subcontractors spent an extra $97 billion almost feels like putting a face to a name,” the report reads. “For […]

April 21, 2023

Subcontractors in the US were hit with additional costs of US$97 billion in 2022 due to rising costs of materials and labour, according to a new study from Billd of nearly 900 commercial construction professionals across the US. Just over […]