Related Links: Boston Goes Green in Meeting Federal Consent Decree Terms Federal authorities have given approval to DC Water and the District of Columbia to modify their combined-sewer-overflow plan and incorporate large-scale green infrastructure.Under a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Dept. of Justice announced on May 20, the agency can eliminate a planned underground tunnel along Rock Creek. The agreement calls for green infrastructure—such as rain gardens, green roofs and porous-pavement installations— as well as targeted sewer separation. The system's design allocates 365 impervious acres of land along Rock Creek for management of up to
Owners stepped up their regional activity, launching billions of dollars of major projects in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
With work delivered through the DC Dept. of General Services, DC Public Schools is in the midst of a multibillion-dollar capital program that is not only addressing long-overdue needs, it is also delivering world-class K-12 public schools.
As construction opportunities continue to improve throughout New England, many young professionals have advanced into leadership roles at design and construction firms.
Based on the major projects breaking ground in New England these days, construction activity is not only robust, it's occurring in a wide variety of market sectors.
Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 With demand rising for its H-47 Chinook heavy-lift military helicopter, the Boeing Co. sought to increase production and efficiency at its Ridley Park, Pa., campus while maintaining ongoing operations. The resulting five-year Chinook H-47 Focus Factory Conversion Program transformed the company's historic 85-year-old industrial helicopter production complex through several major capital renovation, modernization and new construction projects.More than 1,500 construction workers logged nearly 750,000 hours without disrupting the existing facility's 24-hour, seven-days-a-week assembly operations—often working less than 20 ft from a temporary demising wall. When completed in April 2014, the project boasted a
With about 2.8 million sq ft of space planned, the mixed-use Reston Station development aims to deliver a mix of transit-oriented facilities on 12 acres in northern Virginia.
Related Links: Complete 2015 Economic Forecast (subscription required) The construction recovery in 2014 had two major players: A non-residential building market that outperformed expectations and a homebuilding market that fell below expectations. The combined effect will be an estimated 5% increase in the dollar value of construction starts this year, according to McGraw Hill Construction's Dodge Data & Analytics. A year ago, Dodge expected the total construction market to grow 9% in 2014.Dodge predicts that the recovery will regain momentum in 2015, when construction starts are expected to increase 9%. Dodge announced its 2015 forecast during the Outlook Executive Conference