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- Near-record affordability in real estate
- Purchase-loan demand picking up
- Feds award $1B to buy up REOs
- Dive into the link stream
- California, FHA offer 4% loans
- 3 ripe real estate opportunities
- 47% of home sellers slash list prices
- Most bankers don't see credit easing
- Homebuyer tax credit off the radar
- Economic genie is out of wishes
- Control your online destiny
- Fannie cracks the foreclosure whip
- Finding what clicks in real estate
- Agents and their tech thingies
- CEO of Sacramento brokerage on leave
Construction.com: Latest Headlines
- Back by Popular Demand: AutoCAD for the Mac
- Construction Jobless Rate Improves Slightly in August
- Labor Panel Okays Union Banner Protests
- Five Key Executives Depart RMJM
- Green Label for Contractors Covers Offices and Practices
- Richard Meier to Design Home for Mr. Bean
- Obama Backs new Stimulus Program Valued at $50 Billion
- Construction Methods Of The Ancient Inca Offer Sustainable Lessons
- USGBC Expands Data Collection from LEED Buildings
- Port of Miami Expansion Includes New Rail Link
- Chicago Plans $4B Urban Village
- Stantec to Acquire San Francisco's Anshen + Allen Architecture Firm
- Expanding Horizons: Analyzing the Balfour Beatty/Parsons Brinckerhoff deal
- Virginia Tech Student Wins Yéle Haiti Competition
- Reviving a Modest Masterpiece: The Trenton Bath House
- Fatalities Down, But Rate Stays Flat
- NY Approves New Neighbor for Empire State Building
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design Broad Museum
- A Golden Anniversary for a Philip Johnson Museum
- Fluor, United Rentals Form Jobsite Logistics Partnership
- Load-Pier Test at St. Louis Bridge Sets World Record
- Reuse or Build New? Group to Gather Hard Environmental Data
- California Cools Off Capitol Complex With Thermal-Energy Tank
- Fed Probe Leads to Wolff’s Likely Exit From Berger
- All Systems Go for Vinoly’s $1.5B Domino Project in Brooklyn
- U.S. Wind Power Surge Likely To Continue, Say Scientists
- Lack of State Budget Affects $3 Billion in Projects, Caltrans Says
- Agency Unveils 30-Year Plan for Developing Chicago Area
- Caterpillar Compiles Short List of GCs for $426M Winston-Salem Plant
- Plans Unveiled to Expand Terminal 4 at JFK Airport
- July Construction Rebounds 7%
- Gutsy Builder Took A 'Quantum Leap' for Crane Safety
- Louis Kahn Synagogue Expansion Stirs Controversy
- Facebook Adds Expansion to Massive Data Center Under Construction
- U.S. Presses Case Against Berger Group Over Alleged Overbilling
- EPA Toolkit to Remove Red Tape for Green Projects
- Acquitted Rigger Wants His Licenses Back
- Rafael Viñoly's Design of Kennedy Institute Unveiled
- Fighting Fines for Fatal Blast, Contractor Cites Safety Record
- Preservationist Named Head of SCAD’s Architecture School
- Turner Regains Army Contract After Court Reverses GAO Ruling
- June Construction Slips 3%
- Deal Sends Tishman Construction Into AECOM’s Arms
- Finally, BP Advances Effort To Stop Leak
- U.S. Architecture Schools Announce Leadership Changes
- Virginia’s I-495 Expansion Fast-Tracked Thanks to D-B, Infusion of Private Capital
- Interview with Alain de Botton, Architecture of Happiness Author
- Naval Station Great Lakes Completes $770-Million Construction Program
- LBJ Freeway Financing Secured, Project to Start by Early 2011
- Engineer Rejects N.Y. State's 'Sling Theory' in Rigger Trial
- Communication Breakdown Lifts Price of Tacoma Ramp
- Groundbreaking for First TIGER Project
- Construction Industry Loses 22,000 Jobs in June
- Manslaughter Trial Begins For New York Rigger
- $1.4-Billion South Texas Powerplant Both Praised and Damned
- Speedy Runway Paving Job Means $5 Million Bonus
- University Of Alabama Debuts Disaster Response Study Track
- Affordable Housing Goes Green in the Bronx
- EPA to Modify Regulations on Sewer Overflows
- May Construction Grows 3%
- Special Report: Gulf Oil Spill
- Piano Conceives a Respectful Addition to Kahn's Kimbell Masterpiece
- Kinks in Supply Chain Produce Road Paint Shortage
- Finalists for 2010 Aga Khan Award Announced
- NYC Skyscraper Is First U.S. Commercial Tower to Earn LEED Platinum
- 2010 Hurricane Season Will Be "Active to Extremely Active," Scientists Predict
- White House Picks Architect to Head Preservation Board
- Did BP Skip Approval for Platform Engineering Design?
