US News Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:32:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png US News Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Tampa Bay Rays say new St. Pete stadium is unlikely to be ready for 2028 season, if at all /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/tampa-bay-rays-say-new-st-pete-stadium-is-unlikely-to-be-ready-for-2028-season-if-at-all /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/tampa-bay-rays-say-new-st-pete-stadium-is-unlikely-to-be-ready-for-2028-season-if-at-all#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:20:12 +0000 /?p=414655 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — A combination of severe hurricane damage to Tropicana Field and political delays on financing means it is highly unlikely the Tampa Bay Rays’ planned new stadium will be ready for the 2028 season, if at all, the team said. Rays top executives said in a letter to the Pinellas County Commission […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/tampa-bay-rays-say-new-st-pete-stadium-is-unlikely-to-be-ready-for-2028-season-if-at-all/feed 0 Futuristic office tower coming to San Antonio Tech Port /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/futuristic-office-tower-coming-to-san-antonio-tech-port /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/futuristic-office-tower-coming-to-san-antonio-tech-port#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:10:29 +0000 /?p=414533 A spectacular 11-storey office tower will form the focal point of a 2.5 acre open-community plaza in San Antonio’s Tech Port district southwest of downtown. The building will make a statement about how the city sees its future as a regional high-tech development hub. The suitably named Innovation Tower was designed by Pelli Clarke and […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/futuristic-office-tower-coming-to-san-antonio-tech-port/feed 0 Sizzling concrete roads buckling in heat waves /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/11/sizzling-concrete-roads-buckling-in-heat-waves /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/11/sizzling-concrete-roads-buckling-in-heat-waves#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:00:24 +0000 /?p=414311 Concrete roads and sidewalks are buckling across Canada in heat waves creating yet another climate change challenge for infrastructure design.  It is a challenge the U.S. and other hot climates have tackled for years as temperatures spike. “It is not just roads,” said Stephen Muench, professor of civil engineering at the University of Washington in […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/11/sizzling-concrete-roads-buckling-in-heat-waves/feed 0 A $1 billion proposal is the latest plan to refurbish and save the iconic Houston Astrodome /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/a-1-billion-proposal-is-the-latest-plan-to-refurbish-and-save-the-iconic-houston-astrodome /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/a-1-billion-proposal-is-the-latest-plan-to-refurbish-and-save-the-iconic-houston-astrodome#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:10:28 +0000 /?p=414361 HOUSTON  — The Houston Astrodome has been in limbo, waiting for its chance at a second life since being shuttered more than 15 years ago. It was a technological marvel when it opened in 1965. But its heyday has long passed and it hasn’t been home to a sports team since the Astros left in […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/a-1-billion-proposal-is-the-latest-plan-to-refurbish-and-save-the-iconic-houston-astrodome/feed 0 Bills’ new stadium costs balloon to $2.1 billion, $560 million over initial estimate, team tells AP /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/bills-new-stadium-costs-balloon-to-2-1-billion-560-million-over-initial-estimate-team-tells-ap /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/bills-new-stadium-costs-balloon-to-2-1-billion-560-million-over-initial-estimate-team-tells-ap#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:50:39 +0000 /?p=414209 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The projected cost of the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium has ballooned to what team officials told The Associated Press is “north of $2.1 billion,” with owners Terry and Kim Pegula responsible for picking up the more than $560 million in overruns. Bills president Pete Guelli said he was not surprised by […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/bills-new-stadium-costs-balloon-to-2-1-billion-560-million-over-initial-estimate-team-tells-ap/feed 0 U.S. Spotlight: Construction spending; former Six Flags park coming down; Detroit’s abandoned entertainment district revived /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/u-s-spotlight-construction-spending-former-six-flags-park-coming-down-detroits-abandoned-entertainment-district-revived /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/u-s-spotlight-construction-spending-former-six-flags-park-coming-down-detroits-abandoned-entertainment-district-revived#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:40:47 +0000 /?p=414107 This week the U.S. Spotlight by ɫɫ’s Daily Commercial News features a column on where U.S. construction spending dollars are really coming from; a former Six Flags park is finally coming down after