Construction Economics for February 1, 2021

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2020

Inventing new technologies. Dreaming up more efficient processes. Solving seemingly insurmountable site challenges.

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James White: Borrowed Bridge-Building Technique to Expedite High-Rise Construction

Jim White’s experience was critical to the innovative construction approach that shaved six months off the schedule of Oxford Group’s $1-billion effort to transform the former St. John’s rail freight terminal on Manhattan’s West Side into the 1.3-million-sq-ft corporate hub that tech giant Google plans to occupy next year.

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Bob Vincent: Thinking Outside the 'Jewel Box' for Seattle Space Needle Renovation

Sitting with his wife, Maureen, in 2015 in a booth at the Space Needle’s former SkyCity restaurant celebrating their shared birthday, Bob Vincent had
just learned his longtime employer Hoffman Construction landed the contract of a lifetime: to renovate the iconic Seattle landmark. And he couldn’t say a word.

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