Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.

Building Materials 331

Building Materials 331

Prodyogi

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Cement is a leading building material in various construction applications. Knowing the high demand for this building material, we have multiple cement manufacturers around the world, each assuring high quality and strength. But as consumers, we cannot take their word for granted!

Quality Assurance 244

Quality Assurance Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials 244

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 9, 2025

Developer Langtree has agreed a funding deal for the next phase of its Hollinwood Junction project in Oldham and signed a £25m construction contract to kick-off building work. We’ll be implementing materials, construction methods, and operational systems to achieve a BREEAM excellent rating.

Building Products Distribution 224

Building Products Distribution Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials Contracts 224

Civil + Structural Engineer

JANUARY 10, 2025

On one hand, the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has catalyzed unprecedented infrastructure investment, while on the other, rising costs for materials, labor and energy are squeezing project budgets and complicating project planning and execution. Infrastructure project delivery is at a crossroads.

Risk Management 264

Risk Management Schedule Management Project Management Cost Control 264

Prodyogi

JUNE 12, 2025

Building a home, office, or any structure is not just about laying bricks and pouring concrete. It’s about careful planning, understanding soil behavior, right material selection, and proper execution. Even the strongest-looking buildings can face premature failure due to avoidable mistakes.In

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Concrete Pouring Building Materials 130

Construction Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

Published June 11, 2025 Sebastian Obando Reporter post share post print email license Rendering of the Sterling Bay Pacific Center research and development building in San Diego, Calif., The $238 million phase 2 of the Sterling Bay Pacific Center research and development building in San Diego, California.

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Lifts Infrastructure Development Site Planning Building Materials 264

Construction Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

Evans, the president of Swinerton-owned mass timber firm Timberlab, has helped the company through the process of building up a domestic supply chain. We helped on one of those conversions of those buildings, and that was due to a supply chain shortage, or really long lead times for open web joists. Absolutely. Mass timber does too.

Steel Fabrication 184

Steel Fabrication Roofing Systems Building Materials Building Controls 184

Construction Dive

APRIL 11, 2024

Overall building material costs have now increased in every month of 2024, said Associated Builders and Contractors’ chief economist.

Building Materials 371

Building Materials 371

Wolgast Corporation

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What would they choose to do to effectively save money and time without sacrificing quality or building longevity? We are currently working on a building for Chippewa Nature Center that our Architect, Neil Frank, resourcefully designed using materials that would save time and money.

Building Materials Manufacturing 120

Building Materials Manufacturing Carpentry Building Controls Controls Manufacturing 120

Construction Dive

JANUARY 31, 2025

While no major warehouse impacts have been reported, a spike in building materials demand could create shortages.

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Building Materials 327

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2023

IBM, Micron and Applied Materials want to build a chip research and development center in the state’s capital, Albany.

Building Materials 353

Building Materials 353

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Targeted incentives and building code changes can support the transition to more climate-friendly building materials, say research, advocacy and industry groups.

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Building Codes Building Materials 310

Construction Dive

JANUARY 30, 2023

Reducing carbon emissions from building materials and construction will likely draw more local and state policy attention, experts say.

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Green Building Building Materials 323

Construction Dive

MAY 10, 2023

From autonomous buildings to alternative materials, these firms raised money recently via equity and debt financing, despite economic headwinds.

Building Materials 314

Building Materials 314

Construction Dive

APRIL 7, 2025

Mercer Mass Timber helped erect four CLT and glulam buildings, alongside additional offices with full frames made of the material.

Building Materials 283

Building Materials 283

The Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Plantd Finds First Farmer for Perennial Grass qpurcell Tue, 11/07/2023 - 12:25 Plantd , a manufacturer of carbon-capturing building materials, has partnered with a North Carolina farmer to plant 101 acres of perennial grass. Plantd’s factory will be automated, 100% electric, and multi-product capable.

Building Materials Manufacturing 312

Building Materials Manufacturing Building Automation Building Materials Structural Systems 312

Construction Dive

MAY 13, 2024

By investing in solutions that enable more consistency and efficiency in the production of building materials and systems, the construction sector can put a dent in their labor problem.

Building Materials 314

Building Materials 314

The Pro Builder

MAY 28, 2024

It also means the homes have a smaller carbon footprint before and as they’re built—by reducing the emissions from all their materials. Especially as buildings get more efficient, embodied carbon represents a larger and larger slice of the total emissions a building is responsible for,” says Chris Magwood, manager, carbon-free buildings, RMI.

Environmental Consulting 285

Environmental Consulting Building Materials Energy Efficiency Procurement 285

New Civil Engineer

MARCH 20, 2025

The carbon footprint of such discarded materials key contributors to climate change have underscored the urgent need to slow material consumption, particularly in the built environment. Industrial economies have been shaped by a throwaway culture for over half a century.

Building Materials 95

Building Materials Engineering 95

Roads Online

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As Alex Fraser celebrates its 145th anniversary, Roads and Infrastructure reflects on the company’s journey to becoming one of Australia’s leading providers of recycled construction materials. In 2018, Alex Fraser was acquired by Hanson Australia, one of Australia’s largest and most innovative providers of construction materials.

