Stevens Construction Begins Renovation at Somerset at the Plantation

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Stevens Construction started an interior renovation and outdoor amenities improvement to the amenity center at Somerset at the Plantation in Fort Myers, Florida. The company is providing a 12,650-square-foot interior renovation of the community amenity center, which will include a fitness facility, meeting rooms, bathrooms, offices, outdoor bar and event room. Additionally, the company is building four new pickleball courts, two new bocce ball courts, shade canopies and expanding the spa and renovating the sauna. The company provided six months of preconstruction services, which included assembling and coordinating the design team, providing constructability reviews, cost savings suggestions, which saved the client … Read more

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NCCER Releases Revised Welding Curriculum 

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The sixth edition of the National Center for Construction Education and Research’s Welding Level One curriculum is available for purchase. The updated content includes the latest in safety information, including standard welding procedure specification examples from the American Welding Society. The content also reflects technological changes to the craft, modern approaches and best practices. In addition, the trainee guide has a modernized page design that presents information concisely with improved readability to help all learners. With this latest revision, the center has also updated the online learning options available through the NCCERconnect platform. Instructors and students can use NCCERconnect for … Read more

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Construction Spending Falls with Declines in Residential, Nonresidential Activity Amid Growing Labor and Materials Shortages

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Total construction spending fell by 1.1% in June as spending on new housing and nonresidential projects declined compared to May, according to an analysis the Associated General Contractors of America released of federal spending data. Association officials said that the construction spending figures are being impacted as materials and labor shortages are slowing schedules and increasing the cost of construction. Construction spending, not adjusted for inflation, totaled $1.76 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in June. That figure was 1.1% below the upwardly revised May rate and 8.3% higher than in June 2021. Private nonresidential construction spending declined for the … Read more

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Topping-Out Reached for Radford University’s Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity Project

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Skanska has topped out on Radford University’s new Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity on July 22. Located in Radford, Virginia, the 178,000-square-foot building will replace the existing space for the College of Visual and Performing Arts and create interdisciplinary student spaces. CAIC represents the largest capital construction project in the history of Radford University in terms of total project funding and square footage. The new building will allow for the cross-disciplinary collaboration of educational programs in the arts, health sciences, and technology and will include facilities, such as: 500-seat performing arts theatre auditorium, fashion and interior design labs, health sciences … Read more

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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for New North Ogden Public Safety Building

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Big-D Construction and partners including the city of North Ogden broke ground on a public safety building in Utah. The project, awarded to Big-D Construction and JRCA Architects in 2021, is a $12.4-million design-build project. At 25,000 square feet, the facility is a single-story building and will be home to the North Ogden Justice Court, police department, code enforcement, animal control and a new holding facility. Estimated completion on the building is slated for August 2023.

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