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At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $417.6 billion, new construction starts in November dropped 11% from October’s elevated pace, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
The value of new construction starts advanced 12% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $469.8 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
The construction industry is one of the most volatile sectors in the U.S. economy, and as such benefits greatly from economic expansions and suffers greatly in economic downturns. The most recent economic cycle has been particularly devastating for the construction industry. Since the end of 2008, construction spending in the U.S. has declined by more than a quarter, or by almost $300 billion, with the loss in this sector alone accounting for a 2% decline in the size of the U.S. economy.
New construction starts in September receded 1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $419.5 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $424.7 billion, new construction starts in August advanced 8%, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
At last, some good economic news: The AIA announced today that the Architectural Billings Index leapt to 51.4 in August, up considerably from July’s 45.1 (a score above 50 denotes a billings increase). The inquiries score also rose, to 56.9, following 53.7 the month prior.
Alabama’s legislature will go into special session in November to enact laws for Jefferson County – its largest and home of Birmingham – to refinance $3.14 billion in sewer debt that threatened the nation’s largest municipal bankruptcy.
Graced with four centuries’ worth of historic buildings, the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts may seem an unlikely place to look for cutting-edge sustainable design. In addition to its historic charm, though, Harvard has the highest number of LEED-certified buildings of any college or university—53 and counting, according to a recent announcement from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The path wasn't smooth, but Congress has approved a measure extending federal highway, transit and aviation programs--and the taxes that finance them. President Obama signed the measure on Sept. 16.
Journalists, officials, and curious locals gathered last week at Le Corbusier’s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, to celebrate the opening of a quiet new visitors’ center and convent designed by Renzo Piano—a project that incited fierce debate when it was first announced in 2008.
The engineering and construction industry is continuing to urge Congress to repeal government agencies' 3% contract withholding mandate, now set to take effect Jan. 1, 2013.
A long-delayed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) report warns that rising sea levels and extreme weather caused by climate change may cause a 40–45 percent increase within the next 90 years of U.S. land area vulnerable to flooding.
Last summer, Denver International Airport officials announced, with great fanfare, the selection of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to design a $650 million expansion, including a 500-room hotel, public plaza, and commuter-rail station.
DOHA, Qatar--Qatar has embarked on a campaign to silence critics who claim the tiny desert nation is too hot to host the 2022 World Cup, relying on an expensive effort that supporters say could one day expand the reach of football's premier event into other arid regions.
The value of new construction starts dropped 10% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $394.7 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
New construction starts in June climbed 15% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $436.8 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $376.1 billion, new construction starts in May dropped 6% from the previous month, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
New construction starts in April were reported at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $400.2 billion, basically the same amount as March, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
New construction starts in March came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $404.9 billion, essentially the same pace as February, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $404.9 billion, new construction starts in February fell 4% from the previous month, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
The value of new construction starts retreated 6% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $423.4 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
New construction starts in December climbed 19% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $450.2 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $375.9 billion, new construction starts in November fell 9% from the previous month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
The value of new construction starts edged up 2% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $413.8 billion, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
First, it won the 2010 Stirling Prize. Now, the Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI Museum in Rome has been named the "World's Best Building of the Year."
Republicans' takeover of the House and gains in the Senate could make major funding increases in infrastructure bills harder to achieve in 2011.
In the past two years, the recession has taken its toll on the profession, leaving many hunting for work.
Louis Berger Group has agreed to pay $69 million to settle civil charges by the Dept. of Justice that the company systematically inflated its overhead charges in cost-plus work for the federal government from 1999 to 2007.
The construction market has yet to see signs of recovery from the current recession, but it's coming next year, according to a forecast released by McGraw-Hill Construction.
By transforming a 250-hectare blot on Londonb's landscape into a permanent sports village, after a fortnight for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, the shapers of the $11.5-billion park hope to leave a green mixed-use development that lives on well into the future.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has pumped another $2.5 billion into the high-speed-rail funding pipeline and is increasing the flow of actual obligations from its $8-billion first rail round.
