Author: constructionlead

Guiding the Team on a Tough Tunneling Job

January 10, 2019

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is managing one of the largest transportation construction programs in the country.

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Multifamily Builder Launches Fire-Elimination Strategy for Wood Frames

January 10, 2019

After fire destroyed AvalonBay’s four-story, 235-unit apartment project in Maplewood, N.J., in 2017, Michael Feigin decided that conventional industry standards and approaches designed to minimize the risks of these relatively rare, yet costly construction-phase fires were not enough.

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E-Commerce Logistics Test Limits of Tilt-Up Construction

January 9, 2019

While “fulfillment centers” and other e-commerce logistic facilities drive a hot market for the manufacturing sector, traditional construction methods such as tilt-up concrete panels are being pushed to ever-greater heights.

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Shop Drawing Note May Be a Factor At Problem Transit Hub

January 9, 2019

A note from the engineer of record on an approved shop drawing for San Francisco’s Salesforce Transit Center appears to have initiated an instruction to the steel fabricator to cut two 2-in. x 4-in. holes in the bottom flanges of the hub’s built-up plate girders.
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Railroads Meet Train-Systems Deadline

January 9, 2019

Freight and commuter railroads across the U.S. achieved enough milestones by a Dec. 31, 2018, federal deadline for installing automatic train control systems to avoid potential federal penalties.
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New Construction Starts in November Slip 7 Percent

January 7, 2019

At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $789.3 billion, new construction starts in November decreased 7% from October’s elevated amount, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
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