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Green Buildings

Database Aims to Remove Code Barriers to Sustainability

August 10, 2016

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.

Construction Starts Are Down 11% From First Half of 2015

August 10, 2016

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Total construction starts fell 7% in June, continuing downward pressure on markets, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.

Contractors Seek $23 Million Over Wind Power Port Scope Gaps

Scott Van Voorhis

August 10, 2016

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As it searches for new tenants for a $113-million port terminal in New Bedford, Mass., that was set to stage huge turbines for the now-halted Cape Wind offshore wind project, a state agency faces a $23-million breach-of-contract lawsuit from the 28-acre facility’s two key contractors, Cashman Dredging and Marine Co. and Weeks Marine Inc., over scope deficiencies.

Construction Insurance

Pollution Liability Insurance Market Tilts Heavily to Buyer's Side

The competition among carries created opportunities for coverage unavailable a short time ago

Scott Van Voorhis

August 10, 2016

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Soft pricing and a surplus of competition that has squeezed the bottom line of carriers.

School Design

New Sandy Hook Elementary School Balances Comfort, Security

Hidden cameras, motion sensors, and impact-resistant windows and walls are placed strategically.

Justin Rice

August 8, 2016

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The footbridges and rain garden along the undulating wood rain screen at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., are more than lovely landscaping.

2016 Campaign

Democrats' Platform Supports Big Hike for Infrastructure Investment

Nominee Clinton has backed $275B boost over five years, including infrastructure bank

Tom Ichniowski

Pam Hunter McFarland

August 5, 2016

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Platform calls for reviving heavily used Build America Bonds program, which expired in 2010.

Transportation Finance

After A Month, No Deal Still to Fund Hundreds of Idled NJ Road-Rail Projects

Legislators and Christie still spar over gas tax hike; timing and costs of work restarts unclear,

Debra K. Rubin

August 2, 2016

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Legislators agree to 23-cent hike, but it's DOA, says governor; work restarts are unclear.

San Diego Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility

Advocates Reaffirm Value of Formal Partnering for Project Teams

Even in an age of increased collaboration, formal partnering has a key role to play, say its supporters

Bruce Buckley

August 2, 2016

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Many recent trends in construction aim to improve teamwork: collaborative delivery methods, lean construction practices and virtual design and construction.

J. Carpenter Tuscon Press Event Presentation

Anatomy of Autonomy: The Automated Jobsite?

Use of autonomous equipment is likely to grow, but as an extension—not a replacement—of the operator

Mike Anderson

July 28, 2016

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As the general public is exposed almost daily to marketing that promotes the prospects of self-driving cars, it’s not too much of a stretch for construction professionals to imagine a similar future for autonomous equipment on the jobsite.