The following News Feeds are compliments of McGraw-Hill Construction
Product Snapshot: Rain-Screen System and Torque Tool Tester - Monday, May 28, 2012
This week we look at a rain screen facade from Knight Wall Systems and a digital torque tool tester from Snap-On Industrial.
Rising Material Costs, Corruption Take Toll on India's Construction - Monday, May 28, 2012
But officials hope foreign investment and boosted infrastructure spending will move growth rates up again
Construction Week - Late Breaking Industry News - Monday, May 21, 2012
Construction industry news for the week of 5-21-12
Spate of Lawsuits Flows From Nashville Inundation of 2010 - Monday, May 21, 2012
The owner of Opryland and others are charging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Weather Service with negligence and failure to act during the event.
Planned Coal Export Terminals Spur Opposition in Northwest - Monday, May 21, 2012
EPA and state officials in Washington and Oregon have asked the Corps of Engineers for a collective revew of impacts from the six planned facilities
EMBT Designs Zhang Da Qian Museum in Neijiang - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Construction will start this year on a museum dedicated to the work of artist Zhang Da Qian.
Old Factories Get New Wrapping in Shanghai - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Beijing-based dEEP Architects has transformed a pair of old factories into an office building for Material ConneXion.
Landscape Will Connect New Business District in Suzhou in Suzhou - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
SWA has designed the public open spaces for Suzhou Center.
Gehry Modifies Design for Eisenhower Memorial - Tuesday, May 15, 2012
On Tuesday morning, the 11-member Eisenhower Memorial Commission (EMC) met in a Senate office building to review changes made by Gehry Partners for its design of a President Dwight Eisenhower memorial in Washington, D.C.
On the Boards: OMA’s Marina Abramović Institute - Tuesday, May 08, 2012
The firm unveils its design for a performance art training camp in upstate New York.
Material Trends - Monday, February 11, 2008
Prices are updated monthly by ENR's price reporters who call a single source for each product in 20 U.S. cities and appear each week in ENR on a rotating cycle.
Building Cost Index - Monday, February 11, 2008
HOW ENR BUILDS THE INDEX: 68.38 hours of skilled labor at the 20-city average of bricklayers, carpenters and structural ironworkers rates, plus 25 cwt of standard structural steel shapes at the mill price prior to 1996 and the fabricated 20-city price from 1996, plus 1.128 tons of portland cement at the 20-city price, plus 1,088 board-ft of 2 x 4 lumber at the 20-city price.
Skilled Labor Index - Monday, February 11, 2008
The Skilled Labor Index is the labor component of ENR’s Building Cost Index and tracks union wages, plus fringe benefits, for carpenters, bricklayers and iron workers.
Material Price Index - Monday, February 11, 2008
The Materials Cost Index is the materials component of ENR’s building and construction cost indexes. It tracks the weighted price movement of structural steel, portland cement and 2 X 4 lumber.
Construction Cost Index - Monday, February 11, 2008
HOW ENR BUILDS THE INDEX: 200 hours of common labor at the 20-city average of common labor rates, plus 25 cwt of standard structural steel shapes at the mill price prior to 1996 and the fabricated 20-city price from 1996, plus 1.128 tons of portland cement at the 20-city price, plus 1,088 board-ft of 2 x 4 lumber at the 20-city price.
