Construction Informer

The construction death headlines seem to be more and more commonplace. After a rash of crane, and falling-from-heights deaths over the past few weeks there are new death and injury scenarios cropping up.
A 56-year-old construction worker was killed in an Indianapolis Airport construction accident. Apparently a dump truck was backing up and it ran over [...]

It’s always interesting to see some statistics that back up claims about products and processes. The enthusiasm over Building Information Modeling (BIM) has often been punctuated by claims that are drawn from logic and extrapolation rather than actual experience.
Holder Construction built the recently-opened Aquarium Hilton Garden project in downtown Atlanta finishing it in March 2008. [...]

You would think that with the vagaries of weather, transportation issues, and the storage and handling costs associated with building materials that all homes today would be built modular. There really isn’t much to recommend building a home on site. Unless, you think site-built is superior. And that is probably one reason why so many [...]

Ethical Efforts: As an industry, construction has had a bit of a reputation for questionable practices. Some of those less-than-desirable behaviors relate to ethics.
Now, a group of construction company CEOs are attempting to address this through a forum that will happen October 16 and 17 at the Marriott Metro Center Hotel in Washington, DC. Founding [...]

Duck Tape Continues to Amaze: As if we didn’t already have enough uses for duct tape the makers of Duck brand duct tape are having a contest to determine who can make the best Halloween costume out of the venerable sticky stuff. Not to be confused with its annual contest that encourages people to make [...]

In the course of busy days it’s often difficult to keep up with your partners\subs and have your finger on the pulse of just what’s going on in their little corner of the constructing world.
Why would you want to know that? Just because each trade faces its own challenges and if you know those you [...]

Geothermal power generation is on track to deliver enough power to electrify the cities of Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle, according to the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). There are currently 103 projects underway and that represents a 20 percent increase just since January 2008.
That’s the geothermal electrical generation picture, but geothermal has been [...]

It’s certainly understandable in the day-to-day workings of building things that an accurate accounting of where money is spent becomes challenging. But this article refers more to the relative costs of various parts of a structure than to just tracking the bottom line.
Leopardo Construction did a detailed analysis of some of its projects to try [...]

Getting definitive answers related to the suitability of materials for building is a challenging task. Sure there are a number of standards organizations like ASTM, ANSI and ASCE but navigating their massive repositories of information and then paying for the information once you find it adds to the frustration for someone looking for a few [...]

Maintenance May Be An Issue: Pervious concrete is figuring into Minnesota’s efforts to minimize runoff that is increasing phosphorous levels in its lakes and rivers. But pervious has some challenges. It costs about $30 more per yard than regular concrete and it shouldn’t be used in areas where the water table is too close to [...]