Construction Dive

MAY 16, 2023

Boosted by a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects, contractors continue to express confidence in their six-month outlooks, despite economic headwinds.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

Plans for a city village in Sheffield are set to forge ahead after the city council signed a development deal with regeneration specialist Citu. The 23-acre urban regeneration scheme known as Attercliffe Waterside scheme will transform brownfield land either side of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal. It will become one of the largest zero carbon communities in the UK, featuring more than 1,000 homes alongside creative workspaces, an arts venue and shops.

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Construction Dive

MAY 16, 2023

CEO Bob Pragada recently pinpointed advanced manufacturing projects as one of its target sectors for growth.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

Cladding contractor FK Construction has won a high court ruling enforcing an adjudication requiring ISG pay it £1.69m. ISG challenged the adjudicator’s award relating to Project Barberry, a warehouse project at an industrial park in Avonmouth Docks. The payment dispute over the £3.4m cladding subcontract arose when FK issued a £1.69m application for payment which was greeted with a payless notice and then not paid.

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Construction Dive

MAY 16, 2023

Thu-Loan Dinh, who helps lead infrastructure design for the city’s Department of Design and Construction, talks about the agency’s biggest resilience concerns and how to address them.

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Build LLC Blog

MAY 16, 2023

KUGGEN, photo by Tord-Rikard Soderstrom Back in 2014, BUILD met with Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh at his Stockholm headquarters to discuss his impressive roster of forward-thinking public and commercial designs. With completed projects in Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and the US, Wingårdh has designed work ranging from embassies and university buildings, to shopping malls and air traffic control towers.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

RESERVE, LOUISIANA – Over the last few months DSC Dredge has been redefining its team by investing in them, promoting from within and adding fresh perspectives. On Monday 23 rd April, 2023, DSC Dredge a leading manufacturer of dredging equipment, introduced Josh J. Louviere as Vice President of Operations (VP of Operations). In his new role, Josh will lead and oversee all aspects of the company’s operational activities.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

Developer Landsec has confirmed that it will now steam ahead with two major London commercial schemes after putting them both on go slow late last year. The firm confirmed this morning that it had sanctioned full building go-ahead on its Timber Square office build in SE1 and the refurbishment of the 1960s Portland House office block in SW1, which have a combined total development cost of £780m.

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Construction Dive

MAY 16, 2023

Heavy equipment manufacturers are displaying their machines in Washington, D.C., this week to demonstrate the $1 trillion construction industry’s economic might and shine a light on policy priorities.

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Speaker: Dylan Secrest

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has released its annual Safety Report showing the lowest rates of accidents among NASC contractor members since records began – indisputably proving that audited, regulated, NASC membership leads to safe scaffolding and access operations. The scaffold trade body’s 240+ contracting member firms recorded a reduction in RIDDORs of 90 in 2021, to 67 in 2022 – representing a 26% RIDDOR accident rate reduction in 2022 (with a 63% reduction in

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Construction Dive

MAY 16, 2023

Jim McLamb, who worked at Clark Construction in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, will serve as Suffolk’s general manager in its Northern California region.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

RED Construction South West has started on site to deliver the £22m 4-star Zeal Hotel in Exeter, following planning consent. The pioneering Zeal hotel will include the integration of renewable energy sources both on and within the building fabric, to deliver an exceptionally low Energy Usage Intensity below 55kWh/m 2 , generating more energy each year than it consumes.

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New Civil Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

As designers, engineers, planners, thinkers, we all know that diversity of opinion is critical to solving problems or coming up with the best designs. Despite the obviousness of that statement, most industries and workplaces have taken some time to recognise the contribution that women can… The post Why the civil engineering industry needs more women fellows appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

Higgins Partnerships has been appointed by Hammersmith & Fulham Council to deliver 134 new homes on the former site of Hartopp Point and Lannoy Point. The 1960s 14-storey towers on the Aintree Estate have been demolished and will be replaced by high-quality homes built to Passivhaus Classic Standards across three buildings ranging in height from three to seven storeys.

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Prodyogi

MAY 16, 2023

Imagine a world where buildings are constructed with greater precision, safety, and efficiency. Where delays and errors are minimized, and projects are delivered on time and within budget. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence in construction.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

Bradford Council has signed a pre-development deal to work with The English Cities Fund to deliver a city village of 1,000 homes in the heart of the city centre. ECF is a strategic joint venture between regeneration specialist Muse, investor Legal & General and the government’s housing agency, Homes England. The partners will now explore and shape the key elements for delivery, funding and phasing of City Village, which will include the former Kirkgate and Oastler Markets area of the city.

