Construction costs accelerated again in June, with steep price increases for a range of building and road construction materials as tariffs against foreign goods come into effect, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America.
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The Cold-formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) announced the recipients of several awards at the 2018 CFSEI Expo, held in San Diego. The institute presented Design Excellence accolades across three different categories, as well as an Innovative Detail Award.
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Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery has released preliminary designs for a new freestanding building as part of its AK360 Campus Development and Expansion project.
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A new waterfront recreational public space has opened in New York on a 4.5-ha site that once housed the Domino Sugar Factory. Owned by Brooklyn-based Two Trees Management, Domino Park includes many reclaimed materials from the former factory, including reused wood from flooring and cylindrical tanks.
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The use of building wraps as air barriers is covered in The Construction Specifier’s latest e-book “Exploring Air and Water-resistive Barriers.”
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Several U.S. projects are among the shortlisted contenders for this year’s World Architecture Festival Awards. Now in its 11th year, the international program received more than 1000 entries from 81 countries.
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In response to President Donald Trump’s announcement last month that the United States would be imposing tariffs on metal imports from Canada, the European Union, and Mexico, the Canadian government introduced dollar-for-dollar retaliation duties. Beginning July 1, a number of U.S. steel products faced fees of 25 percent, while...
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National engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger received a 2018 Gold Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts for its work on the University of Massachusetts John W. Olver Design Building on the Amherst campus.
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The Cement Council of Texas in conjunction with nonprofit organization International Grooving and Grinding Association named the employees of the Texas Department of Transportation–Houston District the recipients of this year’s Government Official of the Year Award.
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Missouri-based Ben Hur Construction has partnered with Detroit’s Ideal Contracting on a new $150-million Amazon warehouse near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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