An overnight concrete pour marks the official start of construction on the new base-isolated basement and building at the Canterbury Museum redevelopment site on Rolleston Avenue in central ...

Any builders or people in the know here? How much does it cost to build a room underground vs. building equivalent room above ground? For example, a home theater or something. Assume we are building a ...

LOWELL — The City Council heard a budgetary bombshell from Skanska Project Manager Jim Dowd, who told the body during its Dec. 2 meeting that the basement floor in the 1892 building would have to be ...

LOWELL — The price tag for the Lowell High School rebuild/renovation project is over budget by at least $40 million. The increased costs will be presented to the Lowell City Council Tuesday night by ...

The architecture and structure of London’s emerging 62-story building at 22 Bishopsgate bear no resemblance to its predecessor, called the Pinnacle, initially intended for the same site but abandoned ...

back for those high enough in the palatial apartments. At this stage of construction, the project can be divided into two parts. The first is the area in which the circular podium for the main tower ...

Urban projects often face challenges such as limited space, congested environments, and the need for efficient construction timelines, which are all critical to improving urban living. In such ...

Deep basements are becoming quite common in central business districts, downtown and prime high-rise developments where the land area is limited and costly. It is also common in cities which have ...

Dubai International Real Estate (DIRE) has signed a Dh480 million ($130 million) contract with Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) for the "Jewel of the Creek" development in Port Saeed, Dubai. HLG's ...

A government-ordered report into one of Sydney’s biggest apartment projects warns the residential towers should be monitored for the rest of their existence, after defects were discovered earlier this ...

Buildings riddled with defects have been uncovered in almost every part of NSW as part of a statewide crackdown on the sector. See the full list of properties. Cracks, water leaks, and inadequate fire ...

The concrete slab can be thought of as the wearing cap for the building pad and base course. A well compacted and smooth subgrade is critical to a successful slab. Slab formwork, jointing details, ...