Milestone Achieved for The Winslow Residential Community in Florida

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Mast Capital real estate development and investment firms, in partnership with BLG Capital Advisors, recently topped off its upscale residential rental community, The Winslow, located in North Fort Myers, Florida. The community broke ground in March 2024 and is slated for completion in late summer of this year, and will deliver 320 contemporary residential units in the growing neighborhood. With construction led by general contractor Kaufman Lynn, the garden-style residential community will consist of three- and four-story apartment buildings surrounded by lush landscaping in a pedestrian-friendly setting. Designed by Humphrey’s & Partners Architects, the new rental community will offer a … Read more

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Mercer Mass Timber Powers Sustainable Construction for Walmart’s Landmark Home Office

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Mercer Mass Timber recently played a key role in the construction of Walmart’s new home office in Bentonville, Arkansas — the largest mass timber corporate campus in the United States. The installation of the mass timber panels began in spring 2024 and is now fully complete. Shawmut Design and Construction and Layton Construction selected MMT to provide cross-laminated timber and glue-laminated timber for two major sections of the campus, opening in late 2025 to early 2026. Zone 1: Four hybrid mass timber buildings (four stories each) totaling 897,500 square feet of office space and parking decks Zone 3: Additional offices … Read more

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Construction Plastics Initiative Advances Sustainable Building Practices in Metro Vancouver

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Light House, an organization focused on advancing circular practices in the built environment, and its Construction Plastics Initiative, which launched in 2024 to capture, divert and upcycle plastic waste from Metro Vancouver (Canada) construction sites, have added two new construction project partners — the Freedom Mobile Arch with general contractor EllisDon Corporation and the Steveston Community Centre with general contractor Scott Construction. All plastic waste collected from projects involved in the Construction Plastics Initiative are processed by Langley Plastics into a reusable plastic pellet, which is then integrated into the manufacturing of a range of new building products. The Construction … Read more

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Rail Network Contract Awarded to Boost Mobility on Munich S-Bahn

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HOCHTIEF, together with its partner Implenia, has been awarded a major contract by Deutsche Bahn for the second main line of the S-Bahn rail network in Munich (Germany). The new project mainly involves connecting the Ostbahnhof station with the Marienhof stop in the heart of the Bavarian capital. Both companies each have a 50% share in the Tunnel Ostbahnhof consortium. The joint venture, under the technical leadership of HOCHTIEF Infrastructure, will construct two traffic tunnels and a rescue tunnel, the underground station Munich East, as well as a new track underpass, over a distance of approximately three kilometers. Construction work … Read more

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TRUVAC Debuts 5-Axle Hydrovac Truck

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TRUVAC debuted its 5-axle HXX Quint, a heavy-duty, full-sized hydrovac truck able to handle a superior payload. The HXX is the result of years of vacuum excavation research, customer input, testing and industry experience. The HXX Quint 5-axle is built to deliver maximum jobsite productivity, which includes the ability to hold 1,200 gallons of water. The simple controls on the HXX Quint are the same as the HXX 4-axle for familiarity and ease. Also, as a vacuum excavator, the equipment provides a safer, easy-to-use alternative for potholing, waterline repair, slot trenching, directional drilling, sign and pole installation, pipe and line … Read more

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