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3 workers killed and 2 injured when scaffolding gives way at Texas construction site

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:34:09 +0000

PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 鈥� Three workers were killed and two others injured after a scaffolding gave way at a Texas construction site, authorities said. First responders were called to the Port Arthur LNG site early Tuesday for an industrial accident involving Bechtel workers, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff鈥檚 Office statement posted on social media. […]

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Vertua low-carbon concrete plays a big role in Houston Methodist expansion

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:05:03 +0000

Centennial Tower at the Houston Methodist Hospital is projected to open in 2027, maintaining the facility鈥檚 status as one of the most respected medical complexes in the United States. In 2024, the hospital was named to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Honor Roll of best hospitals in the country for the eighth time and is […]

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Promises made, promises kept? Trump鈥檚 agenda remains a work in progress after 100 days

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:55:57 +0000

WASHINGTON 鈥� Since President Donald Trump returned to office, every week has been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises. With a compliant Republican-controlled Congress, Trump has had a free hand to begin overhauling the federal government and upending foreign policy. As Trump hits his 100th day […]

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Duracell charged up for big move to Atlanta鈥檚 Science Square Labs tower

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:10:54 +0000

Battery-maker Duracell is moving its massive global research and development facility in Bethel, Conn., to a new, 13-storey headquarters building in the sprawling, 18-acre Science Square innovation district in Atlanta, Ga., adjacent to the midtown campus at Georgia Tech University. Duracell will lease 59,000 square feet on two full floors of the newly constructed Science […]

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Days before 黑料吃瓜网’s election, Trump insists that 黑料吃瓜网 needs the US more than the US needs it

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:35:46 +0000

WASHINGTON 鈥� President Donald Trump said Wednesday that 黑料吃瓜网 would 鈥渃ease to exist鈥� if it weren鈥檛 for the United States 鈥� comments that came just days before Canadians are set to vote in an election dominated by Trump鈥檚 remarks on the country鈥檚 economy and sovereignty. Trump reinserted himself into 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 election during a signing ceremony […]

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Texas CRE and construction industries wrestle with tariffs and DOGE

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:00:30 +0000

President Donald Trump鈥檚鈥淟iberation Day鈥� on April 2, announcing widespread tariffs on imported products, reverberated across the United States and around the globe. Impacts of the numerous on-and-off tariff announcements made since then have not escaped the Texas real estate and construction sectors. Even weeks before the tariff announcements, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) […]

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A walk in the tunnel: Repairing New York City鈥檚 Canarsie Tunnel

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:10:56 +0000

Superstorm Sandy was a wakeup call for New Yorkers to the flood risks their city faces from climate change and it was a catalyst for municipal agencies, engineers and builders to focus on resilience in new and existing infrastructure. Isabel Lopes is among the corps of engineers rethinking infrastructure on floodplains. A structural engineer at […]

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U.S. apprenticeship programs falling short of filling chronic worker shortage, states ABC

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:15 +0000

Despite substantial investments in the apprenticeship training system by companies and federal and state governments, there is still a chronic shortage of construction workers in the U.S. That鈥檚 the bottom line in an analysis of U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) data done recently by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national construction industry association […]

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35 Miami coastal buildings slowly sinking: Researchers

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:05:20 +0000

Researchers have found numerous highrises along the coasts of Miami-area barrier islands slowly sank by up to three inches between 2016 and 2023 and the subsidence shows no signs of stopping. Vibrations from nearby construction likely play a role, the researchers concluded, as the area sits on porous limestone with sandy layers interbedded within. Tremors […]

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17 years later, Tampa鈥檚 Straz Center begins $80 million expansion

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:45:44 +0000

After years of聽planning聽and fundraising,聽construction聽has officially started on the $80 million expansion of聽Tampa, Florida鈥檚聽Straz聽Center for the Performing Arts.聽 A groundbreaking ceremony was held April 6 at the center鈥檚 grounds along the Hillsborough River.聽 Global architecture firm聽DLR Group, which has worked on聽performance centers聽across the U.S., designed the expansion, while Clearwater, Florida-based聽Creative Contractors is handling the construction.聽 The […]

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Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:22:46 +0000

NEW YORK – The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction on Empire Wind, a […]

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The $1.8B frontier: SpaceX to build new Gigabay Florida Starship assembly facility

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:05:05 +0000

SpaceX is investing $1.8 billion to build a new Starship assembly facility and launchpads along Florida鈥檚 Space Coast that will support the next phase of the company鈥檚 deep-space missions. Site preparations for the 46.5-million-cubic-foot facility, known as Gigabay, have already begun, with construction targeted to be complete and the facility operational by the end of […]

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