Articles

Articles

September '08

• "New Convention Center Project Seeking to Fight Industry Trends", (c) Nate Rau, Nashville City Paper, 22 September, 2008

• "Commodity Pricing Continues to Drive Construction Costs Upward Despite Trade Contractor Competition Heating Up", (c) Wall St. Journal Market Watch, 15 September, 2008

• "Construction Remains Steady in Senior-Care, Medical Sectors", (c) Christina Olenchek, Central Penn Business Journal, 5 September, 2008

August '08

• "California Adopts Green Building Code for All New Construction", (c) Leslie Guevarra,  Greenbiz.com, July 18, 2008

• "Cities Find Bids Dwindling as Prices Rise" (c) Dean Narciso, Engineering News Record, July 13, 2008

• "Adapting Community Design to Anticipate Trends", (c) Ilyce R. Glink with Samuel J. Tamkin, Washington Post, July 19, 2008

June '08

• "Tools for Safety Leaders", (c) Carl Heinlein, Occupational Hazards, June 17, 2008

• "Over the Horizon, a Housing Recovery - Harvard Report Finds Immigration, Other Demographic Trends Will Fuel Housing Demand Over the Next Decade", (c) Beth Braverman, CNNMoney.com, June 23, 2008

• "Hospitals Use ‘Lean Construction’ To Save Time and Money", (c) Richard Haugh,  Health Facilities Management, March, 2008

May '08

• "Manufacturers Need to Look at Lean Construction" (c) Dennis Sowards, Industry Week, May 5, 2008

• "Autodesk,IIT-M Plan Construction Practice Lab", (c) Business Standard Reporter, April 09, 2008

• "'Green' School Construction a Growing Trend", (c)  Barbara Hollingsworth, The Capital Journal, February 04, 2008

March '08

• "City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai", (c) Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times, 3/3/09

• "L.A. ready to enact tighter green building standards", (c) Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2008

• "Program Management Changes the Owner’s Role in Project Execution", (c) Robert Prieto - Flour , Construction Trends.com,  02/23/2008 

October '07

• "Construction Abounds, but Managers Are Few", (c) Barbara Whitaker, New York Times, 9/30/07

• "Location, Location, Location: Service Firm Sees Opportunity", (c) Tom Sawyer, Engineering News Record, 4/18/2007 

• "REITs for Rent: Great Value! Bargain Prices! Apartment Firms Look Unfairly Beaten-Down; A 'Shadow Market'", (c) Alex Frangos, Wall Street Journal, 10/3/07

January '07

• "Hospitality Industry Top 10 Thoughts for 2007", (c) Ernst & Young, Hotel Online Special Report, 2/07

• "Why Are Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince Buying Four Seasons Hotels Now?", (c) Jim Butler, www.HotelLawBlog.com, 2/15/07

• "Throwing Bones . As the Lodging Industry Reports Financial Successes, Some Hotels Pay at the Bottom of the Scale", (c) Joseph M. Gravish, Hotel Online, 2/07

•  "Two Deals that May Change the Lodging World Forever", (c) Jim Butler, www.HotelLawBlog.com, 2/28/07

• "Plenty of Room at the Inn: Northeast Snow Could Revive Hotels' Occupancy", (c) Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 2/15/07

• "Odds are, Winter's Been a Bad Bet: Casinos in January saw their revenues hit hard, and ice storms take much of the blame", (c) Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, 2/15/07

October '06

• "Boom!", (c) Michael Klinger, Healthcare Facility.net, 2/4/2006

• "Permit Process Frustrates Everyone (Even Judges)", (c) Goetz Fitzpatrick, 2006

• "New-Market Hospitals Cater to Upscale Patients" (c) Jan Greene, Health Facilities Management, 5/2/06

August '06

• "Corps of Engineers Floats Plan for Template Designs", (c) Angelle Bergeron, Engineering News Record, 8/08/2006

• "It’s Getting Easier to Be Green", (c) William Neuman, The New York Times, 8/13/06

• "Project Pre-Planning" (c) David Brown, Construction Industry News, (July 30, 2006)

April '06

• "Getting on the Same Page", Saint Paul Pioneer Press, (c) John Welbes, 4/23/06

• "Skyscraper Group Says 'No' to Terrorism-Resistant Code", Engineering News-Record, (c) Nadine M. Post, 4/3/6

March '06

• "Hotel Profits to Be Strong", Wall St. Journal, © Peter Sanders 12/8/05

• "A New Chapter for the Barbizon", New York Times, © Josh Barbanel, 3/19/06

• "To Loiter, Perchance to Spend", New York Times, © Drew Limsky, 3/7/06

• "Disney sells some of its world", Orlando Sentinel, (c) Scott Powers, 3/26/06

• "New York City is Adding Nearly 5,000 New Hotel Rooms to its Current Inventory of 70,723 by the End of 2007", Hotels Online Special Report, 11/17/05

• "Atlantic City Casinos Bracing for Competition", The Record, Hackensack, (c) Teresa M. McAleavy, 1/2/06

• "Chicago Builders Ride Next 'Supertall' Wave - Developers in the Windy City have their eyes set on luxury residences climbing over", enr.construction.com, (c) Tudor Hampton, 03/27/06

• "Load Transfer to Hang Five Floors Is a Success", Construction.com, (c) Nadine M. Post, 3/27/06

February '06

• "Green Buildings Get a Boost", (c) Construction Week, 2/27/06

• "Can't Get a Plaza Suite? Get the Furniture", New York Times, © James Barron, 2/12/06

• "The Hotel Man Who's Expanding the Javits Center", New York Times © Robin Finn, 2/10/06

• "Hotel Profits to Be Strong", Wall St. Journal, © Peter Sanders 12/8/05

• "Hotels Re-open in New Orleans", Wall St. Journal, © 12/8/5

• "Sustained, 20-Year Boom Leaves Vegas Showing the Strain", Engineering News Record, © Tony Illia, 2/20/06

• "Relaxed Casino Siting Rules Prime Gulf Building Boom", Engineering News Record, © Michael Powers, 5/5/06

• "Contractors Cut Prices As Remodeling Boom Slows", Wall St. Journal, © Sara Schaefer, 1/19/06

• "Feud over real estate rights heats up", MarketWatch, © Robert Schroeder, 2/20/06

• "Baby-Boomer Wave Will Alter Adult-Living Housing Market", Engineering News Record, © Judy Schrienter, 2/6/06

• "First Lower Manhattan Headquarters Since 9/11 Attacks Gets Under Way", © Engineering News Record, 12/12/05

• "Green Rating System Receives a Revamp", Engineering News Record, © Joann Gonchar, 11/21/05

• "December Construction Slips 1%; 2005 up 10%", © Construction.com, 1/30/06

• "Making Brownfields Green Again", New York Times, © John Rather, 2/19/06

• "By 2025, Planners See a Million New Stories in the Crowded City", New York Times, © Sam Roberts, 2/19/06

• "The War Against Suburbia", Wall St. Journal, © Joel Kotkin, 1/14/06