Bruce Buckley

Standing on a dead-end street in Spartanburg, S.C., Harold Mitchell can plainly see the history of injustice in his community.

The fate of federal spending legislation, dubbed the Build Back Better Act, is in doubt after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) publicly announced his opposition on Dec. 19, but President Joe Biden believes it will pass.

Eiffage Construction broke ground on a new ecological urban campus in Clichy, France, northwest of Paris. The commercial project, dubbed BLACK, will provide about 530,000 sq ft of office space, accommodating up to 4,100 people.

Built to be resilient against future sea level rise, the mixed-use development on East Boston’s waterfront transformed an underutilized area into an active and publicly accessible extension of its surrounding neighborhood.

Once a fortress-like bunker, the former Powder House Community School was transformed into an inclusive, intergenerational urban village through the extensive collaborative efforts of the CALA project team. 

With a construction schedule developed around the Endicott College’ academic calendar, detailed coordination and meticulous schedule management were critical on the $44.5-million Samuel C. Wax Academic Center.

Hudson Pacific Properties and Blackstone unveiled plans to develop the first large-scale purpose-built studio development in Los Angeles in more than two decades.

Through contacts with Silicon Valley firms, Volpatt Construction is embracing a major technology upgrade. Is it a sign of industry-wide changes?

The Wilson and The Elm, a 1.3-million-sq-ft mixed-use development rising 300 ft above downtown Bethesda, Md., included intricate underground work. 

Labor rates remain relatively steady despite pandemic upheavals, but analysts noted some short-term adjustments to compensation by construction employers in 2020 with ongoing labor shortages continuing to pressure wages.