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Fifty Global Builders Set to Bid on Big Israeli Housing Program

Country will choose six to expedite needed residential construction

Neal Sandler

August 16, 2016

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Country will choose six to expedite needed residential construction.

Health in Harmony Saves Rainforests with 'Stethoscopes'

Kinari Webb's group is building a hospital in Borneo to discourage illegal logging

Nadine M. Post

August 16, 2016

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American design team, led by architect Richard Ramer, provides pro bono services for 27,000-sq-ft hospital that will never turn a patient away.

HASSELL + OMA Design Revealed for Western Australia Museum

Construction set to begin late this year on the $320.5-million Perth project

Nadine M. Post

August 15, 2016

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Building Foundations

Sinking San Francisco Skyscraper Riles Residents

Millenium Tower is the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western U.S.

JT Long

August 10, 2016

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The 645-ft Millennium Tower—the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western United States—is sinking and tilting, and the building owner places the blame squarely on the adjacent Transbay Transit Center project.

Green Buildings

Database Aims to Remove Code Barriers to Sustainability

Nadine M. Post

August 10, 2016

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Watershed Management Group, a Tucson-based nonprofit, initiated a research project with the ultimate goal of convincing Arizona building officials to accept non-code-compliant composting toilets—critical to potable water conservation in buildings—as an alternative to an onsite wastewater system.

Creating an Elevator Core the Hard Way

Team works with a fractured schedule and noise restrictions to cut a shaftway through post-tensioned decks in a senior-living complex

Jennifer Seward

July 27, 2016

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The Village Shores Senior Community in Richfield, Minn., is getting a major infrastructure upgrade and expansion—one that includes carving an elevator core through every floor slab of a 10-story, 1980s-era, post-tensioned building.

Turner-AECOM Selected To Build Los Angeles Stadium

July 27, 2016

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Turner Construction Co. and AECOM have been selected to build a 70,000-seat stadium for the Los Angeles Rams.

Contracting Firms See Slight Shift in Regional Markets

Education, health care and biomedical markets remain strong in New England, while residential slows slightly

Justin Rice

July 26, 2016

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New England’s construction industry was fortunate to have a sizable backlog of turnkey projects ready to be built as soon as the recession ended, including several luxury condo towers in Boston.

Village at the University of Southern California

Diverse Work Boosts Centenarian's Revenue

Repeat clients laud Hathaway Dinwiddie’s ability to understand and tackle complex, large-scale projects in multiple market sectors

Bruce Buckley

July 25, 2016

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From skyscrapers in San Francisco and Los Angeles to high-technology facilities, Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. has earned a reputation for taking on tough jobs during its 100 years in California.

Best Projects Winners Announced for California

Projects were selected by industry judges based on innovation, quality and teamwork

Scott Blair

July 21, 2016

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The winners listed below will be profiled in depth in the October issue of ENR California, and at two awards presentations in December – one in Los Angeles on October 4, and the other in San Francisco on October 6.