With the recent unveiling of three competing master plans for the colossal West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), Hong Kong finds itself at a watershed moment-one that will not only shape a prominent waterfront site, but also help define the city's place in the ever-changing firmament of global cultural destinations.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has launched a new Center for Green Schools, headquartered at its offices in Washington, D.C., to further its efforts to give access to green schools to all students within a generation.
After years of "sending love letters to France," OMA has won a competition to design a regional library in the northwestern city of Caen, says associate in charge ClC)ment Blanchet. It will be the firmb's first cultural building in the country.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and its founders have been named as defendants in a class action lawsuit filed in federal court.
With control of the House and perhaps the Senate at stake, construction unions and industry groups are on track to equal their political contributions in 2006, the most recent midterm election year.
Extreme losses in oil, gas and utility properties along the Gulf Coast over the next 20 years can be averted or mitigated by billions of investment by the public sector and private industry, according to a report released Wednesday by Entergy Corp: and the Americab's Wetland Foundation.
Foreclosure lawsuits mounting atop the $2-billion Chicago Spire project come at a time when the Windy Cityb's glut of condominium inventory has forced developers to make other deals.
Three former New York City project officials indicted in connection with a fatal 2007 fire at a vacant Ground Zero high-rise being cleaned of asbestos and demolished will stand trial on manslaughter and other charges on Jan. 18.
As it continues to rebuild and fortify after the devastating flood of 2008, the University of Iowa has chosen Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects to design its new main theater.
Experts agree it's going to be a new world once the U.S. emerges from the current economic slump. But what will that look like?
Going up against an icon, Steven Holl has released his plans for a new building that will rise directly across from the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art.
Voters around the U.S. will decide the fate of $4.8 billion in construction bond proposals on Nov. 2. The largest share of that total, nearly $3 billion, comes from local bond measures in Texas.
Gunnar Birkerts, FAIA, a Latvia native now based in Massachusetts, won the commission to design the Latvian National Library in 1991-the same year the country gained independence from the Soviet Union. But the high-profile project never got off the ground due to funding woes.
Airline passengers bearing one-way tickets often elicit a closer look from airport security. Thus, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at San Francisco International Airport considered it a routine search when they stopped a man with a one-way ticket from China.
The wait is over: the first projects have been certified as meeting the stringent terms of the Living Building Challenge (LBC).
As accelerated bridge construction (ABC) catches on quickly in the United States-particularly in Utah-a former Federal Highway Administration engineer now at the Oregon Dept. of Transportation wants to create national standards for the practice.
Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the UK-based engineering firm where he has worked for more than 40 years.
Three U.S. companies showcased their engineering expertise as the world watched the dramatic rescue of 33 Chilean gold and copper miners trapped nearly a half-mile underground for more than two months.
Paolo Soleri, a renowned 91-year-old architect and urban theorist, finally will see a bridge he designed open on Dec. 11.
The ASTM roofing and waterproofing committee is developing a new standard for green roofs: Guide for Selection of Roofing/Waterproofing Membranes for Vegetative Roof Systems.
Oregon apprentice line worker Jennifer Smith's recent struggle to receive her journeywoman card has focused attention on a recurrring complaint of many tradeswomen around the world. Women interviewed by ENR say the issue goes beyond harassment at worksites. Their compaint: They are being held out of the construction industry.
Preliminary investigation points to unsuitable dam foundations as a potential cause of Hungary's Oct. 4 tailings dam collapse. Seven people died, 150 were injured, and approximately 1,000 hectares of land were polluted heavily by caustic "red mud" surging from an alumina plant at Ajka, say Interior Ministry officials.
If the greenest building of all is one that never gets built, then the next-best thing might be a building designed to prevent unnecessary use of materials-and keep already-used building materials from ending up in the landfill.
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