Trends in national housing demand often seem like an on again/off again roller coaster—and that’s just the daily figures. Many reports in the mainstream media focus on extremes in construction statistics. Meanwhile, the larger body of data in the middle tends to get left out of the headlines. Recently, comprehensive methods of assessing industry trends […]
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A major Boston casino construction project is currently underway, but conflicts surrounding the state’s 2011 casino law may stop the project before it can be completed.
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Significant increases in multifamily residential construction are fueling improvements in the building industry in communities throughout the United States. Increased production of multifamily apartment units formed the basis of this surge in nationwide residential construction, according to sources that include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Government sources
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Progress continues to be made on the high-tech campus at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. One of the site’s most notable features—the enormous spaceship-style headquarters building that will serve as the area’s centerpiece—was revealed in model form in October 2013. The sprawling building will be the campus’s centerpiece, consisting of a ring-shaped structure highlighted
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Encouraging economic news from the construction industry indicates that employment in building and construction is increasing in areas throughout the United States.
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Foamed asphalt offers an alternative to traditional asphalt repair that saves money and labor and reduces traffic disruption. Pavers and road builders know that asphalt isn’t a perfect material for original paving or repair. The service life of asphalt is less than 20 years, which means asphalt roads under heavy use are in ongoing, perpetual
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Construction site safety isn’t a secondary issue when you consider industry statistics. Every year, about 150,000 injuries occur at construction sites. That’s approximately one out of every 10 workers. In a typical year, over 1,000 construction injuries result in fatalities. While some are simple accidents, many result from causes that aren’t random and could have
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Houston’s David Weekley Homes has announced plans to expand into the Chicago area in the second quarter of 2014. The move will represent the company’s northernmost presence in home construction, with developments already stretching from Atlanta to Phoenix.
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Although Hawaii construction has been sluggish over the last decade, it’s rebounding in big way. So big, in fact, that the state’s existing labor force may not be large enough to meet current demand.
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Because it’s the most widely-used building material in the world, keeping track of cement use in construction is a good way to get a snapshot of trends in building projects. From the foundations of new homes to the structure of skyscrapers, dams, bridges and tunnels, as the production and consumption of cement goes, so goes
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