- Stern's Museum for African Art Set to Open in 2011
- Nuns Celebrate LEED Platinum Certification
- OSHA Recognizes NCCER Program To Certify Crane Operators
- An Experimental Early Work by Renzo Piano Threatened
- USGBC Says Feds Can Do More for Green Building
- Debate Over Radioactive Waste in Texas Gets Hot
- April Construction Falls 9%
- ENR Names the Top 400 Contractors
- Gulf Oil Spill: Industry Waits for Cleanup Call
- AIA Announces 18 Winners of 2010 Housing Awards
- Seven Teams Picked For $4 Bil in Guam Milcon Work
- Caltrans Realizes Big Savings in Construction Costs Due to Economic Downturn
- Clinic Made of Freight Containers Heads to Haiti
- Profile Rises for Small Projects as Construction Market Tightens
- Corps Speeds Up Permitting For Gulf Coast Cleanup
- Integrated-Project-Delivery Boosters Ignore Many Flashing Red Lights
- Green Design-Build Model Crafted for Buildings To Achieve Net-Zero Energy Use
- Feds Seek Energy-Efficient Building Projects
- U.S. DOT Seeks Changes in Disadvantaged-Business Rules
- EPA Stiffens Coal-Ash Rules, But Proposal Allows Recycling
- Nashville Begins to Assess Damage From Epic Flooding
- Interior Dept. OK's Nation's First Offshore Wind Project
- AIA's Effort to Eliminate Retainage Fee Pays Off
- USGBC Launches LEED-Neighborhood Development
- Worker Killed as Crane Boom Collapses
- Haiti's Plan Includes New Ports, Highways
- Archives of WTC-Architect Yamasaki Saved from Destruction
- Chinese Drywall Remediation Standard Already Evolving
- ENR Reveals the Top 500 Design Firms
- AIA's Committee on the Environment Announces Annual Awards
- Tour of U.S. Embassy in Haiti Shows Small Measures Paid Off Big Time
- Controversial Plans by Viñoly for Domino Sugar Plant Now on View
- Construction Groups Sue NY DOT Over Pay Freeze
- AGC Study Finds No Scientific Reason for Calif. Emission Rule
- John Carl Warnecke, "Kennedy's Architect," Dies
- March Construction Holds Steady
- Southern California Quake Damaged Treatment and Storage Infrastructure
- While Dubai Stumbles, Abu Dhabi Marches On
- Next Round of Federal Regulations Has Suppliers Retooling Clean Diesel
- Green-Infused Modular Classroom Targets 'Grid-Neutral' Status in School Construction
- Last Piece of L.A. Live Opens – Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles
- NYC Unveils Sweeping Redevelopment Plan for Governors Island
- Florida Tribe Wins Ruling To Resume Everglades Construction
- Concrete Industry Fears Ruling May Stir Litigation Over Fly Ash
- Steven Holl on a Winning Streak
- Celebrated Architect Stirs Debate With Haiti Prefab House Idea
- Obama Signs Jobs Bill, With Highway-Transit Extension
- "Villa Libeskind" Takes Prefab to the Extreme
- Green Standard Efforts Merge
- February Construction Rises 5%
- AIA Announces 2010 Young Architect Award Winners
- Testwell CEO Tried To Kill Himself After Conviction
- Mayor Unveils Stimulus Plan in San Francisco
- January Construction Retreats 1%
- New Construction Starts in December Climb 5%; Annual Total for 2009 Drops 26% to $412 Billion
- Dubai Stands Tall as Skyscraper Debuts
- National Mall Plan Option Incorporates LEED
- Cintra-Led Team to Begin $2B North Texas Road Project
- November Construction Falls 9%
- October Construction Jumps 12%
- September Construction Slides 7%
- AIA Study: 2008 Billings Topped $44 Billion
- Housing Could Spark A Rebound in 2010
- Leaky Libeskind Roof to Be Fixed at Last
- SOM Loses Top Architect to HOK
- Faulty Tower's Implosion Presents Many Challenges
- Who's To Blame for Faulty Foster Tower?
