Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. MISSION — For the past eight months, Scott Nicol, an environment activist in McAllen, has photographed construction crews erecting 15-foot concrete panels topped with 6-foot steel bollards in the Rio […]
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There’s a residential building boom happening in Missoula as the city rushes to make up for a huge shortage of housing that has sent prices surging in recent years. The city’s office of Community Planning, Development and Innovation permitted 1,338 new homes in 2021, a 140% increase over 2020. The […]
Possible human remains were found at a Stockton construction site on Wednesday, authorities said.The construction site is in the area of Hammer Lane and Maranatha Drive. A crew reported their findings around 12:39 p.m., the Stockton Police Department said.Police say the appropriate authorities have been contacted and an archaeologist working […]
A Kaimuki company is working to address one of the biggest contributors to the high cost of living in Hawaii: housing. SIP Systems Hawaii is using an innovative building material — structural insulated panels — that cuts labor costs, significantly reducing the price of the home. A house can be […]
A general view shows a newly discovered Roman cemetery containing ornately decorated graves, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Construction workers at a building site in northern Gaza have uncovered 31 Roman-era tombs dating from the first century AD, the Palestinian territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas said Monday. The […]
Amber McGinnis saw her father doing construction work growing up, but she didn’t see it as a path for her. She had always been active and strong, but had learned “it was supposed to be that the women did the inside work and the men did the outside work.” Later, […]
Northeast Raleigh is just weeks away from the start of a two-year-long road construction project to widen Atlantic Avenue between Highwoods Boulevard and New Hope Church Road. Show Transcript IS LIKELY TO BE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS. I’LL OUTLINE WHEN THE RAIN CHANCES ARE THE HIGHEST COMING […]
Austin’s skyline continues to grow. The workers behind who make it happen are running scarce. Pay rates are up in the industry in efforts to hire more people. AUSTIN, Texas — There’s a shortage of construction workers in Central Texas. As Austin attracts more businesses and people, there are fewer […]
A four-year project to rebuild a portion of I-275 will resume on Monday, Feb. 21, after a short winter season pause on construction. MDOT says the second year of the Revive 275 project include rebuilding southbound I-275 from 6 Mile Road to Northline Road with both directions of traffic on […]