AISI Standards Council Establishes New Group to Address Energy Standards for Building Envelopes

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The Standards Council of the American Iron and Steel Institute has formed a new group that will be primarily responsible for the ongoing development of AISI S250, North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes with Cold-Formed Steel Framing. The new Committee on Energy Standards falls under the administrative oversight of the AISI Standards Council, which also oversees the Committee on Specifications and the Committee on Framing Standards. The new group is recognized as a consensus body by the American National Standards Institute. It is comprised of AISI staff and experts from the steel construction industry, and will develop … Read more

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Resiliency Project Addressing Sea Level Rise, Storm Damage Advances in Lower Manhattan

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A project team comprised of a Turner Construction Company and E.E. Cruz joint venture, along with Arcadis, the Bjark Ingels Group, Scape Landscape Architecture and WSP was selected by the Battery Park City Authority for its North/West Resiliency Project in New York. The project aims to expand and enhance Battery Park City public spaces. It is the largest coastal resiliency project developed by BPCA and will address the impacts of sea level rise and the risk of storm damage. Under a Progressive Design-Build delivery model, the project team will engineer and build approximately 8,000 linear feet of flood and seepage … Read more

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DCC’s International Project Awards 2023 Call for Entries

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The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, has opened its call for entries for its 2023 International Project Awards. Entries are invited in the following categories: Cementitious Overlays; Cast-in-Place Stamped; Stained & Dyes; Polished Concrete & Overlays; Cast-in-Place Special Finishes; Countertops/Furniture/Firepits; Vertical/Facades; Concrete Artistry; Multiple Applications; Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete Structures; Project Video; and Decorative Resinous Coatings. Submittal deadline is April 28.Entries are judged equally on aesthetics, craftsmanship, functionality, creativity and safety. Entry fees are $60 for the first entry and $40 per additional entry for ASCC members, and $90 and $60, respectively for … Read more

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McCarthy Building Companies hosted a Construction 101 Event

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McCarthy Building Companies recently hosted its annual Construction 101 event in its Newport Beach, California office. A total of 33 students participated. Construction 101 Day provided a supportive, hands-on learning experience with introduction to a construction career for high school girls ages 14-18. Participants learned the basic elements of various construction trades and developed a safety mindset, as well as self-confidence that can apply in many aspects. Seasoned mentors in the industry and McCarthy role models were present to guide the participants through projects. Participants learned to work together and effectively communicate with their peers and mentors to achieve successful … Read more

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Construction Workforce Shortage Tops Half a Million in 2023, Says ABC

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The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 546,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2023 to meet the demand for labor, according to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors. ABC’s proprietary model uses the historical relationship between inflation-adjusted construction spending growth, sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Construction Put in Place survey, as well as payroll construction employment, sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, to convert anticipated increases in construction outlays into demand for construction labor at a rate of approximately 3,620 new jobs per billion dollars of … Read more

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