Global Investment Research expects more improvement in the U.S. housing market in 2013. Jan Hatzuis explaints to Allison Nathan that he expects clear improvement, which bodes well for future housing starts. Mr. Hatzuis expects housing starts to continue to rise.
That's the word from the markets, with a 240 percent gain from their low point. Diana Olick, reporting for CNBC says that new orders are up and homebuilder stocks could rise even more.
Construction workers at an NYU dorm accidentally sent wet concrete pouring in to the building next door, also a dorm. The concrete damaged walls on the third and fourth floors. Students have been evacuated and the building owners are suing for a million dollars.
Construction, and a hunt for funding, continues on Orlando Florida's Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The first phase has a pricetag of $200 million, of which Orange County, Florida has paid $17 million, with another $4.8 million committed. Construction of the first phase is scheduled for completed in mid-2014.
Video depicting common wood window water intrusion and resultant damage.
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More on the still developing news story involving an alleged plot to seize control of homeowners' associations in order to funnel lucrative construction defect contracts to favored firms.
In this news report, CW 33 reporter Dawn Tongish details the findings of a federal probe into the collapse of a Dallas Cowboys training facility during a May 2009 thunderstorm. The independent investigation concluded that design flaws were responsible for the collapse. "This was a terribly underdesigned structure and predictibly dangerous in bad weather," says Dallas trial lawyer Frank L. Branson, who has filed lawsuits on behalf of Cowboys' scouting assistant Richard Behm and special teams coach Joe DeCamillis.
3D rendered animation assembled by the Construction Experts Group at Bert L. Howe & Associates, Inc. This video summarizes the residential construction process, illustrating building components and construction sequencing from site acquisition to construction completion. This video is intended to illustrate the residential construction process and to assist legal professionals, commercial general liability carriers in understanding the construction process.
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