Headlines on Construction Dive this week were filled with good news, bad news and changes in customer preferences. A crane collapse in New York grabbed the most attention, while jobs growth and multifamily building standards also ranked among our most read headlines.
Get caught up on what everyone else was reading at the five links below. You'll be glad you did:
- Some injuries, none serious in crane crash at Queens, N.Y., apartment project—A construction crane fell at the 345-unit 4540 Center Blvd. a project being built on the edge of the East River in New York city's Queen's borough, across from Manhattan.
- Growth in construction jobs last month is really about residential progress—Residential accounts for 18,100 of 30,000 new jobs in December, and nonresidential was behind its December 2011 level.
- Gilbane: Construction jobs grew in '12 as spending crept up, and '13 will see more—This year should see a gain of 4.9% in nonresidential construction spending, like 2012 did, but with no help from the public sector.
- Generation Y is changing what multifamily developers build—Shocked by what's required for home ownership, renters age 20-34 are valuing amenities over space as they seek apartments.
- Five cool time-lapse videos of cities in 2012—U.S. contractors will need to keep growing their green-building expertise as U.S. executives report that green building is what their constituencies expect.
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