Commercial Building: Page 55

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    Construction input prices fall for second straight month

    The costs for building a commercial project declined 1.4% in August, following a similar decline in July, but were still up 16.7% from a year ago. 

    By • Sept. 15, 2022
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    White House details how CHIPS money will be spent

    The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS for America fund will invest $50 billion to revitalize the domestic semiconductor industry, protect national and economic security and create jobs.

    By • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Trendline

    Recruiting, retention and training in construction

    A roundup on articles focus on recruiting and retention for construction.

    By Construction Dive staff
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    Amazon cancels, delays dozens of warehouses as it looks to rightsize capacity

    The e-commerce giant is slowing its network expansion after excess capacity and less productive facilities saw billions of dollars in added costs.

    By Max Garland • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Armed with steady backlogs, nonresidential construction pros shrug off recession fears

    Commercial contractor confidence rose in August — a stark contrast to the homebuilding market, which is already in a recession.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Worker killed in accident at Lendlease jobsite in New York City

    Pape Khoule was pronounced dead on the site of the 1 Java Street mixed-use project in Brooklyn.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Building group launches national BIM program

    The National Institute of Building Sciences aims to boost efficiency in construction with a BIM standard for the entire life cycle of a project.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Railroads prepare for nationwide strike

    A major rail stoppage could add to construction’s supply chain woes, according to a new report.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Recession likely in 2023, Fitch says

    Cuts to estimates for earnings growth underscore the growing risk of a U.S. downturn next year, Fitch Ratings said.

    By Jim Tyson • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Intel breaks ground on $20B Ohio semiconductor manufacturing site

    The chip giant selected Gilbane Building Co., along with Ohio-based partners, to manage early excavation work on the project.

    By • Sept. 12, 2022
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    Turner funds $70K annual grant program at Tuskegee U

    The money will help with tuition assistance and to purchase software and other equipment for students in the architecture, construction and engineering programs at the historically Black university in Alabama.

    By • Sept. 12, 2022
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    Construction planning numbers fall

    For the year, the Dodge Momentum Index was still broadly positive, but the impacts of inflation and fear of a recession are starting to emerge.  

    By • Sept. 8, 2022
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    NYC’s construction site inspections, enforcement ‘inadequate’

    The tracking of jobsite injuries and deaths by the city's Department of Buildings needs improvement, according to a new audit.

    By • Sept. 8, 2022
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    Chicago Bears unveil new domed stadium, mixed-use concept

    The NFL team is weighing a 326-acre development anchored by a new venue in Chicago’s Arlington Heights.

    By • Sept. 8, 2022
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    Q&A

    Construction accountant on IIJA funds, inflation and CHIPS Act’s $500B potential

    Erin Roberts, head of Ernst and Young's global construction and engineering practice, talked with Construction Dive about the additional boost private funding will give government programs.

    By • Sept. 6, 2022
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    Construction unemployment rose in August, and that’s good news for contractors

    The sector’s overheated jobs market is beginning to cool, while average construction wages rose to nearly $35 per hour.

    By • Sept. 2, 2022
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    Public projects keep nonresidential construction spending positive, overall sector falls

    Total construction spending fell 0.4% in July, but highway and public safety jobs, funded by public dollars, kept non-housing-related spending in the black.

    By • Sept. 2, 2022
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    Lack of construction workers threatens infrastructure efforts: AGC

    A full 91% of firms are having trouble staffing jobsites and there’s “almost nobody” looking for construction jobs, according to a new Associated General Contractors of America survey.

    By • Sept. 1, 2022
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    How reality capture tech helped Columbia align 60,000 feet of pipe

    An Avvir program let the Massachusetts contractor save three days of inspection, analysis and reporting a week.

    By • Aug. 31, 2022
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    Construction job openings spike higher

    After dipping in June, unfilled positions in the sector soared 11.3% last month from a year ago, increasing chances of more interest rate hikes ahead.

    By • Aug. 30, 2022
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    Construction and COVID-19

    Court partially reinstates federal contractor vaccine mandate

    An appeals court ruled the mandate is still stayed for members of the Associated Builders and Contractors and contracting agencies in seven states. 

    By • Aug. 30, 2022
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    Healthcare construction spending surges despite soaring expenses

    Rising MEP costs, inflation and supply chain concerns haven't slowed costly healthcare projects.

    By • Aug. 29, 2022
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    SEC charges Granite with fraud, firm pays $12M

    The California-based contractor said it fully cooperated with the investigation, while the attorney for a former executive at the firm said he would fight the charges in court. 

    By • Aug. 26, 2022
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    Rego Restaurant Group develops modular construction units

    BCubed Manufacturing will provide Quiznos and Taco Del Mar franchisees the option to build 650-square-foot units with drive-thrus and pickup windows. 

    By Julie Littman • Aug. 26, 2022
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    Suffolk breaks ground on life sciences project in NYC

    The New York City metro area leads the nation in jobs and funding in life sciences, beating out industry powerhouses like San Francisco and Boston.

    By • Aug. 25, 2022
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    Column // Help Wanted

    Oregon program helps place formerly incarcerated people in apprenticeships

    In Construction Dive’s latest Help Wanted column, we speak to graduates and leaders from a Portland pre-apprenticeship program.

    By • Aug. 25, 2022