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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.
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November 08, 2019
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....
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November 05, 2019
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.
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October 31, 2019
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. This one, deemed by the Austin...
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October 28, 2019
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.
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October 22, 2019
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.
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October 18, 2019
Last Saturday morning, the under-construction, $85 million multiuse Hard Rock hotel, retail, and apartment project at 1031 Canal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans suffered a partial floor collapse of 11-floor slabs killing two and injuring 18 of the over 100 workers who were on the site during the collapse.
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October 15, 2019
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...
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October 09, 2019
As you are in the Fall rush to complete jobs in your pipeline, here is a “heads up” on a new issue for you to consider for your 2020 forward planning.
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October 04, 2019
Anyone who has worked for a time in the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) business for any length of time knows that when the words, “A settlement has been reached,” are used by the parties in a lawsuit that the term sheet has been agreed to but the hard work of “papering the deal” lies ahead.
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September 24, 2019