BUILDING PERMITS

PMT2014-01731 635 Arapahoe Ave., Unit A; $700,000; Britton Holdings; CDC Development/Porchfront Homes; New three-story, single-family dwelling duplex with attached garage. Dwelling to contain two full baths and two half baths, three bedrooms, an unfinished basement, and all associated MEPs.

PMT2014-04291 4760 Eighth St.; $249,656.02; Lee Kuh; Koelbel Urban Homes; New single-family dwelling (please refer to LUR2013-00033 for site review approval). Total of 2,529 square feet of habitable area, including 1,998 square feet of finished "floor area" (as defined on approved site review plans), with 943-square-foot finished basement, and 163-square-foot front porch. Please refer to separate permit for detached garage.

PMT2014-04298 4790 Eighth St.; $154,657.27; Lee Kuh; Koelbel Urban Homes; New single-family dwelling having 1,866 square feet, 600 square feet of which is a finished basement. See TEC2014-00025 and LUR2013-00033 approvals. Scope of work includes associated MEPs and a front porch of 47 square feet. Detached garage (264 square feet) under a separate permit (PMT2014-04299)

PMT2014-04741 615 Spruce St.; $218,960; Nancy Devore and Richard Hill; Conversion of a non-conforming duplex to a single-family dwelling, to include an addition (915 square feet) and remodel (1,387 square feet). Removal of a basement kitchen, excavate basement for storage area (331 square feet), relocate first floor existing kitchen to addition, includes associated MEPs. Please refer to LAC (HIS2014-00032) and setback variance disposition (ADR2014-00162) for more information. Mid-roof inspection required.

PMT2014-04772 805 Kinnikinic Road; $150,000; City of Boulder; Tower One Construction Co.; Construction of a new detached ADA accessible restroom facility west of Chautauqua Auditorium. See TEC2014-00051 for utility relocations.

PMT2014-04817 4647 Huey Circle; $260,000; Holly Sroymalai; Sobo Design & Build; Addition (330 square feet finished, 330 square feet unfinished) and remodel (854 square feet) to single-family dwelling. Scope includes a 330-square-foot addition on upper level, with a new unfinished basement below, conversion of attached garage to habitable space, and 834-square-foot remodel of kitchen and bedrooms. New attached deck (434 square feet). New carport under separate permit.

PMT2014-04977 516 College Ave.; $53,000; Wake Tree; Mr Pool Inc.; Installation of in-ground spa in rear yard of residence currently under construction through PMT2013-04879. Includes associated electrical and mechanical work, no plumbing proposed.

PMT2014-05336 1600 Pearl St.; $2,500,000; 1600 Pearl; Sun Construction & Design Service Inc.; Boulder Brands tenant remodel of 25,953 square feet for office, fitness and training for Boulder Brands. Includes upgrades to plumbing, HVAC, electrical, fire sprinklers and fire alarm.

PMT2014-05357 110 S. 31st St.; $72,000; Robert and Kelly Story; Sobo Design & Build; New 495-square-foot addition of a studio to include associated MEPs, including a new bathroom. See BOZ2014-00012 for variance to parking standards.

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LISBON - Preparation for eventual construction of a new county office building at the site of the former Columbiana County Job and Family Services building is expected to begin sometime in 2015.

County commissioners took the first step this week by transferring $2 million in unappropriated funding to a newly created construction account, with the money to be used for, among other things, the new office building project.

The former JFS building on Nelson Avenue was demolished in 2013 after the JFS moved to the new county government services facility located north of downtown Lisbon. At the time, commissioners said they were contemplating constructing a new office building on the site that would serve as the new home for the county development department. They would also like to move the county Port Authority into the building to consolidate the county's economic development agencies under one roof.

After the meeting, Commissioner Chairman Jim Hoppel said they are considering using some of the $2 million that had been transferred to hire an architect to begin design work on the new building.

"We're just planning ahead a bit ... We're looking toward seeing what we can do," he said.

Hoppel and commissioners believe the development department needs a new, larger home to meet with business officials interested in expanding or moving to the county. It is currently located in a cramped and dilapidated building at the end of South Beaver Street.

"We need to get (Tad) a better place" to meet with potential business clientele, he said.

