Nonresidential Construction Spending Plunges in March
By ABC
May 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 1—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.5% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.2...
Nonresidential Construction Spending Down 0.2% in December; Data Centers and Manufacturing Make Up 94% of Spending Increase in 2024
By ABC
February 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.2% in December 2024, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending tot...
Accelerated Learning: Phelps Turns a 12-Story Office Into a School in Six Months
By Ken Budd
January 31, 2025
Like a student cramming for an exam, Phelps Construction Group faced a tight deadline. The Denville, New Jersey-based company was hired to renovate a space for Kindle Education, a tuition-free public charter school with about 460 students grades 6-12. The new location, for stude...
Closeout: Mile-High Milestone
By Construction Executive
December 4, 2024
PROJECT | Populus Hotel
GENERAL CONTRACTOR | The Beck Group
CLIENT | Urban Villages/Aparium Hotel Group
BUDGET | $144.5 million
SCOPE | Construction of the first carbon-positive hotel in the United States: a
265-room property developed by Urban Villages and designed by reno...
Hot Shots: 2024 CE Photo Contest
By Construction Executive
December 4, 2024
With the construction industry changing at a rapid pace thanks to the advent of AI, shifting climate conditions and increasing demand placed on workers amid a shrinking skilled-labor market, Construction Executive asked its readership to showcase what it’s like to work in today’s...
Hammers, Saws, Drills…AI?
By Ken Budd
December 3, 2024
Student housing is one of Juneau Construction Company’s specialties, but the Hub Knoxville project is different. Atlanta-based Juneau is the nation’s second-largest student-housing builder, and Hub Knoxville—a three-building, 800,000-square-foot, 2,000-bed off-campus housing comp...
A Pickle of a Project: Swinerton's New Eatertainment Venue
By Ken Budd
October 31, 2024
Camp North End in Charlotte, North Carolina, started in 1924 as a Ford Motor Company factory that cranked out Model T’s and Model A’s. In 1941, it became a quartermaster depot for the U.S. Army, which built five warehouses on the site before transitioning to missile manufacturing...
Flex Spaces: Today’s Sustainable Building Trend for Schools
By Matt McCaffrey
October 24, 2024
With the continuing evolution of the office and classroom experience, as well as the adoption of AI and augmented-reality systems, the future of work and learning is changing as quickly as ever. To that end, the design and construction industries continue to adapt and update how ...
Closeout: Pour It on Thick
By Construction Executive
September 30, 2024
PROJECT | Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences, Miami
GENERAL CONTRACTOR | John Moriarty & Associates
BUDGET | $668 million
SCOPE | 1,400 trucks initiated a record-breaking uninterrupted 36-hour concrete pour, delivering 13,500 cubic yards of concrete for the foundation of the W...
Top Billing in Buffalo: Renovating the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
By Ken Budd
September 26, 2024
This project was different. Everyone seemed to feel it. Perhaps it was the weight of local history: Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery—now known as the Buffalo AKG Art Museum—was founded in 1862 and opened its first building in 1905. Or maybe it was the scope of work: The four-y...
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