$877 Million for Houston Ship Channel
It’s anticipated that 12 construction contracts will be awarded for the widening of the Houston Ship Channel. Federal funding has recently been secured to set the project cruising forward. Navigating The Country’s Busiest Waterway…
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Boring Gets Exciting: Tunneling To The Future
Four miles in five minutes? It could happen—in California’s San Bernardino County. Plans and negotiations underway for an underground transit loop illustrate how a transportation revolution could be in reach. New Transit Loops In Las…
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Construction as a Spectator Sport: Tesla In Texas
Tesla started building a $1.1 billion production facility on 2,000 acres outside Austin Texas in summer 2020. Elon Musk has said that vehicles will be rolling out by summer 2021! What’s next? Speed Please…
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Going Express: Constructing The Future
Pending federal approval, the Maglev Project could result in a 15 minute, 40 mile train ride between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, heading on up to New York within an hour. Approval could come this…
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Forklifts and Hardhats: Building Community
With urban renewal projects on the docket around the country, examples underway in Newark, New Jersey, illuminate future possibilities. Building Community: One Project At a Time Residents, businesses and leaders are busy building in the…
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Pharmaceutical Construction: Rushed Planning Creates Delays
As the world awaits vaccines, an analysis of pharmaceutical construction projects finds that delays average four months. The time for better planning processes has arrived! Speed Can Backfire—and Increase Costs Turner & Townsend’s analysis of…
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The Next Normal: Flex—and Retrofit Too
Quiet, private space or collaborative work areas? Hotel rooms or Airbnb style rental units? Inside or outside? The prediction for buildings: there is no more “either, or.” The spaces of our future will be…
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Super Solutions: Constructing The Arenas of The Future
Though it can be hard to imagine, soon enough, we will head back to arenas and enjoy rooting for the home team. New arenas underway on both coasts are incorporating innovations to protect us—and the…
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Rising To The Occasion: The Buildings of the Future
How will the buildings we enter in our near future protect us—and the environment too? Next Up The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) convened virtually as 2020 ended and envisioned how the future of buildings…
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