Timing is everything, and Advance Transit, a private nonprofit company providing bus and paratransit services across the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire, took advantage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to speed an upgrade to its bus garage. Wilder, Vt. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects In 2005, Advance applied for federal funding to build an expanded parking garage in Wilder, Vt., for its fleet of 30 buses and handicapped vans. The new garage includes a drive-through bus wash and an additional mechanical lift, as well as several energy-efficiency components
Doubling up in Las Vegas usually means doubling the size of your bet. At the new terminal at McCarran International Airport, the steel erector’s detailing subcontractors doubled the number of staff working on the project. That and other measures other measures paid off big. Slide Show Photo: SME Steel Contractors/Michael Moore Terminal 3 is expected to open in mid-2012 and will cost approximately $2.4 billion. It will span 1.9 million square feet, and include 14 gates and a multistory parking garage. The Terminal’s frame, 300 ft wide and a half mile long, rose from the desert floor this summer. General
The three index tables on this page each represent various components of ENR’s two primary indexes. The Materials Price Index is the materials component for both of ENR’s cost indexes. The Common Labor Index is the labor component of ENR’s Construction Cost Index and the Skilled Labor Index is the labor component of ENR’s Building Cost Index. Related Links: Inflation Reverses Course As Recession Floors Prices Renegotiations Make Bad Times Worse Labor Deals with Uncertainties What Drives ENR’s Cost Indexes How To Use ENR’s Cost Indexes View Complete Report with Data and Analysis ENR only publishes cost index history tables
