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School Design

New Sandy Hook Elementary School Balances Comfort, Security

Hidden cameras, motion sensors, and impact-resistant windows and walls are placed strategically.

August 8, 2016

The footbridges and rain garden along the undulating wood rain screen at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., are more than lovely landscaping.

2016 Campaign

Democrats' Platform Supports Big Hike for Infrastructure Investment

Nominee Clinton has backed $275B boost over five years, including infrastructure bank

Tom Ichniowski

Pam Hunter McFarland

August 5, 2016

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Platform calls for reviving heavily used Build America Bonds program, which expired in 2010.

Transportation Finance

After A Month, No Deal Still to Fund Hundreds of Idled NJ Road-Rail Projects

Legislators and Christie still spar over gas tax hike; timing and costs of work restarts unclear,

Debra K. Rubin

August 2, 2016

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Legislators agree to 23-cent hike, but it's DOA, says governor; work restarts are unclear.

San Diego Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility

Advocates Reaffirm Value of Formal Partnering for Project Teams

Even in an age of increased collaboration, formal partnering has a key role to play, say its supporters

Bruce Buckley

August 2, 2016

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Many recent trends in construction aim to improve teamwork: collaborative delivery methods, lean construction practices and virtual design and construction.

J. Carpenter Tuscon Press Event Presentation

Anatomy of Autonomy: The Automated Jobsite?

Use of autonomous equipment is likely to grow, but as an extension—not a replacement—of the operator

Mike Anderson

July 28, 2016

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As the general public is exposed almost daily to marketing that promotes the prospects of self-driving cars, it’s not too much of a stretch for construction professionals to imagine a similar future for autonomous equipment on the jobsite.

Bigge Lifts Crane Business Into a Higher-Tech Future

Family-owned Bay Area crane company moves into its second century with a global reach

Scott Dailey

July 27, 2016

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Family-owned Bay Area crane company moves into its second century with a global reach

Building Renovation

This Times Square Makeover Is Not a Tourist Attraction

Builders erect tall wall to shield work at congested Manhattan site.

Alisa Zevin

July 27, 2016

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A 53-ft-tall enclosure is safety feature in upgrade of 80-year-old building at Manhattan core site.

Rejected Hawaii Utility Merger Scraps Aging Power Plant Upgrades

Mary B. Powers

July 27, 2016

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Hawaii utility Hawaiian Electric Co. has withdrawn its $1.2-billion plan to upgrade oil-fired power plants to burn natural gas after state regulators rejected its planned merger with Florida-based clean-energy firm NextEra Energy Inc.

Insurance

Research: Claims Against Land Surveyors Continue to Fall

Schinnerer report shows success of risk management

Bruce Buckley

July 27, 2016

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A risk-managment success story continues, recent survey shows.

New Survey Reveals How GCs, CMs and Subs Engage with BIM

Partners on construction teams have different perceptions about BIM, its use and benefits

Steve Jones

Donna Laquidara-Carr

July 27, 2016

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In its many studies on the benefits of building information modeling in construction, Dodge Data & Analytics has consistently demonstrated that larger companies are more likely to use BIM and to benefit from it than smaller ones.