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French Vow Rapid Notre Dame Rebuild

Peter Reina

April 24, 2019

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Donors have pledged more than €1 billion to rebuild the cathedral despite no official plan or cost estimates in place.

NYC Green Bill Requires Major Retrofits on Largest Buildings

Eydie Cubarrubia

Pam Radtke Russell

April 24, 2019

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New York’s largest buildings will have to be retrofitted to produce fewer carbon emissions under one of the first laws passed by the city council as part of the city’s sweeping Green New Deal.

Laser Scan Data Integral to Fast-Track Rebuild of Notre Dame Cathedral

Tim Newcomb

April 17, 2019

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3D scans and high-resolution photography performed in 2015 could provide engineers a shortcut for reconstruction efforts.

Ironworkers Install Girder Splints at Troubled San Francisco Transit Hub

Nadine M. Post

April 17, 2019

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Field work to fix two fractured girders is underway at the troubled Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco.

Industry Practices Questioned After Girder Fractures at Salesforce Transit Center

Nadine M. Post

April 10, 2019

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Cross-complaints filed regarding San Francisco’s troubled Salesforce Transit Center, shuttered after girder fractures

interior view of the Shed's deployed exoskeleton

The Shed Arts Center in NYC Has Transformer-like Capabilities

April 9, 2019

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New York's latest performing arts center, a $404-million project, takes "flexible space" to the extreme.

AEC BuildTech Teaches GCs How Technology Improves Project Certainty, Building Design

During the conference and expo on April 30-May 2, 2019, 12 building experts are featured in the General Contracting track.

April 8, 2019

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Technology and its many applications in the construction trades is the overarching theme for the upcoming AEC BuildTech Conference & Expo. In the conference's General Contracting track, attendees will learn how technology can tie all the moving operations together.

Working Between a Rock and a Hard Place for Labor

Bruce Buckley

April 3, 2019

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Major expansion of Hard Rock Hotel in southern Florida requires sophisticated management of workforce, multiple construction packages

Contractors Defend Work at Troubled Salesforce Transit Center

Transbay Joint Powers Authority alleges steel fabricator caused brittle fractures

Nadine M. Post

March 27, 2019

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The steel subcontractor and the fabricator for the problem bridge-like spans at San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center are vigorously countering the Transbay Joint Powers Authority's contention that a construction error caused the brittle fractures of the hub’s two built-up plate girders.