Sustainability Seattle's Living Laboratory Tests Novel Low-Carbon Building Materials Nadine M. Post September 13, 2023 No Comments Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has donned an owner-developer's hat to demonstrate how to drastically reduce embodied carbon in buildings.Read More
Natural Disasters Maui Wildfire Cleanup Could Cost $1B and Take One Year James Leggate September 11, 2023 No Comments Questions remain about the rebuilding of the Hawaiian Island after the cleanup.Read More
Investigations Surfside Condo Collapse Investigators Uncover More Pool Deck Deviations James Leggate September 7, 2023 No Comments The as-built condition of rebar in slab-column connections did not match the design drawings, NIST investigators say.Read More
Clean Energy US Energy Dept. Aims $15.5B for EV, Battery Plant Retooling Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin September 2, 2023 No Comments Federal grants and loans under new infrastructure funding laws will favor applicants with strategies to retain and attract skilled workers for “high-quality jobs," a move observers say is timed with escalating auto industry labor battles. Read More
Materials UK Shutters 104 Schools Over Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Concerns RAAC schools and public buildings that predate 1980 are at risk of failure Peter Reina September 1, 2023 No Comments Research has raised concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels manufactured between the 1950s and 1970s. Read More
Codes and Standards Colorado Adopts Its First Building Energy Performance Standard James Leggate August 22, 2023 No Comments Regulation 28 applies to about 8,000 buildings, but some already meet the energy use requirements.Read More
Mortenson-McCarthy JV Tapped for $1.5B Las Vegas Ballpark Jim Parsons August 21, 2023 No Comments Firms will build planned 30,000-seat ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip for Major League Baseball's Athletics, which is relocating from Oakland, Calif.Read More
Sports Venues Tennessee Titans Pick Turner-AECOM Hunt Team for $2.1B Stadium James Leggate August 17, 2023 No Comments Tennessee Builders Alliance is slated to serve as construction manager-at-risk for the project to build a football stadium in Nashville. Read More
Buildings Developer Names Contractor to Build Australia's Tallest Tower James Leggate August 16, 2023 No Comments Australian contractor Multiplex is set to build the 1,169-ft-tall STH BNK By Beulah in Melbourne.Read More
Lendlease Pauses San Francisco Tower in Another Sign of Real Estate Woe Richard Korman August 15, 2023 No Comments The $1.2B Hayes Point mixed-use project had broken ground last year.Read More