Crosswind Developments has submitted plans to City of Edinburgh Council for a mixed-use scheme that would deliver more than 1 million square feet of commercial space and 2,500 homes. The development, known as Elements Edinburgh, contains a dedicated area called the Digital Quarter, which is…

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Self-employed construction workers can now apply for taxable grants under the second stage of the UK Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The move comes as data from the first round shows that the construction industry has accounted for 41 per cent of all payments…

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Hammersmith and Fulham Council has abandoned procurement for a £75m fire-safety construction contract after mistakes in its tender documents meant it would not have been able to fairly evaluate bids. The west London local authority opened procurement for the works package in January. One winning…

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After 31 long months, the construction of Allegiant Stadium, the brand new home of the Las Vegas Raiders has finally completed. The joint venture of Mortenson | McCarthy announced that they have received their certificate of occupancy at the end of July.

We sat down with Professor Kathrin Dörfler of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in advance of WDBE 2020. We discussed the importance of innovation and how her research focuses on the need for practical and productive solutions when it comes to on-site support. Digital and technical innovation plays an essential role in optimizing the […]

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Anytime you start excavating a new project site, there is always a chance to find some surprises buried within the soil. Typically, it’s not good news, like an unknown utility line or a leaky underground storage tank, but the lucky ones find some significant historical artifacts.

Listed below are ConstructConnect’s Hot Commercial Construction Projects for the week of August 10 – 14, 2020. Our Hot Projects showcases three currently bidding or sub-bidding projects from all 50 states and the District of Columbia pulled from our extensive database of construction leads.

Writing the latest mid-month Nuggets report has taken me on an interesting journey. You’ll notice that point (1) begins on a sour note, but quickly shifts gear. Many of the bullet points that follow also take up and down trajectories. Be sure to see my wrap-up conclusions in (14).

BUILD reviews the hardscapes of the CSH2016 project

Milwaukee Tool’s One-Key is an application that is both built into some of their power tools for tracking and security purposes and is also a powerful reporting database for usage and location information. Originally released in 2015, One-Key allows users to edit certain settings of One-Key enabled tools and even lock them out if their tool leaves a certain area. Managers can use the app to track inventory and determine maintenance needs.