 LA JOLLA, Calif. -- An enormous crane weighing nearly 320 tons with a boom able to reach farther than a football field has arrived for duty on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The crane signifies the next phase in construction of the Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute as crews begin placing the 5,900 tons of steel that will be used to form the structure of the 168-bed hospital tower.
A Liebherr model LJ1300 crawler crane, which was delivered to the building site on Jan. 17 on 17 trailer trucks, was immediately assembled and began placing the first steel beams on Jan. 20. The crane, which will be used to erect seven stories of structural steel, will remain on the site for the next four months.
The crane features a multi-sectioned, rigging boom that can extend up to 322 feet and is capable of lifting up to 300 tons. The largest steel component to be lifted by the crane is a single steel column that is two-and-a-half stories tall, weighing 61,000 pounds.
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Construction equipment manufacturers anticipate overall business to close out 2011 with double-digit increases over last year in the U.S., Canada and worldwide. Growth is expected to continue but at a slower pace for 2012 through 2014, according to the annual business outlook survey of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
AEM is the North American-based international trade group representing the off-road equipment manufacturing industry. Each year the association polls its construction equipment manufacturer members about anticipated sales of the machines and equipment that build and repair roads, bridges, houses, offices, schools and other infrastructure worldwide.
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The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials edged down 0.2 percent in December but climbed 5.3 percent from a year earlier, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Meanwhile, the amount contractors charge to construct projects remained largely flat for the month and is up only between 3.3 and 4.7 percent for the year, cutting into contractor earnings and adding to the challenges the hard-hit industry is facing, association officials said.
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 PHOENIX, Ariz. – One year after being promoted to senior vice president at Kitchell, Dan Pierce has taken the helm as president of Kitchell Contractors, Inc.
“Dan is a natural leader with a deep knowledge of our industry and a keen sense of how to move our business forward,” said Kitchell Corporation President and CEO Jim Swanson. “He has been a part of growing our business for the past 30-plus years, and is the right person to move Kitchell forward and focus on enhancing our core business.”
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Construction employment rose in 28 states and the District of Columbia between December 2010 and December 2011, the largest number of states with year-over-year employment gains since November 2007, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. In contrast, 24 states plus D.C. lost jobs between November and December 2011, while 23 states added construction jobs for the month.
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Four Legislative Priorities Focus Exclusively On Creating Jobs in Design, Construction Sector
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The American Institute of Architects unveiled a 2012 legislative agenda focusing on creating jobs in the hard-hit design and construction industry.
“Architects are by and large small businesspeople: ninety-five percent of architecture firms in the United States employ 50 or fewer people,” said AIA President Jeff Potter, FAIA, himself a small business owner. “Meeting the challenges our communities face – lost jobs, outdated and unsafe infrastructure, abandoned buildings and neighborhoods, rising energy costs, and distressed main streets – demands a strong design and construction industry that is ready and able to get back to work.
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 BERLIN, N.H. -- The Design-Build Institute of America recently bestowed a national merit award on the Federal Correctional Institution—Berlin project at its annual awards dinner.
A joint venture of Heery and Bell Corporation designed and constructed the $245-million project and successfully overcame numerous challenges presented by the rural Northern New Hampshire weather and site, which included three years of record snowfalls.
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