Tag: Construction
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Four weeks left to enter Digital Construction Awards
New categories have been added to the 13 that featured at the 2024 Awards. These include Digital Team of the Year, which recognises the team driving digital transformation and/or information management best practice within their business. Also new is Best Use of AI. And the Design Innovation category recognises the best use of digital technology…
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February 2025 ACON Editorial | For Construction Pros
It never ceases to amaze me what truly smart and resourceful people can do with might seem like very little. Isaac Newton had an apple fall on his head, and he goes on to describe gravity, meanwhile, I have an Apple iPhone with access to the entirety of human history and knowledge, and I struggle…
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Rosendin Begins Construction on UCSF Helen Diller Hospital
Rosendin, the nation’s largest employee-owned electrical contractor, has begun work on the new UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital in San Francisco. The $4.3 billion project at the University of California, San Francisco’s flagship campus at Parnassus Heights is one of the nation’s most innovative hospitals under construction, dubbed “the hospital of the future.” In August…
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The Road Ahead | For Construction Pros
I have been reviewing my notes the last few days for this column. The main topic was going to be about the decline of the Auto Industry and some thoughts on how you could get into a decent new or slightly used truck for an amount lower than what you have been hearing about on…
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Losing construction sectors under Trump
The construction industry faces a shifting landscape as the Trump administration sets about reshaping some of the country’s most impactful federal policies. With changes in infrastructure priorities, regulatory rollbacks and economic shifts, contractors and developers are bracing for both new opportunities and potential setbacks. Some sectors, such as data centers and infrastructure, are set for…
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Winning construction sectors under Trump
The construction industry faces a shifting landscape as the Trump administration sets about reshaping some of the country’s most impactful federal policies. With changes in infrastructure priorities, regulatory rollbacks and economic shifts, contractors and developers are bracing for both new opportunities and potential setbacks. Some sectors, such as data centers and infrastructure, are set for…
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Construction spending slips as costs rise ahead of tariffs
Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction spending ticked down 0.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.24 trillion, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released Monday. Spending declined in nine of the 16 nonresidential subcategories on a monthly basis. Public nonresidential spending fell 0.5%, while private nonresidential…
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High-Pressure Drain Cleaning | For Construction Pros
When drains are clogged, life can’t go on as normal. Someone can’t live in the house long-term. People can’t flush the toilets. Normal life is as stuck as the water. As such, building owners are willing to call your customers and pay top dollar to open their drain. About half that time, the service finds…
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Digital Construction Awards 2025: 10 tips for a compelling entry
How do you join Balfour Beatty, McLaughlin & Harvey, AtkinsRéalis, Sir Robert McAlpine, Graham and L Lynch on the list of winners at the Digital Construction Awards? Here are the top tips to improve your chance of being shortlisted, and therefore having a chance of winning, at the Digital Construction Awards. 1. Study the criteria closely. 2.…
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Tackling Germany’s crumbling infrastructure – Construction Management
But then, on 6 November, something else collapsed: Germany’s coalition government. Tensions bubbling among the ruling Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) boiled over when SPD chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his FDP finance minister, Christian Lindner, leading to mass resignations of FDP ministers. View the original article and our Inspiration here