Autodesk, Kreysler & Associates, Factory_OS, MBH Architects and Ecovative have developed an industrialized construction workflow using Forma, Revit and construction cloud to deliver factory-produced apartment modules for a West Oakland affordable housing project.
Hempcrete blocks and panels could be produced in the U.S. for the first time since 1937 thanks to a facility being built in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota.
The $21-million three-story, four-building residential complex in Palm Springs, Fla., built by Tom Murphy, Jr., and his company, Miami-based Renco USA, hardly appears unusual from the outside.
Joe Benvenuto spent four years perfecting the “top-down” superstructure construction technology of LIFTbuild before work began in 2022 on Exchange, a 207-ft-tall residential mid-rise in Detroit.
While contractors are more wary about 2024, most expect strong public sector project spending to buoy the industry even as interest rates could cause a pullback in private development.
The engine manufacturer has agreed to pay $1.67 billion to settle potential violations of the Clean Air Act regarding devices that allow users to defeat emissions controls systems in Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 engines.