Green Building 105

Green Building Building Commissioning Building Materials Material Handling 105

Construction Dive

JULY 14, 2023

Respondents to a recent Construction Dive survey said they are combating the high price of building materials with a variety of tactics.

Surveying 296

Surveying Building Materials 296

Construction Enquirer

MAY 23, 2023

million m² building blocks per year, equating to approximately 250,000 tonnes. Its Star Performer cellular block uses recycled aggregates and 24 % less material than a solid block. Through its two manufacturing facilities in Telford, Besblock currently produces around 1.7

Renewable Energy Systems 290

Renewable Energy Systems Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials Energy Efficiency 290

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 8, 2023

Simon Rawlinson, head of Strategic Research & Insight at Arcadis, said that London’s high rise residential market should brace for significant delays following the GLA’s accelerated introduction of a mandatory second staircase requirement for all new residential buildings over 30m.

Staircases 334

Staircases Procurement Building Materials Government Works 334

Wolgast Corporation

MAY 19, 2025

Remodeling a Commercial Building Exterior You have the means to strengthen your companys branding and awareness of your business through a skyline shift. You may have never heard this term, but it is what we at Wolgast refer to an exterior remodel of a building to include an attention getting building front tailored to a business branding.

Building Design 105

Building Design Building Materials Mapping Budgeting 105

Wolgast Corporation

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Building Owners have been using a form of wainscoting in their buildings since the 14 th century according to howstuffworks.com. Wainscoting comes in many materials for different uses including laminate, metallic, tile, vinyl (VCW) , fiber reinforced, or polymer (FRP) material to name most options. 800-WOLGAST.

Building Controls 127

Building Controls Building Materials Building Design Cost Control 127

Construction Enquirer

JULY 6, 2023

Aside from the lockdown-related fall in house building, the rate of contraction was the fastest since April 2009. “Fewer houses being built meant the sector was dragged down overall because civil engineering and commercial building projects remained relatively buoyant with stronger pipelines of work. Housing work (index at 39.6)

Building Optimization 317

Building Optimization Building Materials Change Management Procurement 317

Construction Specifier

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The 4,645-m2 (50,000-sf) Public Works Operations Building is the cornerstone of Salem, Ore. Photo courtesy Lewis Williams The 4,645-m 2 (50,000-sf) Public Works Operations Building is the cornerstone of Salem, Ore., Sustainability is at the forefront of material choices, with locally sourced Juniper used for the exterior wood siding.

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Public Works Staircases Structural Systems Building Materials 110

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

are increasingly adopting sustainable building products and practices that conserve water, energy, and materials. are increasingly adopting sustainable building products and practices that conserve water, energy, and materials.

Green Building 263

Green Building Energy Conservation Building Resilience Energy Efficiency 263

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 14, 2023

Mace is calling on the government to adopt a “retrofit first” strategy in planning policy in a bid to stop so many old building being demolished. The report notes that demolition may be the best decision for a building, such as when the existing building was poorly designed or if it did not meet modern building safety standards.

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Safety Regulations Building Standards Building Design Building Materials 330

Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 3, 2025

MMT supplies materials for the largest mass timber corporate campus in the United States Spokane Valley, WA Mercer Mass Timber (MMT ) , a leading manufacturer of sustainable timber building materials and a subsidiary of Mercer International Inc.,

Sustainability 100

Sustainability Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials Zoning 100

Civil + Structural Engineer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Wisdome Stockholm building encompasses a wooden architectural design creating an arched-shaped room of 1,325 square meters. Stora Enso has been the main partner and delivered sustainable wooden construction materials for the project. Wisdome Stockholm is inaugurated today and will open to the public on 9 December.

Architecture 246

Architecture Material Storage Building Materials Sustainability 246

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The need to improve construction cost certainty is critical regardess of whether repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build projects are invovled. Create detailed line item estimates for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Use LOCALLY RESEARCHED labor, material, and equipment costs from an objective source.

Building Materials 97

Building Materials Construction Equipment Maintenance Estimating 97

Construction News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Incoming changes to inheritance tax will deal a blow to the building-materials sector and could threaten government plans for 1.5 million homes to be built during the current parliamentary term. housing target appeared first on Construction News.

Building Materials 98

Building Materials 98

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The benefits of circular construction and a consistently applied programmatic approach to all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects include a significant reduction in financial and environmental waste. Construction includes new builds, rebuild, renovation, or maintenance activities. What is circular procurement?

Building Materials 97

Building Materials Procurement Prefabrication Change Management 97

Civil + Structural Engineer

DECEMBER 1, 2024

When you visit one of our branches, youll see the superior build quality, layout, and materials that set us apart from the competition. Thats why we build every ATCO structure locally and build them better, so theyre equipped and ready to go exactly when and how you need them. It cant be an afterthought.

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Building Materials Manufacturing Site Planning Building Materials Building Codes 263