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Israel Awards Housing Contracts to Six Big Foreign Builders

Chinese and European contractors will expedite multifamily construction and boost technology, government says.

Neal Sandler

November 8, 2016

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Chinese and Euro contractors will expedite needed multi-family construction, government says.

Net-Zero Energy, Water Complexes on Horizon

Medical center owners increase emphasis on sustainability

Nadine M. Post

November 2, 2016

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Wellness centers, health-care facilities, medical centers, clinics, hospitals and assisted-living complexes—facilities that treat the sick and aid the aging—are getting healthier themselves.

Funding Source Drive Growth for Schools

Jeff Rubenstone

November 2, 2016

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There are ambitious construction plans at major universities and school districts across the U.S., with the recent completion of major projects not slowing down the pace in the education market.

E-Commerce Creating New Niche for Projects

Bruce Buckley

November 2, 2016

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With increased use of online shopping, industrial property developers see strong and steady demand for a wide range of distribution facilities across the U.S. to service client needs.

Code Officials' Advisory Vote Approves Challenged Structural Standard

Nadine M. Post

October 26, 2016

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Supporters of an updated structural building-design standard, developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers, are breathing a collective sigh of relief after members of the International Code Council voted down an attempt to keep the standard, known as ASCE 7-16, out of the 2018 edition of ICC’s International Building Code and its other model codes.

Grandview Medical Center Project Revived After Decade-Long Delay

Technology and collaboration help revive a high-tech Birmingham, Ala., hospital project after more than a decade of dormancy

Jim Parsons

October 26, 2016

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When owner legal issues idled construction of the highly touted “hospital of the future” in Birmingham, Ala., in 2003, Brasfield & Gorrie project director Robert Robison knew it might be some time before work on the half-finished, 13-story, 1 million-sq-ft facility resumed.

JE Dunn Construction Deepens Its Roots as a Community Builder

Kansas City-based JE Dunn Construction boosts its jobsite technology and in-house collaboration to build more complex, iconic buildings

Scott Dailey

October 26, 2016

In 1943, at the height of World War II, JE Dunn Construction had just earned what Steve Dunn, grandson of founder John Ernest Dunn, describes as “a decent profit” building the U.S. Army Quartermaster’s Depot on Independence Avenue in Kansas City, Mo.

Manufacturing Best Project - IRIS USA Manufacturing Facility

John Guzzon

October 25, 2016

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With just eight months to construct the facility and thereby maintain the owner’s production schedule, Balfour Beatty Construction held nearly constant meetings with the owner, architect, engineer and subcontractors to ensure the facility was completed within the time line.

K-12 Education Award of Merit - Monte Vista Elementary School Campus Replacement

John Guzzon

October 25, 2016

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Founded in the 1940s, Monte Vista Elementary School’s Phoenix campus is a tribute to the area’s agricultural history.

K-12 Education Best Project - Northeast Elementary & Hermosa Middle School

John Guzzon

October 25, 2016

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Directly adjacent to one another, Northeast Elementary and Hermosa Middle School in Farmington, N.M., were built at the same time on a fast-track, 10-month schedule.

Chicago Contractor Charged in $325K Amtrak Bribery Scheme

Kiewit to Build Record 4.5-GW Gas Power Plant for Pa. Data Center Complex

60-Ton, $500K Crane Is Stolen From Ohio Power Construction Site

Nevada Lithium Mine Secures Funding to Begin Construction

A group of workers stand in a line by two orange tents and an excavator picking up pieces of concrete from a collapsed building

Collapse of 33-Story Bangkok Tower During Earthquake Blamed on Substandard Construction

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