Headwinds include rising costs and increasing delays, but multifamily construction starts have been able to stay the course. Multifamily construction starts continue to tick up despite rising construction costs and labor challenges, according to industry data. Multifamily starts increased in the first quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite widespread delays and …
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Starr Whitehouse’s success at Marsha P. Johnson State Park demonstrates the merits of public engagement processes leading architectural design. Yes, and…” thinking has long been a guiding principle in Improv comedy. The suggestion that improvisers should accept the premise of the preceding sketch (“yes”) and then expand upon it (“and”) has, in recent years, become …
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A Q&A with HOK on how architects can explore strategies of engagement between designers and local communities. Susan S. Szenasy, director of design innovation, Metropolis (SSS): At the heart of the city is its arts community, which engages with the built environment. This is key to today’s discussion, and future discussions, on how cities, people, …
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Creating a new “culture of accountability” is why work at 322 construction sites—and counting—across five boroughs has been shut down over risky conditions, the New York City buildings department chief told ENR on Wednesday. The Dept. of Buildings began new “zero tolerance” safety sweeps on June 1. According to DOB press releases, the crackdown is …
by Hummingbird Group
BY MIKE MCKELVY, CEO, GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY, AND CO-CHAIR, NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY WEEK In the construction industry, safety is a value and belief shared by all. Since 2014, national and global construction firms have joined forces during an annual industry-wide initiative designed to celebrate and promote a continued commitment to safety. Construction Safety Week is …
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New Yorkers have a surprise gift to look forward to for this Independence Day: a second Statue of Liberty sent by France. This new bronze statue, nicknamed the “little sister,” is one-sixteenth the size of the world-famous one that stands on Liberty Island. On Monday, during a special ceremony, the smaller sibling was lifted and …
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The NAHB /Wells Fargo Housing Market Index continues its decline, down to its lowest level since August 2020. Ongoing supply and material price challenges have driven the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index down two points to 81 in June, the lowest reading for the index since August 2020. Despite this decline, the NAHB notes …
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Seasonally adjusted construction employment in May totaled 7,423,000. Construction employment declined for the third time in the past four months in May as nonresidential contractors coped with lengthening and unpredictable delivery times that limited their ability to start or complete projects, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data …
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Lumber industry veteran Kyle Little told CNBC on Tuesday that it’s a sensible decision to hold off on beginning discretionary building projects due to high wood costs. “The jobs that you have coming up, don’t expect us to go back to what we saw the previous 10 years. That being said, if you can wait, …
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The construction industry has a reputation for resisting technology adoption, but decision makers are quickly realizing that it is inevitable. As construction requires so many moving parts and partners, more and more companies are embracing digital transformation to coordinate their people and streamline business operations, which means pushing analog systems to the side for good. …
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