- Balfour Beatty to Pay $626 Million For Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Heinz Awards Highlight Environmental Leaders
- August Construction Rises 2%
- June Construction Retreats 7%
- The Top 250 Architecture Firms
- Gehry Trims Staff As Projects Hit Snags
- F&S Partners in Dallas Merges with SmithGroup
- May Construction Climbs 7%
- Brad Pitt Selects More Architects for "Make It Right" Project
- HUD and DOT Coordinating Efforts
- Nation's Largest New Public Transportation Project Moving Into Construction Phase
- Architects Plan Breathtaking New Skydeck for Sears Tower
- April Construction Slips 1%
- Peter Zumthor Wins 2009 Pritzker Prize
- Big Problems Continue With Drywall Made in China
- Top 10 Green Projects Named by AIA
- March Construction Improves 5 Percent
- February Construction Falls 8%
- Building in Cologne, Germany Collapses
- AIA Announces the Names of 112 New Fellows
- Federal Eco-Labeling Law Taking Shape
- Spanish-Led Consortium to Build $4-Billion Texas Freeway Project
- Architectural Billings Index Hits All-Time Low
- Gottfried House Earns Highest LEED for Homes Score to Date
- Healthcare Market Not Immune to Economic Malaise
- Virtual Design and Construction Users Seeking Better Collaborative Tools
- January Construction Slips 3%
- New Construction Starts in December Retreat 5%; Annual Total for 2008 Slides 15% to $543 Billion
- Herzog & de Meuron Designs HQ for Major Bank in Spain
- Obama Delivers Promise to Unions By Reversing Bush Labor Pact Ban
- The Economic-Stimulus Bill, Sector-by-Sector Analysis
- What Does Stimulus Plan Mean for A/E/C Industry?
- AIA Announces 2009 Honor Awards for Architecture
- USGBC Members Approve LEED 2009 Revisions
- Zaha Hadid Chosen to Design Vienna Library
- Louisiana Gets $1.5-Billion Loan From Feds for Hurricane-Protection System
- 'Less Restrictive' No-Damages-for-Delay Clause Still Vulnerable
- Layoffs Sweep Architecture Profession as Economy Worsens
- Obama's Education-Upgrade Pledge Could Mean Lots of School-Construction Work
- Prosecutor Charges Safety Manager, Two Others in Fatal N.Y. Construction Fire
- Shanghai Skyscraper Named "Best Tall Building"
- Chicago Takes the Lead in Green Hotels
- Madrid's City of Justice Starts to Take Shape
- Report: Concrete Outperforms Steel as Bridge Material
- Florida's Highway Wish List Totals Nearly $7 Billion
- For Architects, the Job Axe Starts to Fall
- Despite Sinking Economy, Work Begins on Super-Tall Shanghai Tower
- States Seek $136 Billion for Infrastructure In New Stimulus Package
- Students Design-Build LEED Platinum Art Center for Tornado Ravaged Town
- Is the Dubai Bubble Starting to Burst?
