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Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook

Firms Upbeat About Private Sector Work

June 30, 2016

Several top architectural firms continue to see improving industry market conditions, enjoying large revenue gains last year and forecasting continued strength in the near future.

Construction Starts

Construction Off to a Slow Start in 2016

June 29, 2016

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Through the first five months of this year, total construction starts were $257 billion, 12% below the same period a year ago.

Construction Economics

Tim Grogan

June 23, 2016

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

World's Tallest 'Passive House' Intended to Pave the Way for Others

The 26-story Cornell Tech Residential is expected to use 70% to 90% less energy than a conventional building.

Nadine M. Post

June 22, 2016

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The building is constructed to "incredibly rigorous" air tightness standards.

Salini Impregilo Wins $2.8-Billion Hydropower Contract in Ethiopia

Italian contractor adds another large dam project to its robust renewable-energy portfolio

Shem Oirere

June 17, 2016

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The contract involves the construction, with financing from Italy’s credit agency Servizi Assicuative de Commerce Estero, of the 2,200-MW Koysha Dam on the Omo River in the southern part of the country.

Top 100 Professional Services Firms

Professional services firms find growing opportunities as owners refuse to staff up to build, preferring to outsource the work

Gary J. Tulacz

June 16, 2016

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Clients are no longer requesting, but demanding, a broader array of services as fewer owners have the capacity to manage construction programs from the earliest stages of planning to the operation of the completed facilities.

Construction Planning Gains Momentum as Dodge Index Rises 2.4%

June 15, 2016

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The Dodge Momentum Index rose 2.4% in May, according to the latest release from Dodge Data & Analytics.

Jacobs Set to Build Delayed $5-Billion Mongolia Copper Mine Expansion

Nicholas Zeman

Debra K. Rubin

June 15, 2016

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The June 8 award to Jacobs Engineering of an engineer-procure-construct contract for the $5.3-billion next phase of the giant Oyo Togoi underground copper-and-gold mine in Mongolia gave industry-sector investors and analysts some hope that the sluggish mining sector might be rallying.