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Apartment starts fall more than 43%
Completions rose 4.6% as developers added more than 500,000 units in March.
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Project Milestones
Paric, Barton Malow start $1.8B Boeing facility
The embattled aerospace and defense contractor tapped the pair for an assembly building and hangar in St. Louis.
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$12B Vegas-to-California rail project breaks ground
The privately led Brightline West high-speed passenger rail line will slash travel times between Sin City and the Los Angeles area.
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FTC to ban noncompetes
The agency said the rule, expected to take effect as soon as late August, received overwhelming public support during a comment period.
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JV bores out first tube of $3.9B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
The largest transportation infrastructure project in Virginia history is progressing albeit 18 months behind schedule.
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DOL will raise overtime salary threshold to $44K in July, $59K next year
The final rule expands overtime pay eligibility to millions of U.S. workers, the department said.
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Executive Moves
Suffolk adds 2 to executive leadership team
Peter Gasparini and Chris Mills will join the tech-forward contractor as executive vice presidents of national operations and business development, respectively.
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Purdue professor’s concrete sensor wins Edison Awards gold
Inserted into a fresh pour, the tech determines when the material is strong enough to withstand highway traffic in real time without taking samples.
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Project Wins
USACE Baltimore District awards $499M in modernization work
Jade Creek Construction, a subsidiary of government contractor Akima, will modernize facilities in the region over five years.
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Michigan State launches BIM certification program
The six-month program will teach participants to use software from Autodesk and BIM Track.
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Disneyland gets initial nod for $1.9B investment
Anaheim City Council gave preliminary approval to a 10-year plan that would create 7,800 construction jobs, according to the California governor’s office.
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Q&A
The country’s top apartment builder says higher prices are here to stay
Summit Contracting Group’s Marc Padgett sees business picking up, but says that construction costs remain stubborn.
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Opinion
Greenwashing lawsuits could be headed for construction
Here’s how contractors can protect themselves from being accused of making erroneous environmental claims.
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Project Wins
Turner takes on 2 university jobs worth a combined $484M
The New York City-based contractor is headed back to school to build projects at the University of California, Merced and the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
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How Biden’s apprenticeship push could affect builders
The president’s actions to bolster registered apprenticeships could mean more regulatory hoops to jump through on public projects, some experts say.
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Swinerton deploys tech on $98M North Carolina mixed-use mass timber build
The builder attached 3D modeling devices on workers’ helmets to collect data for virtual twins, documentation, reference and planning.
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Lack of data trust hamstrings AI use: report
A new productivity survey shows workers worry about the accuracy of the information they get from artificial intelligence.
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Maryland doubles fines in road work zones to $80
The legislation, which raises maximum fees for those caught speeding in construction areas, comes a year after six workers were killed in what police say was a speeding-related collision.
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Construction approved on $335M Michigan State biomedical facility
Barton Malow will begin work on the seven-story, 335,000-square-foot university building in mid-May.
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3 workers die in Pennsylvania highway construction zone crash
The fatalities occurred after a truck driver entered an active work area during the state’s Work Zone Awareness Week.
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2 Arkansas highway projects totaling $308M break ground
The work will improve access to the growing Northwest Arkansas National Airport in Benton County.
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Q&A
Successful healthcare projects are built on collaboration, Lendlease exec says
The youngest project executive in the firm’s New York City office talks about the special challenges of complex medical projects as well as the importance of multitasking and delegation.
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Baltimore bridge collapse
Authorities recover fourth worker’s body from Key Bridge collapse
Crews found the man in a construction vehicle submerged in the Patapsco River near Baltimore on Sunday.
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Economic Reports
Construction backlog posts first gain of 2024
Given industry headwinds, the “optimism among nonresidential construction contractors is astonishing,” said Anirban Basu, Associated Builders and Contractors chief economist.
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Carpenters’ union protests wage theft, tax fraud
Across the U.S. and Canada, members will hold rallies to highlight the problems, which it says hurt workers, taxpayers and upstanding contractors alike.