Grow Up Houston
These new units are located on sites near retail and restaurants and are focused on being walkable for the new residents who are moving to Houston where there have been 100,000 new jobs created this year. [node:read-more:link]
A Sustainable Workforce Starts With You
These new units are located on sites near retail and restaurants and are focused on being walkable for the new residents who are moving to Houston where there have been 100,000 new jobs created this year. [node:read-more:link]
Across the country today there are local, county, school board, state-wide elections that will impact the future of the construction industry in planned and unplanned ways. Electing the local representatives who will vote on future construction projects like schools, colleges, roads, and highways is critical to the future of the workforce, our families and friends, and the cities and towns where we work. [node:read-more:link]
Kollaer writes about the next Jenga-style tower which will be built in LA. The design is created by the offsets and private pools that will be part of the condominiums and will cantilever from the building to create breathtaking views for the residents, hotel guests, and visitors. [node:read-more:link]
The second Jenga Tower we want to tell you about is the Independent, a 363 unit, $300 million, 58 story condo project in downtown Austin, Texas. [node:read-more:link]
The partially built Hard Rock Hotel and condos on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans collapsed eight days ago killing three workers and injuring at least 30. The collapse, the cause of which is still under investigation, demolished parts of 11 floors of the structure, collapsed the “Buck Lift” and destabilized the two cranes that were anchored to the building. [node:read-more:link]
According to the latest information out of the French Quarter in New Orleans, the two cranes, both standing after the partial collapse of the under-construction multi-use building will be blown down today as a precaution as a major tropical storm moves into the New Orleans area over the weekend. [node:read-more:link]
Designers and structural engineers have likely all played Jenga, the children’s game, with their kids and then took the idea to their studios and the street. They are having a ball with the new Jenga towers and are building them in several cities around the US and the globe. [node:read-more:link]