Skanska’s Expo 2 Project Receives Envision Platinum Certificate for Green Infrastructure

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Skanska’s project, the Expo Line Phase 2 Extension, located in Los Angeles, California, has received Envision Platinum certification from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. It is the first transit project to receive the certification, as well as Skanska’s first Envision-certified project. Additionally, at more than $700 million, it is the largest project by contract value to achieve the certification. Much like LEED for building construction, Envision is a groundbreaking resource for professionals involved in planning, designing, building and maintaining civil infrastructure. The system provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental and economic … Read more

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Time-Lapse Movie Reveals Official Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium

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From the demolition of the Metrodome to the first touchdown in the new U.S. Bank Stadium, the construction transformation has been captured via a broadcast and shareable time-lapse video. The recently released video showcases 32 months of progress with high-definition imagery. See the entire construction process from start to opening day in just three minutes by clicking here. “From the demolition of the beloved Metrodome to the inaugural home opener at the game-changing U.S. Bank Stadium, it has been an honor to document this historic transformation of downtown Minneapolis,” said Brian Cury, CEO and founder of EarthCam. “We worked hand … Read more

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Construction of GE Global Operations Center at The Banks Complete

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Brasfield  & Gorrie recently completed construction of GE’s Global Operations Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Part of The Banks development, the 10-story building adds 330,000 square feet of Class A office space to Cincinnati’s Riverfront. Carter is the developer and owner of the GE building. With an open interior layout, GE’s new space centers on collaboration, offering unique opportunities for teamwork among its employees. The design features group workstations, huddle areas and bold décor, including graphics of Cincinnati and GE’s history. From the outset of the project, GE envisioned an efficient, team-oriented, creative workspace for global operations, the … Read more

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Common Ground Alliance’s 2015 DIRT Report Estimates 9% Drop in Damages to Buried Utilities

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Common Ground Alliance, the stakeholder-run organization dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the people who dig near them, shared findings from its comprehensive 2015 Damage Information Reporting Tool report. The report, which is the sum of all 2015 data submitted anonymously and voluntarily by facility operators, utility locating companies, one call centers, contractors and regulators, estimates that the total number of underground excavation damages in the U.S. last year dropped by 9 percent from the year prior, to approximately 317,000 damages. The 2015 damage ratio, which measures damages per 1,000 one-call transmissions, decreased by nearly 4 … Read more

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Maximizing LEED Points on the Jobsite

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By Thomas Taylor Studies from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency state that Americans spend 90 percent or more of their lives indoors1. This is one reason why the USGBC’s LEED 2009 rating system, which is being used by most project teams that have potential LEED-certified projects in the works, rewards teams from keeping harmful materials out of the facilities they build. Almost all manufactured materials used on construction sites contain some amount of chemicals. The truth is, chemicals that emit harmful gasses into the air, a process that is known as off-gassing, can be found in all sorts of other … Read more

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