PHOENIX, Ariz. — Rider Levett Bucknall announces the launch of its inaugural edition of the North American RLB Crane Index. The new report measures construction activity in major cities across North America and predicts the health of the U. S. construction industry. Unlike other industry barometers that track cost and other financial data, the Crane Index tracks the number of fixed cranes on construction sites in major cities across North America. The biannual report surveys activity in Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Honolulu, Hawaii; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Phoenix, Arizona; San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington. … Read more

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will be moving into new offices this year in Twin Falls, Idaho. BLM will consolidate several locations in town to property adjacent to the bureau's current warehouse. The new facilities will include a 16,000-square-foot, single-story office, a 70,000-square-foot outdoor yard and renovations to the existing 3,000-square-foot warehouse. A move-in date slated is for August 2015, said Stephanie Kenitzer, spokeswoman for the U.S. General Services Administration, which holds the lease on the property. The Neenan Company of Fort Collins, Colorado designed and will build the BLM facilities. BLM has a 20-year-lease With Twin Falls, LLC, … Read more

DALLAS, Texas — Can space serve as a tool to produce a culture of innovation in the workplace? Finding answers to questions like this inspired the new book Change Your Space, Change Your Culture that explores the workplace of the future and how workspace design can produce a culture of innovation. Available now, the book's authors lay out strategies for businesses to transform their organizations by creating spaces that help stimulate ideas, energize people and transform culture. Change Your Space, Change Your Culture is a guide to transforming business by rethinking the workplace. Written by a team of industry thought … Read more