A newly updated revision of specifications has been released by the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA). The material is designed to meet the needs of specifiers and engineers. Technical data includes applicable...
With the release last month of the new NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the anticipated battle of building codes is officially under way....
After years of slumber, downtown Kansas City, Mo., is waking up. Kansas City-based tax accountant H&R Block will break ground for a new headquarters downtown this month. J.E. Dunn Construction is the general...
The Watergate, a mixed-use complex in Washington, D.C., that's most famous for being the site of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic Party's national committee office, is adding 96 luxury condominiums,...
Balfour Beatty balks at J.A. Jones bid.British conglomerate Balfour Beatty plc last month discontinued its bid to purchase Charlotte, N.C.-based contractor J.A. Jones Inc. Balfour's plan to finance...
Six new science labs, 11 classrooms, and much-need support space have been added to the campus of Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. The $13.8 million expansion project was executed by St. Louis, Mo...
Reacting primarily to recent substantial price increases for steel products, the Associated General Contractors of America has issued an amendment to its fixed-price construction contract (No. 200). The amendment,...
Greenwich, Conn.-based Gordon Group Holdings has commissioned Elkus Manfredi Architects, Boston, and New York-based Rockwell Group to convert a mall located on Atlantic City's Million Dollar Pier into a luxury retail...
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