Balfour Beatty, HMC Architects Celebrate Completion of Sierra College’s New Instructional Building

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Balfour Beatty, as part of the progressive design-build team with HMC Architects, celebrates the completion of Sierra Joint Community College District’s new instructional building, Building Q, in Rocklin, California. Building Q is a three-story classroom facility that replaces and consolidates campus square footage from several smaller inefficient buildings to one larger efficient building with modern and comfortable classrooms and gathering spaces. With 85,000 square feet of classrooms, teaching laboratories, art studios, student collaborative spaces and office spaces, the building reimagines the future of higher educational learning spaces harvesting endless opportunities for future generations. The building is funded by the community … Read more

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Construction Employment Rises In 43 States & D.C.

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Construction employment increased in 43 states and the District of Columbia in September from a year earlier, while 28 states and D.C. added construction employees from August to September, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the month-over-month dips in construction employment in some parts of the country were likely caused by firms struggling to find enough workers to replace retiring ones amid labor shortages. Between September 2022 and September 2023, 43 states and D.C. added construction jobs, while industry employment declined in seven states. Texas added … Read more

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Construction Industry Kicks Off Week-Long Focus on Diversity & Inclusion

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The Associated General Contractors of America kicked off its support for the week-long, nationwide series of events called Construction Inclusion Week with a “toolbox talk” at the new Kansas City Current stadium project in Missouri. The event was one of many association efforts to get more women and Black Americans into high-paying construction careers. Construction Inclusion Week is a three-year-old, industry-led initiative that asks construction firms across the country to organize activities that are designed to make their teams more inclusive to encourage greater diversity in the industry. Shea De Lutis, a national officer for the Associated General Contractors of … Read more

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New Long-Term Care Facility Tops Out for Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority

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Construction firm Robins & Morton, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority staff members gathered Oct. 19 in Cherokee, North Carolina, to mark the topping out of a new long-term care facility, the Tsali Care Center, devoted to the care of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The ceremony was held just one day shy of the one-year anniversary of the groundbreaking for the facility. The final element was a metal truss signed by many members of the EBCI at the recent Cherokee Indian Fair. Adjacent to Cherokee Indian Hospital, the 135,000-square-foot care center will stand two stories … Read more

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New Crane Index, Quarterly Cost Report Charts Construction Trends in North America

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Rider Levett Bucknall has released its latest Crane Index and Quarterly Cost Report. Together, the two documents provide a perspective on the North American construction industry in 14 key markets. With data current to mid-Q3 2023, the latest RLB quarterly cost report shows that the national average increase in construction costs was 1.55% over the previous quarter, with Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New York, Portland and Seattle all experiencing increases over the national average this quarter. Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. experienced gains that were less than the national average. Crane Index notes Boston and Toronto are the only cities … Read more

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