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Residential development reaps multiple benefits from permeable pavement infrastructure

BD+C

Meridian is the fastest growing city in Idaho, currently boasting more than 85,000 residents. This fast-paced growth means high demand for new homes and increased competition among residential developers to appeal to selective buyers. . The Challenge.

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Home Building Accounts for Nearly 3% of U.S. Labor Force

Pro Builder

million of those in the residential sector, according to the National Association of Home Builders. employed civilian labor force, residential construction workers accounted for 2.8% California, the country’s most populous state, also posts the largest share of residential construction workers at 3.3% Idaho with 5.2%

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Award of Merit Residential/Hospitality: Gibson | 5th & Idaho

ENR Construction

The development of this 81-unit, 94,000-sq-ft, market-rate apartment building in Boise required multiple funding sources, leading to five separate contractual agreements, all performed under the same permit.

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Residential/Hospitality: Best Project: Cedars Housing & Mixed-Use Development

ENR Construction

This student housing development at Brigham Young University’s Idaho campus was one of the largest construction projects in the growing college town of Rexburg.

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Water-Focused Investors Are Taking Over Arizona Farmland to Help Urban Home Builders

Pro Builder

As demand for water among city and suburban builders outpaces dwindling supply, some investors are buying thousands of acres of farmland in rural Southwestern regions to support residential construction projects hundreds of miles away. .

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Construction Industry – Growth Statistics

Building Information Management

The largest states for non-residential construction, ranking highest first, were Texas, New York , California, Florida, and Louisiana. States with the largest drop in construction spending were South Dakota, Idaho, Oregon, the District of Columbia, and Vermont.

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Construction Industry – Growth Statistics

Building Information Management

The largest states for non-residential construction, ranking highest first, were Texas, New York , California, Florida, and Louisiana. States with the largest drop in construction spending were South Dakota, Idaho, Oregon, the District of Columbia, and Vermont.