 In addition to Grand Award, Linbeck Group of Houston Wins Award for Best Construction Management of a Project Last Year
Houston-based Linbeck Group completed 2009's top construction project for its work building Dallas' new Winspear Opera House, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. Linbeck was among 15 companies to receive Aon Build America Awards, an annual ranking of the nation's most significant construction projects.
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The NRCI report for the first quarter is 48.4, a slightly positive move from the fourth quarter 2009 reading of 47.7. The improvement may be attributed to the panelists' trust in a continuing upswing in the economy.
While health care construction is the only construction market showing relative strength this year, most panelists predict improvements for next year, with the exception of the lodging and office markets. Fifty-two percent still expect reductions in staff for 2010, compared with the 64 percent that were downsizing this time last year; however, those cuts will be less drastic with most being less than 5 percent of staff. Even though reductions still loom, some construction executives are making strategic hires to prepare for certain market improvement.
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FREDERICK, Md. -- Workers constructing the new medical research facility at Fort Detrick will be safer due to a new partnership formed between the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Manhattan/Torcon Joint Venture.
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases located at Fort Detrick, in Frederick will be the premier bio-defense laboratory for the U.S. Department of Defense. The facility of about 865,000 square feet will include bio-safety research labs, administrative and support areas. The project began July 2009 and is expected to be completed by May 2014. At peak construction, it will involve approximately 800 workers.
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Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today unveiled its 2010 Job Creation Proposal, a wide-ranging package of recommendations that will help to stimulate the construction industry and put Americans back to work.
“We believe these measures are a much-needed first step to get this nation’s construction industry moving again,” said ABC President and CEO Kirk Pickerel. “With construction in this country nearly at a standstill and the industry unemployment rate at a staggering 24.7 percent – more than twice the national average – it is imperative for Congress to enact meaningful job creation legislation.”
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First of its kind collaboration designed to boost critical green building practices across the country
Washington, DC – What do organizations representing building safety professionals, energy and lighting engineers, green building practitioners, architects and technical standards developers have in common? They have all come together to green the nation’s built environment by establishing a comprehensive model green building code designed to rapidly advance green building practice across the U.S.
The International Code Council (ICC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) today announce the launch of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), representing the merger of two national efforts to develop adoptable and enforceable green building codes. The IGCC provides the building industry with language that both broadens and strengthens building codes in a way that will accelerate the construction of high performance green buildings across the U.S.
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Kansas City, MO - Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) and International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) signed an agreement that will allow SIA to become an AWPT approved training Center and offer the AWPT Mast Climbing training program through SIA's current Accredited Training Institutes (ATI). The Mast Climbing training provides instructions for mast climber demonstrators, mobile operators, installers and advanced installers who will receive the internationally recognized PAL card as proof of successful completion of training.
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State-of-Art "Polytrauma Center" Funded
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of two contracts totaling $41.5 million to create a "polytrauma center" that cares for the most severely injured Veterans and to improve the existing wards at the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center.
"A top priority for VA is providing greater access to VA's health care system and higher quality of care for the nation's Veterans," Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki said. "America's Veterans have earned the very best that this nation as to offer."
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