A record-setting skyscraper and pre-installed plumbing issues in New York City ranked high on Construction Dive reading lists last week. Meanwhile, the D.C. area's Pentagon City neighborhood saw movement on a new record-setting project of its own. Get up to speed on those and the other biggest stories of the last seven days at the links below:
- China's half-mile-tall skyscraper moves forward, but questions persist: China's Broad Group says the 2,750-foot-tall, mostly residential tower, will give it the rights to the title of "world's tallest building" by next April.
- Trade groups sue NYC over pre-installed plumbing: The new disagreement involves residential units in New York's Atlantic Yards.
- Passive homes architect spins off insulated windows business: Florian Speier was already designing with high-end Zola windows from Europe. Now he sells them as well.
- Do you doubt the value of BIM? Check out this survey: This COAA survey showed that BIM demand is real when keeping up with design and construction issues.
- Virginia's Pentagon City will get largest apartment building yet: Vornado is betting on sustained demand in the Washington, D.C. area.
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