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Prodyogi

MAY 16, 2023

Planning a concrete project budget can be daunting, especially if you must familiarize yourself with the process. However, with the help of a concrete cost estimator, you can efficiently plan your project budget and ensure that your project stays within your financial constraints.

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Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

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Risk Management

Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

Orpington based regional contractor Neilcott is strengthening its geographical coverage around London and the South East by establishing a third regional office in Hertfordshire, to supplement existing bases in Winchester and the central London Fit Out division. The strategic northern base opens this month and will extend Neilcott’s presence around the capital and the surrounding counties.

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Prodyogi

MAY 16, 2023

Imagine a world where buildings are constructed with greater precision, safety, and efficiency. Where delays and errors are minimized, and projects are delivered on time and within budget. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence in construction.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie , the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced today the successful completion of a series of seismic tests on the tallest building yet subjected to earthquake simulations. Tests on the 10-story mass timber structure were conducted as part of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood Project, a research project funded by the National Science Foundation and building industry partners to p

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The Pro Builder

MAY 16, 2023

The Las Vegas Market Is Cooling, but Prices Are Still Well Above Pre-Pandemic Norms ldeakins Tue, 05/16/2023 - 10:35 A few popular metros saw unprecedented growth during a mid-pandemic homebuying boom, and despite a 2023 housing correction, prices are taking longer than expected to come back down Housing markets that saw supercharged activity from 2021 to mid-2022 are beginning to cool, but in most homebuying hotspots, prices remain well above their pre-pandemic peaks.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

May 9, 2023 – HEADQUARTERS/HOLMDEL, NJ – Colliers Engineering & Design, a national multi-discipline engineering, architectural, design and consulting firm, is pleased to announce it has acquired HILGARTWILSON, LLC, an Arizona-based engineering, design and survey firm that offers civil engineering, land use planning, land surveying, environmental services, and construction management services.

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The Pro Builder

MAY 16, 2023

Share of Americans Who Say Now Is a Bad Time to Buy a Home Reaches 45-Year High ldeakins Tue, 05/16/2023 - 10:42 Just one in five Americans think now is a good time to buy a home—the lowest share recorded since Gallup began tracking homebuying sentiment 45 years ago The share of adults in the U.S. who say now is a good time to buy a home has dropped to its lowest level in 45 years, with nearly eight in 10 people responding negatively to current market conditions, according to a recent Gallup sur

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New Civil Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

Engineers at the High Speed 2 (HS2) west London station Old Oak Common have excavated the box to track level in some areas and completed the first concrete pour for the base slab. The post HS2 | First base slab pour complete at Old Oak Common station appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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The Pro Builder

MAY 16, 2023

Home Prices Rose in 70% of Metros During the First Quarter of 2023 ldeakins Tue, 05/16/2023 - 10:49 The U.S. housing market is cooling, but in a few major metros, home prices continue to rise The housing market is cooling after a mid-pandemic homebuying boom, but according to the National Association of Realtors’ new quarterly report, home prices are still rising in 70% of metros.

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New Civil Engineer

MAY 16, 2023

A ‘Strategic Spatial Energy Plan’ that sets out key construction and infrastructure requirements and strategic ‘capacity hubs’ to enable coordinated connection are among recommendations in a National Grid report setting out priorities to support net zero. The post National Grid report sets out reforms including infrastructure goals required to reach net zero appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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The Pro Builder

MAY 16, 2023

Rental Home Investors Are Buying Fewer Homes ldeakins Tue, 05/16/2023 - 11:43 As financial returns shrink, major investors such as American Homes 4 Rent and Invitation Homes are pulling back from the rental market Recent analysis conducted by John Burns Research and Consulting reveals that institutional investors, or those who own more than 1,000 homes, bought 90% fewer single-family homes for rent in January and February 2023 than they did during the first two months of 2022 when the market was

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Construction Placements

MAY 16, 2023

NIOT Recruitment 2023 for Scientist | 25 Posts | 02-06-2023 NIOT Recruitment 2023 for Scientist with 25 Posts vacancies, the last date to apply for this job is 02-06-2023 The post NIOT Recruitment 2023 for Scientist | 25 Posts | 02-06-2023 appeared first on ConstructionPlacements.

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