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Construction Deflation Slowing: A Positive Sign on the Road to Recovery
A quarterly publication from global property and construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall highlights the continuing deflationary trend in national construction costs as evidenced by the third consecutive quarter of price decline.
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Gensler Raises Over $7,000 for ACE Mentor Program
Gensler’s Denver office hosted the second annual Gensler Rising Professionals Gallery Night in partnership with the ACE Mentor Program. In 2008, Gensler’s first annual GRP event raised over $2,500. This year’s event, held on the 8th floor of the new 1515 Wynkoop Building, donated by Hines for the occasion, raised more than $7,000. Full Story >>
Construction Begins on Aurora’s P-20 Campus
Last week, Aurora Public Schools broke ground on Colorado’s first preschool through college campus at 6th Avenue and Harvest Road in Aurora. Full Story >>
Horizon Uptown’s Neighborhood Plan Receives LEED Certification
Horizon Uptown, a 503-acre development at the southwest corner of Interstate 70 and E-470 has received LEED certification for its neighborhood plan under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Neighborhood Development pilot certification program.
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Nonresidential Construction Slips in July
For the second month in a row, private nonresidential construction spending slipped –falling 1.2% in July – according to the Sept. 1 report by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a year-over-year basis, private nonresidential construction spending is down 8.3%. Total nonresidential construction spending, including both private and public, fell by 1% from June and 2.6% from the same time last year to $703.8 billion. Full Story >>
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