Tag: push
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AI, robotics push built environment funding to $4.4B influx
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Built environment funding reached $4.4 billion in the third quarter, a 66% year-over-year increase bolstered by a continuing groundswell in artificial intelligence and robotics startups, according to a Nov. 5 report from Chicago-based Nymbl Ventures,…
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Warehouse demand grows as companies push through tariff uncertainty
Dive Brief: Demand for U.S. industrial real estate space surged in Q3, with net absorption reaching its highest level since Q1 of 2023, according to commercial real estate giant Colliers. Net absorption, or the change in occupied space, was 60 million square feet in Q3, an increase of nearly 20 million year over year. Despite…
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Lords push amendments to protect wildlife from new homes
The House of Lords is considering key amendments that would limit how new planning permissions can impact protected species like barn owls and otters. Under the proposed changes, housebuilders might be prevented from using broad environmental delivery plans (EDPs) to sidestep specific habitat protections. The debate raises urgent questions about how the Bill balances the…
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Michigan creates mass timber program in construction adoption push
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Builders in Michigan who aim to use mass timber could potentially win cash and guidance from the Wolverine State and other experts for their projects, according to an Oct. 22 announcement from the state Department…
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Michigan creates mass timber program in construction adoption push
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Builders in Michigan who aim to use mass timber could potentially win cash and guidance from the Wolverine State and other experts for their projects, according to an Oct. 22 announcement from the state Department…
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Contractors welcome rate cut, push for more
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Contractors finally got the news they had been waiting on, a rate cut that could rouse the sleeping construction market. The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday afternoon. The move…
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Homeownership Access Key in National Housing Push
The urgent need for affordable housing is finally rising to the top of mainstream discourse across the United States. And yet a primary focus on the rental market, while critical, also risks neglecting the importance of addressing barriers to homeownership, according to the affordable housing experts and advocates at Cruz Companies. Expanding access to homeownership…
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7 Designs That Push the Limits
When you hear “modern classic,” your mind probably goes straight to a sterile, all-white bathroom with a few tasteful chrome fixtures. It’s the safe bet, the default setting for a certain kind of grown-up design. But what if we told you that the concept has evolved? Today, the best modern classic bathrooms are less about…
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From BIM to Building: Finland’s Push to Digitalize the Construction Supply Chain
The way the construction industry manages product data throughout a project’s lifecycle is far from lean. The process involves manual re-entry at each step and repeated quantity takeoffs using the same data by designers, contractors, and manufacturers. We could prevent this costly and unnecessary work by systematically managing product data. At the May 20 Round…
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New steel, aluminum tariffs will push construction costs higher
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. New tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum will raise construction costs further, adding to price spikes triggered by an initial 25% tariff on the materials earlier this year, according to a June 3 industry webinar hosted by…