Monthly Archives: August 2024

6 sustainability trends impacting commercial properties: Cushman & Wakefield

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As environmental regulations for commercial buildings and properties tighten across the U.S., green leases and technologies offer owners and operators opportunities to reduce their portfolios’ carbon footprints, generate cost savings and further […]

JE Dunn’s preconstruction tech wins Fast Company award

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: JE Dunn’s new preconstruction tool, Align, won the Fast Company 2024 Innovation by Design award in the large business category in July, the company revealed on August 12. The Kansas […]

Data centers, water, infrastructure fuel public firms’ profits

View the Full Post Here Executives called out a range of sectors during public construction firms’ earnings calls in recent weeks, most notably environmental and data center work. The hit parade was led by projects that focus on aging infrastructure and emerging water regulations, which are driving a surge in environmental projects for firms including […]

How preconstruction can ease cost and supply chain challenges

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The importance of an effective preconstruction process has never been more apparent, said Brett Poulos, national director of preconstruction and estimating at Burns & McDonnell, a Kansas City, Missouri-based construction company. Construction […]

Why building US highways is so expensive

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. overspends on its transportation infrastructure compared to its international peers, and a team of university researchers wanted to understand why. Their investigation found that lack of DOT staff capacity and […]