With a checkered history of brokering bipartisan megadeals which historically fall apart at the last minute, the U.S. Senate has managed to buck the trend and pass the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with bipartisan support. The 69-30 vote saw 19 Republicans, including Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., join all 50 senators in the …
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BUILDER contributor Emily Newton explores the impact of digital engineering tools on the civil engineering and development industries. Understandably—and with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent climate change report looming—many teams are looking to create sustainable engineering projects, reduce environmental impact, and vastly improve operational efficiencies. At the same time, the civil engineering and …
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Construction’s unemployment rate dropped in July on a monthly and year-over-year basis to its lowest level in 17 months, as the industry added 11,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. But the latest monthly BLS report on the nation’s employment picture, released on Aug. 6, also showed job losses in some parts of …
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Lawmakers worked a second weekend in a row to move the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package forward. Passage could come later this week. Infrastructure. Never have we been so happy to have a buzzword trending in the news. Much of the news however has dealt with Congressional squabbling over what infrastructure legislation should look like …
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Dive Brief: Pennsylvania road and bridge contractor Glenn O. Hawbaker has pleaded no contest to and been sentenced in the largest prevailing wage theft case in U.S. history, according to an announcement from state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Charges were brought against Hawbaker in April. Last week, the State College, Pennsylvania, contractor agreed to pay nearly $20.7 …
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The national builder recently launched its new digital configuration and reservation system for to-be-built homes. Earlier this summer, Taylor Morrison—the No. 5 builders on the 2021 Builder 100—launched its virtual home buying platform, where buyers can purchase a new home from the comfort of their couch. The company’s new digital configuration and reservation system for …
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For 2020, there were 28,000 total single-family units built using modular and panelized construction methods. In 2020, the total market share of non-site-built homes, including modular and panelized, was at 3% of single-family completions, according to the Census Bureau Survey of Construction data and NAHB analysis. Roughly 11,000 single-family units were built using modular and …
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On June 24, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and the White House reached an agreement on a framework for an infrastructure package that would provide approximately $1 trillion to address the needs of the nation’s most critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and broadband services for Americans. Should Congress and President Joe Biden move forward …
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the beginning of construction activities on the parking garage and community space alongside a new jail in Kew Gardens. The construction marks the first major activity in the Borough-Based Jails Program, an $8.3 billion effort to construct four new, smaller, and more humane jails in Manhattan, the Bronx, …
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A women-led team from Shawmut Design and Construction and Generator Studios conceptualized and completed the project. The New York Liberty have recently unveiled their new 6,000-sf locker room and lounge at Barclays Center. The project was designed and completed by a team of women from Shawmut Design and Construction and Generator Studios with women’s comfort …
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