it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina; Tropicana Field, damaged by recent hurricanes, can be fixed for $55 million; repurposed heritage buildings will […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/u-s-spotlight-construction-spending-former-six-flags-park-coming-down-detroits-abandoned-entertainment-district-revived/feed 0 AGC survey reveals struggles in finding skilled labor just the tip of the iceberg /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/agc-survey-reveals-struggles-in-finding-skilled-labor-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/agc-survey-reveals-struggles-in-finding-skilled-labor-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:10:16 +0000 /?p=414039 U.S. contractors are struggling to find skilled workers which is undermining their efforts to build national infrastructure and it’s also affecting the country’s economic development. That’s the word from a survey of nearly 1,500 firms done by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America and Arcoro, a human resources technology company supporting the construction industry. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/agc-survey-reveals-struggles-in-finding-skilled-labor-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/feed 0 Biden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, but Trump might get to cut the ribbons /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/biden-funded-new-factories-and-infrastructure-projects-but-trump-might-get-to-cut-the-ribbons /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/biden-funded-new-factories-and-infrastructure-projects-but-trump-might-get-to-cut-the-ribbons#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:05:10 +0000 /?p=413844 WASHINGTON — All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters’ frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/biden-funded-new-factories-and-infrastructure-projects-but-trump-might-get-to-cut-the-ribbons/feed 0 ‘Humanized’ development coming to affluent Detroit suburb of Troy /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/humanized-development-coming-to-affluent-detroit-suburb-of-troy /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/humanized-development-coming-to-affluent-detroit-suburb-of-troy#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:10:22 +0000 /?p=413930 Almost two decades after buying it, the Forbes Company is set to begin construction on the former iconic Kmart HQ site in the affluent northern Detroit suburb of Troy. The 40-acre site had been home to a campus of Japanese inspired Metabolist architecture which saw buildings as a living organism or metabolism with connecting links […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/humanized-development-coming-to-affluent-detroit-suburb-of-troy/feed 0 Hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field can be fixed for about $55M in time for 2026 season /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/hurricane-damaged-tropicana-field-can-be-fixed-for-about-55m-in-time-for-2026-season /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/hurricane-damaged-tropicana-field-can-be-fixed-for-about-55m-in-time-for-2026-season#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:50:47 +0000 /?p=413688 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — A detailed assessment of the hurricane damage to Tropicana Field concludes that the home of the Tampa Bay Rays is structurally sound and can be repaired for about $55.7 million in time for the 2026 season. The 412-page report released recently by the City of St. Petersburg, which owns the building, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/hurricane-damaged-tropicana-field-can-be-fixed-for-about-55m-in-time-for-2026-season/feed 0 Repurposed heritage buildings will bolster Detroit’s abandoned entertainment district /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/repurposed-heritage-buildings-will-bolster-detroits-abandoned-entertainment-district /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/repurposed-heritage-buildings-will-bolster-detroits-abandoned-entertainment-district#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:05:06 +0000 /?p=413714 It’s just the latest effort by Detroit-based Basco to repurpose the city’s large and abandoned stock of heritage buildings into a contemporary multiuse space that will help reinvigorate an abandoned neighborhood. The company, which has now amassed a portfolio of some dozen repurposed projects in Detroit’s central business district, has begun work on what will […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/11/repurposed-heritage-buildings-will-bolster-detroits-abandoned-entertainment-district/feed 0 MIT hubs explore structural concrete for power storage /dcn/news/technology/2024/11/mit-hubs-explore-structural-concrete-for-power-storage /dcn/news/technology/2024/11/mit-hubs-explore-structural-concrete-for-power-storage#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:10:46 +0000 /?p=413572 Concrete has been used as a building material since 6500BC. Throughout this time, it has been seen solely as a structural material. Today, 14 billion m3 of concrete is poured annually. Recently, considerable efforts have been made to modify concrete formulations in order to reduce the associated emissions and to even embed carbons into building […]

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