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7 Construction Trends That Will Propel the Industry in 2022

Lets Build

The drone service company Extreme Aerial , is using drones to survey and map a desert location in Phoenix, Arizona. The site is designated as the future location for a semiconductor facility. The multi-year project in progress has developers using aerial imaging to capture on-site activity and covering 1,300 acres of land weekly.

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Are You Ready for Build to Rent?

Pro Builder

announced it was selling five of its communities in Phoenix, a total of 943 homes, to an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies , in Oak Brook, Ill. The capital investment appetite for it is huge,” says Michael Finch, EVP at SVN SFRhub Advisors , a Phoenix-based consulting and brokerage group. and getting stronger.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. AZLabs is located adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport making it a strategic location for unmanned and autonomous vehicle research and operations. All utilities are adjacent to the site.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Representing client in telephone informal mediation of construction dispute aimed at keeping construction on schedule while apportioning responsibility for design defect. 05:00 a.m. [Off 04:00 p.m.

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Lean Construction, Payroll and Equipment Tracking

Carol Hagen

Recently representatives of Mortenson spoke at a NAWIC Greater Phoenix Chapter meeting and discussed renewable energy (showcasing a wind farm project in Hawaii) and how lean construction practices have improved productivity and their bottom line. Lean Construction has been a hot topic for the past few years and is still gaining momentum.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

Gary Hill, executive director of the Job-Site Safety Institute (JSI) based in Raleigh, N.C. The builder also hasn’t suffered any jobsite injuries among its on-site personnel. With that, Koenig adds, jobsites will tighten up to pass anticipated or scheduled safety inspections and then go back to their old ways.

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Construction Software Partly Cloud(y)

Carol Hagen

Now I live in the Phoenix metro area so for me I’m good with bandwidth. Is it a Tier 1 site, SAS 70 compliant and continually providing co-location of your data? What’s intriguing is that they host Intuit products better that Intuit does and are based here in Phoenix. My answer is it depends. I appreciate it!

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