Whistler, B.C. – Intrawest and Whistler Blackcomb Resort have announced the start of construction on a peak-to-peak $52 milllion gondola. The lift system will be the longest, continuous unsupported span in the world, extending 3.024 km from the Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain to the Rendezvous Lodge on Blackcomb Mountain. Rising 415 meters above the [...]
Barrie, ON – This central Ontario city’s waterfront may soon top the list of Toronto-area residential hot-spots with the construction of the Nautica condominiums on Kempenfelt Bay. Builders INVAR Corporation and the Ross Group will start construction on the south tower of the nearly $100 million CDN project this summer. Barrie-based architect Ian S. Malcolm [...]
Alternative Construction Company, Inc. announced the formation of the Future of Building Institute, Inc. (FBII), a non-profit organization currently being formed for the purposes of attracting and combining
Mr. A.J. Francel, President of FBII, stated, “We are interested in achieving total housing solutions. For years, the economics of housing have looked at mortgage costs, maintenance costs, [...]
Construction workers erected the last steel beam Friday morning for the Harley-Davidson Inc. motorcycle museum under construction in the Menomonee Valley.
Harley-Davidson marked the milestone with an event at the construction site near South Sixth and West Canal streets. During the ceremony, a crane lifted the beam up to two construction workers positioned 80 feet [...]
Not enough floor space in that garage, dorm, or studio apartment for the bike? Hoist it up high and store it out of the way with the ingenious bike lift from Racor. A unique rope locking mechanism prevents accidental release while the pulley design lightens the load for easy lifting. Bikes can be hoisted [...]
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Meadow Valley Corporation (NASDAQ:MVCO) announced today that it has been awarded three new construction contracts by the Arizona Department of Transportation valued at a total of approximately $47.5 million.
Meadow Valley won a $40.2 million contract to construct three new precast concrete girder bridges and new High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes by widening the existing median [...]
Alternative Construction Company, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCY) released today its first quarter sales and profits for 2007. Pursuant to its recent restructuring, earnings results compared favorably with year ago results. Both profit and revenue numbers were the result of a year long effort to effectuate efficiency measures, productivity gains, cost of capital reductions, raw [...]
Owners of One Indiana Square today unveiled a rendering for the new façade planned for their 36-floor downtown office building. The new exterior will repair the damages suffered during an April 2, 2006, storm and update the 38-year-old tower with a contemporary design.
“What you see in the rendering is a modern façade to a building [...]
British architect Lord Richard Rogers, acclaimed for his urban, socially minded and open designs including the airy Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, is the winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, it was announced Wednesday.
Rogers, 73, is the fourth British architect to receive the field’s top honor, founded in 1979 and sponsored by the family [...]
Following Gordon Brown’s budget on Wednesday this week, TheConstructionCentre.co.uk is supporting widespread industry views that the aggregates sector now seems to be bearing the brunt of the Governments bid to raise funds, under the guise of encouraging greener practices.
The industry is reeling from the surprise announcement of a 20% rise in the levy on primary [...]
February home sales in the region fell to their lowest level in four years, as real estate associations in both Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky reported double-digit declines Friday.
Home sales dropped 11.7 percent last month in the Southwest Ohio counties served by the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors and 12.9 percent in the counties represented [...]