- Overwhelming Public Response Extends Crane Rule Comment Period
- OSHA Releases Fatality Numbers
- U.S. Green Building Council Pushes Obama to Act on Green Promises
- Renzo Piano’s Design for Kimbell Museum Revealed
- Architects Hit Hard by Financial Crisis
- Lawsuit Possible Over Cracks At $146-Million Tampa Project
- Michigan Building First to Earn Double LEED Platinum Certification
- Garage Collapse Contractor Points Finger at Engineer
- Shopping Malls Not Below Libeskind's "Dignity"
- After 30 Years, EPA Sets Tougher Airborne Lead Standard
- AIA To Release New IPD and Design-Build Documents
- With Financial Rescue Signed, Contractors Hope for a Revival
- Architect Calls for Sustainability "Nutrition" Labels
- House for War Veteran Designed by Yale Students
- Gehry Designs First Big Project For Toronto, His Hometown
- Deal to Privatize Midway May Pay for Chicago Projects
- Gilbane Builds $156 Million Discovery Tower in Downtown Houston
- September's Financial Market Turmoil
- August Construction Retreats 3%
- Citing Dire Trust Fund Picture, USDOT Calls for $8-Billion Infusion
- Olympic Village Takes LEED Gold
- Yale Taps Stern for Major Project
- HOK's Sports Design Unit Set To Split From Its Parent Firm
- Department of Energy Focuses on Net-Zero Commercial Buildings
- AIA and USGBC To Form a Strategic Alliance
- Tishman Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $2.8 Million
- Studio Pei-Zhu Tapped for Museum for Iconic Chinese Artist
- Cities Mandate LEED But Not Certification
- Jerusalem's Signature Span
- Robert A.M. Stern Handily Wins 10th Annual Vincent Scully Prize
- Bentley and Autodesk Agree To Exchange Keys To Sharing of Data
- London Revs Up Construction for 2012 Summer Olympics
- World's Second-Longest Ocean Crossing Opens
- Midwest Floods Wreak Havoc on Architectural Landmarks
- Nation's First LEED Platinum Affordable Housing Built in Massachusetts
- NYC Crane Inspector Pleads Not Guilty
- Adaptive Reuse
- Build Local, Price Global
- Record reveals: Beijing
- Downturn in Chicago's Downtown
- May Construction Holds Steady
- Gehry Designs NYC's Tallest Residential Tower
- NRC Considering 15 Nuke Plant Apps
- California Pumps $271 Million Into Construction of Stem Cell Labs
- USGBC to Outsource LEED Certification
- Tight WTC Schedule Unveiled
- AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education
- Gehry Downsizes Tower Design for Atlantic Yards
- Work Begins on London's Olympic Stadium
- National Trust Announces 11 Most Endangered Sites
- Contractors Subject to New Lead Paint Regulations
- Construction Starts for Houston CBD's First LEED Gold Building
- Penn Announces New Architecture Dean
- AIA Announces 2008 COTE Award Winners
- $1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains
- Federal 2009 Budget a Mixed Bag for Green Building
- BIM Companies Acquiring Energy Modeling Capabilities
- Study of Fees Indicates Project Type Doesn’t Matter
- Cement Consumption To Grow 43% by 2030
- March Construction Slides 8%
- Jean Nouvel Wins 2008 Pritzker Prize
- Architects' Billings Down Sharply in Early 2008
- L.A. Mayor Moves to Speed Building Project Approvals
- Young Carpenter a Victim of Miami Crane Accident
- The Sagaponac Effect: Modernist Subdivisions Multiply
- McCarthy Starts $115M GSU Research Laboratory
- February Construction Rises 2%
- With the Architect of the Capitol Slot Still Open, AIA Urges Action
- Stern Will Design Bush Library at SMU
- House Clears $17.6 Billion in Renewable-Energy Tax Breaks
- Atlantic City Planning $20 Billion in Projects
- High Perceived Cost of Green Persists, Says Survey
- Engineering Firm Plans Tower Twice as Tall as Burj Dubai
- January Construction Jumps 8%
- The Economy and Construction: Review of Recent Indicators, February 2008
- Nouvel Designs Towering Slender Neighbor for MoMA
- Glasgow Officials Close Bridge After Cable Connector Snaps
- RK Stewart Leaving Gensler for Perkins + Will
- Suncor Expansion to Stretch Labor Force
- Kansas Town Rebuilding as the Greenest in America
- AIA Names Recipients of 2008 Young Architects Award
- Green Buildings Boast High Occupancy Rates
- December Construction Unchanged from Prior Month; Annual Construction Start Total for 2007 Slides 11%
