Feb 13, 2025
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Contractors expect activity to pick up over the next six months amid renewed confidence since the presidential election, according to Associated Builders and Contractors. Construction workers help build a condo tower using steel rebar on Feb. 10, 2025, in Miami, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images via Getty Images Brief: Construction backlog increased to 8.4 months […]
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Feb 03, 2025
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Here is a round up the newest project wins from some of the country’s biggest builders including AECOM, Jacobs and Trumbull. Trumbull, Fay, S&B Construction and Wagman Heavy Civil will help build the new Long Bridge rail project between Virginia and Washington, D.C. Retrieved from Virginia Passenger Rail Authority. Contractors thrive on new business […]
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Jan 30, 2025
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Cheap and flexible perovskite solar cells could revolutionize solar power, making it easier than ever to power the world with sunlight. The new thin layer of solar film is 27% efficient when converting sunlight into energy — compared with the approximate 22% efficiency of silicon panels on the market today. (Image credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images) […]
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Jan 23, 2025
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Build credibility and relationships with potential clients to negotiate more deals. Successful business relationships are based on trust, according to consultant Matt Verderamo. Stock Photo via Getty Images Matt Verderamo is a consultant at Well Built Construction Consulting, a Baltimore-based firm that delivers strategic consulting, facilitation services and peer roundtables for construction executives. Opinions […]
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Jan 10, 2025
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Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least 10 deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of residents across the county. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, the biggest blazes remain mostly or totally uncontained – with weather conditions and the underlying impact of […]
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Dec 19, 2024
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on Sept. 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via Getty Images Brief: The Federal Reserve trimmed the main interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in its third straight reduction since September, while […]
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Dec 16, 2024
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Biden officials are rushing to get money out the door ahead of the incoming administration. Brief: Three years into the five-year federal law, $568 billion, or 47%, of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds have been announced, per a White House fact sheet released Nov. 15. More than 66,000 construction projects are advancing via President […]
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Dec 05, 2024
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More Changes Coming to California’s ADU Laws In recent years, the California Legislature has enacted bills that reduce local control over the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs). Recent examples include legislation requiring ministerial approval of ADU and JADU applications within 60 days, authorizing ADUs on lots with multifamily […]
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Dec 05, 2024
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Around 2020, homeowners started to get serious about accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Some efforts, for example in Los Angeles under the direction of the city’s chief design officer, Christopher Hawthorne, it created a program that allows architects to submit plans for pre-approval to cut down the weeks-long permitting process to as a little as a […]
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Nov 21, 2024
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Here is a round up the newest project wins from some of the country’s biggest builders including Gilbane, Kiewit and Hensel Phelps. A rendering of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets’ new facility in North Carolina, which Gilbane Building Co. will construct. Courtesy of Charlotte Hornets Project awards are the lifeblood of every construction firm, as […]
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