Construction News

• Frisco ISD 'Moving Dirt' on 11th High School
  
  Frisco Independent School District has begun moving dirt for the construction of their eleventh high school. Photo Credit: NBC 5 News.
  NBC.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Building Booms And Academic Busts
  
  Colleges expand construction, fail to utilize existing space.
  Forbes.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Single family housing starts jump despite an overall drop in home building
  
  New home construction dropped in July, but there were some spots. CNBC's Diana Olick reports.
  CNBC.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Confidence matters more than mortgage rates in housing, and confidence just took a hit
  
  Mortgage rates have been falling sharply over the last three months, which should be incredibly positive for the housing market, but so far reaction has been muted in both home sales and new home construction.
  CNBC.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Heartbroken father, 26, hanged himself during battle over access to his five-year-old daughter
  
  Construction business owner Christopher Brown, (pictured) 26, from South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire, was found hanged in his caravan at his parents' home.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Is TopBuild (BLD) Stock Outpacing Its Construction Peers This Year?
  
  Is (BLD) Outperforming Other Construction Stocks This Year?
  Zacks.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Exantas Capital, Alamos Gold, TiVo, Donegal and North American Construction
  
  The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Exantas Capital, Alamos Gold, TiVo, Donegal and North American Construction
  Zacks.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Metallica donates more than $277,000 to pediatric cancer hospital in Romania
  
  Metallica says it has donated 250,000 euros ($277,600) to support the construction of Romania's first pediatric oncology hospital.
  Fox News.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• R.D. Olson Construction Completes AC Hotel Los Angeles South Bay
  
  R.D. Olson Construction, an award-winning general contracting firm in California, has completed AC Hotel Los Angeles South Bay, a 98,728-square-foot, six-story hotel in the heart of El Segundo's business district. ...
  Hsyndicate.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Truck Driver Crushed by Trailer at Frisco Construction Site
  
  A truck driver died Wednesday at a construction site in Frisco when the truck's trailer overturned onto its cab, firefighters say. Photo Credit: NBC 5 News.
  NBC.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• STR: Caribbean/Mexico hotel construction up 33.9% in July
  
  STR's hotel pipeline data for the Caribbean/Mexico region showed 155 projects accounting for 31,968 rooms in construction as of July 2019. ...
  Hsyndicate.  Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019.
• Face of toothless Iron Age elder 'Hilda the Druid' revealed in stunning reconstruction
  
  Karen Fleming from the University of Dundee has recreated the head of a woman, nicknamed Hilda, believed to have been from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019.
• New $97M venture fund to focus on construction technology
  
  Brick and Mortar Ventures, a firm that thinks of itself as the "Fifth Wall of construction," announced Tuesday that it now has nearly $100 million to pour into high tech startups.
  Inman.  Tuesday, 13 Aug 2019.
• Republican businessman to run for US Senate in New Mexico
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Federal records show Republican construction contractor Mick Rich is planning on making a second run for the U.S. Senate in New Mexico. ...
  Washington Times.  Tuesday, 13 Aug 2019.
• Detention basins could catch more than stormwater
  
  Everywhere you go there are stormwater detention basins built near large construction projects intended to control the flow of rainwater and runoff. ...
  Science Daily.  Monday, 12 Aug 2019.

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