Construction and Property

Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday that he was directing state agencies to ramp up construction projects already in the pipeline in an effort to offset news that Florida's economy -- and tax revenues -- are in a deep slump. State economists plan to meet...

Historically, leaders have recognized that a solid infrastructure was the foundation of economic and sovereign stability. They acted firmly and decisively to preserve that stability. In response to the Great Depression, our region primed the pump of...

A Brooklyn construction company has been fined in the electrocution of a worker earlier this year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued $15,000 in fines to CKR Construction in the death of 44-year-old John Rodriguez. He was...

The University of Chicago Medical Center, preparing to build a $700 million hospital pavilion, has amassed ample cash to pay for the project, according to a financial analysis of the South Side teaching hospital. The medical center increased its...

Construction companies, already stung by the end of the commercial building boom, now find themselves contending with higher prices for certain materials -- particularly steel. Development booms in Asia and other emerging foreign markets are pinching...

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education has elected Enrique M. Melendez as president and Edward P. "Ned" Carey as vice president for the 2008-2009 school year. The meeting Wednesday was the first of the new board, which was expanded from eight to...

Almost two centuries ago, Irish immigrants who fled the poverty of their native island for the promise of the New World would do almost anything to put food on the table, but thousands who turned up in Maryland got more than they bargained for. Recruited...

As businesses have delayed or halted expansion plans, office landlords are going to great lengths to get commercial brokers to at least visit their buildings, even without tenants in tow. Brokers who represent potential tenants are being paid cash just...

A report says New York City construction costs are rising by about 1 percent a month and are significantly higher than in other major U.S. cities. The New York Building Congress trade group released a report Tuesday that found construction costs rose 11...

Portland's combination middle-high school was built big — so big that the district is considering renting out space in the building. Based in part on the town's projections that the school's population would balloon to 1,070 by 2008, state...

What footprint? Years from now, the prior existence of Loblolly House may be imperceptible to those wandering the property it once occupied on Taylors Island. Having served its purpose by then, the house overlooking the Chesapeake Bay will have been...

In an effort to curb what prosecutors described as brazen and systemic bribery, City Hall will no longer accept phone calls to schedule appointments with building inspectors. Anyone who needs to set up inspections of plumbing, electrical and other work...