Balfour Beatty to Build $59M Forest Park Medical Center

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DALLAS, Texas — Balfour Beatty Construction received the Notice to Proceed on a new $59-million campus in Frisco, Texas. Known as Forest Park Medical Center, the project represents a significant milestone for the physician-owned complex, which has grown significantly since opening its first surgical specialty hospital in Dallas in 2009. Through this project, Forest Park is actively seeking to expand its growing brand of specialized healthcare. Developed by the Neal Richards Group, these new facilities will help Forest Park deliver high-quality, experience-driven healthcare in a hospitality-style setting. Located on a 4.5-acre site within the master- planned Frisco Square mixed-use development, … Read more

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New UC San Diego Global Safety Center Recommends Four Mandatory Objectives

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LA JOLLA, Calif. — The University of California San Diego’s new global safety center, which allows construction workers worldwide to receive critical safety training based on U.S. standards, has issued four recommended mandatory objectives for international construction projects. Under UC San Diego Extension’s new International Safety Education Institute (ISEI) Construction Workplace Safety Training Program (http://isei.ucsd.edu), safety trainers across the globe help create safe local construction work sites. The recent establishment of the university safety center comes after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) dramatically revised its global safety training program, which includes discontinuing the issue of 10- and … Read more

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Architecture Billings Index in Holding Pattern

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Business Conditions Stronger at Midwest Firms through First Quarter WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first quarter of 2011 has seen the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) remain virtually unchanged and right at, or slightly above, the break-even level. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the March ABI score was 50.5, a negligible decrease from a reading of 50.6 the previous month. This score reflects a modest increase in demand for design services (any score above 50 … Read more

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AGC Reports Construction Recovery Spotty, Variable

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Construction employment decreased in 27 states and the District of Columbia between February and March, while 33 states lost construction jobs during the past 12 months, the Associated General Contractors of America reported in an analysis of state employment data released by the Labor Department. Association officials said the data show that construction remains gripped in a depression that merits urgent corrective actions at federal and state levels. “These data show that recovery is spotty and variable in construction, as the location and number of states with job gains retreated from the levels in February,” said Ken Simonson, the association's … Read more

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First Tribal Community in the Nation Adopts International Green Building Code

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SAN FRANCISCO — Kayenta Township (Ariz.) is the first tribal community in the U.S. to adopt the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), a building code designed to reduce the environmental impact of construction projects, while keeping safety measures intact and enforceable. EPA's Pacific Southwest Green Building Team worked with Kayenta and works with other tribes and federal agencies to support the development of sustainable building codes that meet tribal priorities. In addition, Kayenta will be working with EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities to pilot community Smart Growth Guidelines for Sustainable Design and Development. “As one of the first communities to … Read more

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