Mar 21, 2019
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Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is in the midst of a building boom. With residential, commercial, retail, office space underway, developers are meeting strong demand for an urban live-work-play lifestyle in the city. At the end of 2018, there were almost 3 million square feet of office space under construction in downtown Los Angeles, according to the […]
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Mar 05, 2019
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Brief: San Diego State University announced Thursday that it has chosen Clark Construction to design and build a new $250 million multi-use stadium at the school’s Mission Valley campus in San Diego. The 35,000-seat stadium will be able to expand to accommodate a variety of special events, as well as professional and collegiate sports. Construction, which will […]
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Jan 20, 2019
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The ever-increasing number of connected devices and the need to store all the resulting data has led to a rise in U.S. data center construction that shows no signs of slowing down. Apple recently announced that it would invest $10 billion in data centers in the next five years — a move that puts it at […]
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Jan 10, 2019
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As the construction industry continues to innovate and explore how different materials can help build buildings and infrastructure in a more sustainable and efficient manner, here is some of the latest news and what strides researchers are making in the space. Bendable concrete resists cracks First conceptualized in the 1990s, Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC), or […]
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Dec 06, 2018
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The California Building Standards Commission has signed off on the residential solar mandate—a first of its kind for the nation. The solar mandate marks a groundbreaking development for the clean energy sector. The California Energy Commission passed the measure in May as an update to the state’s 2019 Title 24, Part 6, Building Energy Efficiency Standards. On Wednesday, […]
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Nov 29, 2018
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There are contractors who say they love the construction business so much that they would not do anything else for a living. But it’s impossible to live on a business that doesn’t make money. Sometimes in construction, jobs get mired in delays, cost overruns, unexpected changes, late payments and even nonpayment, leaving contractors to salvage what they […]
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Nov 07, 2018
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With Thanksgiving tomorrow, here are 20 quotes that really help put into perspective the power and importance of being thankful more of the time and not just on one particular day out of the year. May your Thanksgiving be bountiful with reasons to be grateful. Gratitude can transform common days “Gratitude can transform […]
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Nov 07, 2018
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Good news: these traits can be learned. Every successful entrepreneur must possess “A-Player” qualities. These extraordinary entrepreneurs share the characteristics most important for success. 1. Stickability. Frank Shankwitz Image credit: The Oracles I love the word “stickability” — your ability to persevere and persist. People will often advise that your idea won’t work. Turn that […]
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Nov 07, 2018
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Billionaire entrepreneur and Twitter enthusiast Elon Musk took to the microblogging site on Sunday to show off the interior of a “disturbingly long” tunnel. This, of course, is no ordinary tunnel, as it’s been built by Musk’s Boring Company, the outfit that’s aiming to create a new high-speed transit system beneath the streets of […]
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Oct 25, 2018
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“I don’t ‘deal’ with people. I ‘work’ with people,” says Steve Browne, executive director of HR for LaRosa’s, Inc. And managers need a similar mindset. Just about every company has at least one: that exceptional manager, the one that everyone on the team likes and respects. Their team not only performs well, but also genuinely […]
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