5 lessons in water mitigation for mass timber projects

Sustainability leaders from Skanska, RDH, and Polygon share five tips for successful water mitigation in mass timber construction.

Laboratories

BSL conversions: A cost-efficient method to support high-containment research

Some institutions are creating flexible lab spaces that can operate at a BSL-2 and modulate up to a BSL-3 when the need arises. Here are key aspects to consider when accommodating a rapid modulation between BSL-2 and BSL-3 space.

AEC Tech

Construction industry report shows increased use of robotics on jobsites

Nearly two-thirds of contractors surveyed, who cited use of robotics on jobsites, are either using monitoring and/or service/labor robotics.

MFPRO+ News

Major Massachusetts housing law aims to build or save 65,000 multifamily and single-family homes

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey recently signed far-reaching legislation to boost housing production and address the high cost of housing in the Bay State. The Affordable Homes Act aims to build or save 65,000 homes through $5.1 billion in spending and 49 policy initiatives.

Contractors

Bringing the concepts of architects, engineers, and clients to life often requires problem-solving and compromise, and always requires hard work on the contractor’s part. Keeping construction within the allotted budget and up to the rest of the building team’s standards requires a combination of extensive technical and product knowledge.

Greenbuild Report | Dec 1, 2015

Data centers turn to alternative power sources, new heat controls and UPS systems

Data centers account for 2% of the nation’s electricity consumption and about 30% of the power used annually by the economy’s information and communications technology sector, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Contractors | Dec 1, 2015

The contractor’s role in promoting job site sustainability [AIA course]

Robins & Morton’s Jackie Mustakas offers specific actions that contractors and construction managers can take to green every job site.

Contractors | Nov 30, 2015

Sundt Construction opens its own craft employee training center

The contractor's Center for Craft Excellence, in Phoenix, is in response to the labor shortages in the industry.

FMI survey: Millennials in construction industry are loyal, hard-working

Contractors | Nov 24, 2015

FMI survey: Millennials in construction get a bad rap, tend to be loyal, hard-working

While the stigma exists that Millennials are entitled, disloyal, and lazy, it appears that this is not true, according to a new report from FMI.

Contractors | Nov 12, 2015

Construction will outpace worldwide GDP growth over the next 15 years

Three countries—the United States, China, and India—will account for nearly three-fifths of worldwide construction growth over the next 15 years, according to a new report from Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics.

Contractors | Nov 5, 2015

Budget bill provision raises OSHA fines for first time in 25 years

Inflation-adjusted penalty hikes could go up as much as 80%.

ABC, AIA & NAHB: Residential and nonresidential construction growth expected in 2016

Contractors | Nov 3, 2015

ABC, AIA & NAHB: Residential, nonresidential construction growth expected in 2016

Economists from the three trade associations discussed several indicators for sector performance in a joint web conference.

Contractors | Nov 2, 2015

ABC: September's nonresidential spending slip no cause for concern

Despite the monthly drop, September's year-over-year increase is largest in seven years. Seven of 16 nonresidential construction sectors saw spending increases.