- AIA Names Winners of 2008 Honor Awards
- Safety Board Finds I-35W Bridge Plates Too Thin
- Zaha Hadid to Design MSU's Broad Art Museum
- Materials Innovators Engage Cradle to Cradle Protocol
- Crane Mishap Kills One at Trump Site
- Ettore Sottsass, Elder Statesman of Italian Design, Dead at 90
- Richard Meier's Atheneum Wins AIA's 25-Year Award
- North America's Largest PV Powerplant in Service
- Chipperfield Unveils St. Louis Museum Wing
- New Orleans Waterfront Plan Takes Shape
- CH2M Hill Founder Burke Hayes Dies at 95
- Oscar Niemeyer Designs New Arts Center in Spain
- New Gensler Office Earns LEED-Silver Certification
- USGBC to Revamp LEED Rating System
- Most A/E/C Spending Measures Pass on Election Day
- Clinton: Sustainability “Most Important” Cause Today
- I.M. Pei Designs $30,000/Night Suite for Four Seasons NYC
- I-35W Replacement Set to Start Pile Driving
- HOK Sport’s Design for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium Unveiled
- Conferees Hike Road Funds, Add $1 Billion for Bridges
- David Adjaye's MCA/Denver Opens
- LEED-for-Homes to Launch at Greenbuild
- AIA Forms Running Far Ahead of Rivals
- Utah Embraces Accelerated Construction Method
- Lifecycle Building Challenge Winners Announced
- Construction Slide Could Continue in 2008
- 21 Chicago Landmarks Honored for Preservation
Home Inspection - Google News
- Before Buying A Home, Be Wary Of These Home Inspection Red Flags - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
- Brave homeowners let health officer Russell Dorm check for violations - York Daily Record
- Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Wants to Hear from Experienced Chinese ... - PR Web (press release)
- Ins and outs of home inspection - Seattle Times
- Safety First…Sellers, Prepare Now to List for Fall! - Community Advocate
- Scotch Plains couple want inspector to file claim for chimney damage they say ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
- Close encounters of the TV kind - Hamilton Spectator
- MULLINS v. NORTHERN KENTUCKY INSPECTIONS, INC. - Leagle.com
- No place like home: HouseMaster franchisee sees pickup in business - Pasadena Star-News
- Lessons from a First Home Purchase - San Angelo Standard Times
Construction - Google News
- Construction of 'Mercer Mess' makeover ready to start - Seattle Times
- The Corradino Group Standardizes on Prolog Construction Project Management ... - MarketWatch (press release)
- Capital One Funnels $55.5M Into NYC Housing - Citybizlist Real Estate
- Orascom Construction Joint Venture Unit Wins $675 Million Qatar Contract - Bloomberg
- Willbros Awarded Canadian Pipeline Construction Project - MarketWatch (press release)
- Kilpatrick pal Bobby Ferguson indicted for fraud, money laundering - Detroit Free Press
- Critics Say LEED Program Doesn't Fulfill Promises - NPR
- Belgian Economic Growth Revised Up to 0.9%; Construction Industry Rebounds - Bloomberg
- Most Americans object to planned Islamic center near Ground Zero, poll finds - Washington Post
- Construction on first building at Noah's Ark site now expected this fall - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Real Estate Trends - Google News
- Reis Announces Monthly Data Publication - MarketWatch (press release)
- Arbor Realty Trust to Present at Barclays Capital 2010 Global Financial ... - MarketWatch (press release)
- Simon Property Group Brings Fall Trends to Life Through Simon Fashion Now(TM) - MarketWatch (press release)
- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Hosts Women's Leadership Receptions in Chicago and ... - MarketWatch (press release)
- Colony Financial to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment ... - MarketWatch (press release)
- Industrial Real Estate Shows Signs of Recovery in the United States - dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release)
- Is Housing Overvalued? - The Atlantic (blog)
- Kirkwood Mountain Resort Posts Record Profits for 2009-10 Fiscal Year - Utah Skier Online
- TIAA, Omnicom In Lease Talks - Wall Street Journal
- Eaton considers sites proposed by Irgens, Weas and Briohn - Milwaukee Small Business Times