New construction starts in September advanced 10% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $604.1 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The increase followed an up-and-down pattern during the previous two months and brought activity to its highest level so far during 2014. Nonresidential building registered a sharp gain, helped by an elevated pace for several institutional categories plus another brisk month for manufacturing plants, while the nonbuilding construction sector (public works and electric utilities) also strengthened. Running counter in September was a decline for residential building. During the first nine months of 2014,
Distributed solar photovoltaic system prices dropped by 12% - 19% nationwide in 2013, according to the third edition of a jointly written report on PV pricing trends from the Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif. In addition, 2014 prices are expected to drop another 3% - 12%, depending on system location and market segment. Industry analysts expect this trend to continue over the next couple of years, keeping the nation on track to meet the DOE SunShot Initiative’s 2020 targets.“These price drops are consistent with previous annual reductions achieved
The Arizona Builders Alliance and the Arizona chapter of the Association of General Contractors held a Joint Economic Forecast Seminar Oct. 15 in Phoenix that featured AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson who discussed Arizona’s construction industry and his forecast for the state’s 2015.While much of the construction industry in America has been on a fairly steady upturn lately, Arizona remains one state is not following along with the trend, he said, citing such evidence as a loss of construction jobs and that spending had receded to early recovery levels. While Arizona construction firms might wish for greater growth, Simonson pointed
Driven mostly by losses in Arizona, Southwest construction employment dipped in September, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier this week, but the losses in the Grand Canyon state are buoyed by gains in Nevada and steady performance in New Mexico.In Arizona from August to September 2014, slightly less than 3,000 construction jobs were lost. Construction employment is down to 115,500 in September 2014 from 118,200 in August 2014. Year-over year, construction jobs in Arizona have declined from 123,100 in September 2013 — a loss of about 7,500 construction jobs.From August to September 2014, Nevada
EBay's new 85,000-sq-ft Salt Lake City "data center of the future" deploys Dell's EPIC module, which packs more than 1 MW of IT power capacity into 24 racks, and HP's EcoPod module, adding 1.4 MW of capacity in 44 gear racks.
The Denver Union Station Transit Improvements project transformed 42 acres of blighted former rail yards into the centerpiece of a bustling lower downtown neighborhood.
The LEED-Gold-designed Mountaineer Field House and Recreation Center provides Western State Colorado University with training facilities that rival those at many NCAA Division 1-A universities.
After a year of major renovations, the historic Byers Junior High School in Denver re-opened in late August. It is the most recent campus to be added to Denver School of Science and Technology. Photo by James W. Jenson Photography The project team replaced more than 220 windows at Byers Junior High, matching the original designs, but far surpassing the old windows in energy efficiency. The 110,000-square-foot building sat vacant for a decade after Denver Public Schools closed the facility. Arvada’s Swinerton Builders won a hard bid contract in June 2013 to renovate the 1921 building in time for the
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