Construction News

• Multi-billion pound firm supplied Grenfell Tower with flammable cladding to save money
  
  US construction giant Arconic supplied polyethylene panels to the west London tower block through a subsidiary company in France.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 23 Oct 2020.
• Seabird response to abrupt climate change 5,000 years ago transformed Falklands ecosystems
  
  A 14,000-year paleoecological reconstruction of the sub-Antarctic islands has found that seabird establishment occurred during a period of regional cooling 5,000 years ago. ...
  Science Daily.  Friday, 23 Oct 2020.
• Nucor's (NUE) Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates in Q3
  
  Nucor (NUE) benefited from strength in non-residential construction markets in the third quarter.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 22 Oct 2020.
• Father, 30, drowned while boating with his son after taking 'large amount' of cocaine, inquest hears
  
  Construction foreman Jake Brown, 30, was reported missing after his child was spotted in the boat on his own following a day trip at Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey on June 16 this year.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 22 Oct 2020.
• Dow's (DOW) Earnings and Revenues Trounce Estimates in Q3
  
  Dow's (DOW) overall volumes rose sequentially in Q3 on improved demand across furniture & bedding, appliances, packaging, construction and automotive end markets.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 22 Oct 2020.
• Cognitive elements of language have existed for 40 million years
  
  Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in complex language-like constructions -- monkeys and great apes can do so, too, a new study has shown. ...
  Science Daily.  Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020.
• US Reportedly Lost $19 Billion To Fraud, Abuse in Afghanistan
  
  The American oversight authority noted that the US Congress has appropriated nearly $134 billion for Afghan reconstruction programs since the ouster of the Taliban in late 2001
  Voice of America.  Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020.
• This chef got Covid, got laid off and then became a homebuilder
  
  As housing demand soars, the acute labor shortage in the home construction business is providing new opportunities to unemployed workers in other fields.
  CNBC.  Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020.
• Real estate startup takes aim at new construction market
  
  Welcome raised $5.35 million in seed funding and is founded by the team behind DigitalOcean, a unicorn cloud infrastructure provider.
  Inman.  Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020.
• Displaced Yet Determined: Tornado-Damaged Schools Years Away From Construction Completion
  
  Thomas Jefferson High School, Walnut Hill Elementary School and Cary Middle School all took direct hits from the 2019 outbreak of tornadoes that carved a path of destruction through parts of Dallas.
  NBC.  Tuesday, Oct 20 2020.
• Construction of second Trump golf course at Menie approved
  
  The 18-hole MacLeod course is to be built to the south and west of the controversial original course at Menie.
  BBC News.  Monday, 19 Oct 2020.
• Trump barred from moving $3.6 billion from military to fund border wall construction: Federal court
  
  The new border wall projects in Texas would have covered more than 60 miles, according to the ACLU
  Yahoo.  Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020.
• Balfour Beatty reconstructs board as chairman steps down
  
  Balfour Beatty, one of the UK’s biggest construction groups, is kicking off the search for a new chairman.
  Sky News.  Monday, 12 Oct 2020.
• Your Rage Is Justified
  
  For a couple of days, the world stopped. Then my mom went back to work at the store, a day later my dad went back to work construction.
  Forbes.  Friday, 9 Oct 2020.
• From Construction To Tech: How To Start A Tech Company Without A Tech Background
  
  Even if you have don't have a technical background, you can start a tech company and raise money. Tom Sagi, who formerly was in the construction business, is a great case study.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 8 Oct 2020.

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