Dive Brief: Republican Pennsylvania state Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill has proposed legislation that would require state agencies in charge of evaluating contractor bids to take into consideration “well-documented evidence of change order scheming.” Delays and higher-than-expected costs on the Mount Rose I-83 Interchange project in York County, Pennsylvania, are the drivers behind Phillips-Hill’s proposal. The project, …
by Hummingbird Group
The pace is fast and capital abundant, allowing builders access and benefits in a variety of innovative ways. Speaking with private equity groups and learning of their new housing initiatives, I’m enthusiastic and amazed by what I’m hearing. The pool of private equity funds jumping into the home building industry is staggering. Enormous funds are …
by Hummingbird Group
Philadelphia Museum of Art opened to the public earlier this month after completing an extensive four-year renovation and interior expansion project led by Frank Gehry. The intervention, dubbed the Core Project, focused on renewing the museum’s infrastructure, creating galleries and public spaces while leaving the 1928 exterior untouched. The culmination of two decades of planning …
by Hummingbird Group
The Treasury Dept. has begun to take applications from state and local governments for the $350 billion that the American Rescue Plan Act earmarks to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the department announced on May 10. Among the many eligible uses for the funds are “water, sewer and broadband infrastructure,” according to the …
by Hummingbird Group
Which digital home technologies offer builders the best return on investment in 2021? Home tech is a wild card. Countless gadgets hit the market every year but many of them quickly disappear. For a production builder, deciding what technologies to make standard can feel like a bet on a Vegas roulette wheel. Fortunately, a few …
by Hummingbird Group
Populous is designing the project. Nerd Street Gamers, an esports infrastructure company, has selected Populous to lead its national rollout of Localhost gaming centers. The concept is a first of its kind that will bring localized gaming centers, which are open to the public, to cities across the country. The rollout will start with the …
by Hummingbird Group
Here Comes the Tsunami of Growth, Says ABC The construction industry added 110,000 jobs in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released recently by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The industry has added 931,000 jobs since April 2020, recovering 83.6% of the jobs lost during earlier stages of the …
by Hummingbird Group
The construction is progressing in New York at the site of the Santiago Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox church. The project, which was first featured on designboom when it broke ground in 2014, topped out in 2016 with construction shutting down in 2017 as a result of financial setbacks. After years of delay, construction resumed in august …
by Hummingbird Group
No, City Hall and Independence Hall aren’t on the list. One virtue of an old city like Philadelphia: It contains centuries’ worth of impressive buildings. Independence Hall. City Hall. The Art Museum … whether because of their age, their historical significance, or their hard-to-fathom feats of engineering, these buildings tend to be some of the …
by Hummingbird Group
New York City planners are working on secret plans for a controversial new pedestrian walkway on top of the High Line, dubbed “The Even Higher Line”. The plans, which were leaked to Dezeen, involve turning the former elevated railway into a multi-storey attraction, increasing visitor capacity while allowing for social distancing. The development would also …
by Hummingbird Group