Construction Industry News

A project in Pittsburgh's Lower Hill District help heal old wounds that have been smarting for more than 50 years.

Local groups dispute the impact of the dams on salmon spawning.

See how GC's are utilizing SiteCloud and Sensera Cameras to their immediate benefit on the jobsite.

Material Thefts On The Rise. Project Delays Ensue. The ripple down effect on project schedules, costs and labor have been spiraling out of control and we can feel your pain. While we can't stop criminals from accessing your site, we can deter, alert, and help in recovery.

Ohio utility FirstEnergy pleads guilty, agrees to pay $230 million for bribery and fraud in the $1.1-billion bailout of its nuclear and coal plants.

Four experts on their concerns for the future of Building Information Modeling.

Largest plant in Los Angeles released 17 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean when system clogged, with lingering odors causing health concerns.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology team has collected more than 200 building elements while refining its procedures for evidence identification.

LA Metro recently broke ground on the Airport Metro Connector that will connect the city's Metro system to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Stefan Pryor was appointed Rhode Island’s first Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo (D) and confirmed unanimously by the state Senate in 2015.

Board dropped project last month from regional list, a risk to federal approval, but state lobbying and voting shifts keep P3 venture alive.

Germany, especially hard hit, gets first $472 million for relief, with costs expected in billions, as regional death toll climbs and climate-change link is weighed.

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

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The Liberty Mutual index shows exertion as the cause of greatest losses.

Who owns the building code? A judge says a jury should decide facts of the case.

Evacuated downtown area of Kelowna, B.C., largely reopens one week after collapse that killed five people.

The International Code Council, the developer of “International” family of model building codes, is accepting code change proposals through Oct. 12 for the update of the ICC’s 2024 International Energy Conservation Code and Chapter 11 of the International Residential Code,

After a successful trial of a railcar-mounted robot to drill holes for tunnel cable racks, the MTA is putting together an open bidding process for vendors to further develop a robot drill rig for use in New York City’s subway tunnels.