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Reach for the skies! Downtown LA growing up
The City of Angels — the expansive web of avenues and enclaves synonymous
with urban sprawl — suddenly is standing shoulder to shoulder in its own
downtown. It’s been years in the making, but LA now has a thriving central
district, with more to come.
July Jobs Jolt: Construction finds summer stride
Finally, construction workers across the land are donning their hard hats
and returning to work, en masse. If most of you already knew that, then at
least the numbers have finally caught up. Here, we take a midsummer pulse
check of hiring and the economy.
Chicago Hackathon peppered with good ideas
They came to BW from California, Florida, New Hampshire, Texas,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and quite likely, the
future. Their mission? To improve the AEC industry in some tangible and
lasting way. Read on to see how they did.
Real deals: Six P3 jobs in 7 states now underway
Public-private partnerships sure have been in the news lately, not always
in the best light. But despite high-profile setbacks, most recently in Rio,
the innovative project financing option still is gaining ground in the U.S.
Here’s a six-pack of tangible examples.
High hurdles: Olympic Village another Rio fiasco
The 2016 Summer Games start tonight in Rio de Janeiro. But for many of the
athletes, their first trials came when they tried to move into an
“uninhabitable” Olympic Village. At press time, workers are still trying to
fix and finish the massive P3 project.
5 Questions for AGC-IT Forum’s Howie Piersma
Big week for Pepper Construction. On Friday, it will be the lead sponsor
for Chicago’s second-ever AEC Hackathon, hosted by BuiltWorlds. But
first, Pepper VP Howie Piersma will ’emcee’ the 8th annual AGC-IT Forum
Conference. We asked ‘HP’ for a preview.
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