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By Angelica Krystle Donati, a contributor on Forbes.com

In the 2017 report “Reinventing construction through a productivity revolution”, MGI argued that, if construction sector productivity were just to catch up with that of the total economy, there would be a cumulative productivity boost of up to 60%, translating into a...

News article was written by Jay Miller, Crain's Cleveland Business.

The infrastructure of the five northernmost counties of Northeast Ohio got a D+ grade on a report card from the Cleveland Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

That harsh assessment, though, duplicates the grade the national ASCE...

News article is by Danielle Dy Buncio, Founder & CEO, Viatechnik, Building Design & Construction

The construction industry is facing colliding forces that render our current trajectory wasteful, inefficient, and unsustainable. These include a widespread skilled labor shortage and industry productivity rates that...

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

This should be a time for rejoicing among trail advocates in Northeast Ohio and particularly on Cleveland’s West Side.

Instead, there’s an air of conflict over part of the $6 million, 2.3-mile Red Line Greenway, which Cleveland Metroparks plans to build starting this summer on land leased...

Article is by Crain's Cleveland Business, Stan Bullard.

Ripples from a tightening supply of workers in the building trades are starting to surface in Northeast Ohio's construction market.

Doug Price, CEO of Willoughby-based apartment and office owner K&D Group, said he considers the labor shortage in the building...

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer 

Mediocre,” “dull,” “cheap,” “massive,” “gargantuan,” “one of the ugliest, lamest projects.” Those were just some of the epithets hurled at the latest plans for the proposed $75 million Top of the Hill apartment complex during a...

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

Designers working on a new vision for Shaker Square know they’ll stir controversy this week by proposing that Shaker Boulevard should be removed to make the square a greener, more welcoming place. But they want to see how the public reacts anyway. The ‘Shaker Park’ concept...

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By Kim Slowey, Construction Dive

Marines from the 1st Marine Logistics Group at Camp Pendleton in California have completed construction of a usable, 3D-printed concrete footbridge as part of a field exercise. This was the first time in the Western Hemisphere that a bridge was 3D-printed onsite rather than in a controlled...

By Jason Barber, Construction Executive

The global construction industry, including residential, non-residential and infrastructure, is expected to reach an estimated $10.5 trillion by 2023, and it is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 4.2 percent from now through 2023, according to a recent report.

While the future of the sector...