Hoppel was referring to Tad Herold, the development department director hired in September 2013. The department had been without a director for the previous 10 years when commissioners decided to revitalize the office by hiring Herold.

Hoppel said commissioners are looking at constructing a one-story building with a basement that would be large enough to house several other county offices. Commissioners pay rent for those county offices located in non-government buildings, and moving some of them to the new facility would save money that could be used to pay for construction.

In other business, commissioners renewed an agreement with Frontier Communications for continued maintenance of the equipment it provides for the county's 911 system. The one-year contract is for $38,812.

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The view from the sixth floor of 10 Hudson Yards on Dec. 19. 2014 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) This year should be a busy one at a neighborhood thats being created from scratch.

What were looking at today is the rail yard, so we have a major construction project over the eastern rail yard, explained Michael Samuelian, of Related.

Samuelian was describing the construction going on at 10 Hudson Yards the first building to be put up at the site.

Itsa 52-story office building, were at about the 27th floor right now,Samuelian said.

By this time next year, 10 buildings should be completed, as well as the deck over the rail yard, Haskell reported.

And youll start to see the retail and 30 Hudson Yards, which will ultimately be the fourthtallest office building in New York starting to go vertical,Samuelian said.

Construction at the site will continue for at least 10 more years.

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A sharp slowdown in government-built schools and infrastructure caused U.S. construction spending to fall slightly in November.

The Commerce Department said Friday that construction spending slipped 0.3 percent in November, after having climbed an upwardly revised 1.2 percent in October and 0.6 percent in September.

Much of the decline came from a 1.7 percent retreat in government expenditures. Publicly-built school spending fell 2.5 percent, while the transportation, health care and public safety sectors also fell.

Private construction spending rose a modest 0.3 percent in November. Home-building climbed 1 percent in November, offsetting the declines in the office, commercial and health care-related construction.

Total construction spending has improved a mere 2.4 percent from a year ago to $974.9 billion.

Construction activity has lagged broader economic growth for much of 2014, hampered by limited gains in homebuilding. Few potential buyers can afford new homes, a reflection of meager wage growth, tight credit standards and builders focused on pricier housing developments that are beyond the financial reach of most home-seekers.

Residential construction spending declined 0.5 percent over the past 12 months to $352.7 billion, although solid gains in the past two months suggest that homebuilding activity likely helped economic growth in the final quarter of 2014. Analysts at the bank Barclays projects that annualized growth in the October-December quarter will be 2.8 percent, a solid increase but down from an annualized gain of 5 percent in the third quarter.

Modest buying activity has dissuaded builders from breaking ground on more homes. Sales of new homes dropped 1.6 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 438,000, the Commerce Department said in a recent report. That second straight monthly decline leaves home construction significantly below the annual rate of 700,000 that was common in the 1990s.

Still, broader economic growth should help to bolster construction. Employers have added 2.65 million jobs through the first 11 months of 2014, the most in 15 years. Each new paycheck helps to increase consumer spending, even though average wages have yet to meaningfully outpace inflation. The job gains have accompanied faster economic growth during the second and third quarters of 2014.

"As the labor market continues to show improvement and wages increase, especially for young adults, we expect the pace of single-family building to pick up this year," said Anika Kahn, a senior economist at Wells Fargo.

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The China Post

Publication Date : 01-01-2015

Following new Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je's war against illegally constructed housing, the city's Construction Management Office released the positive results of former mayor Hau Lung-bin's term in office: around 80 per cent of illegal structures reported have been torn down.

Barely a week in office, Ko began his own offensive against illegal structures in Taipei after two young girls were burned to death in the extra stories their father built illegally on top of their building.

After inspecting the burned house thoroughly, Ko announced on Tuesday an ultimatum for 226 illegal rooftop additions, saying that the government will be removing the structures if the owners do not do so by March 20.

The owners and tenants' rental issues are included in the deadline as well, and if the problems are unable to be straightened before the appointed day, "then we will tear them down directly, no arguments," said Ko.

According to the Taipei City Construction Management Office, a total of 4,268 illegal structures have been torn down or improved by their owners among the 5,114 reported cases during Hau's last year in office.

An official in the Construction Management Office stated yesterday that the office was only allowed a budget of 8 million new Taiwan dollar (US$252,700) for illegal structure reporting and removal, and there were only 84 people reporting back to the office.

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A new building industry report found that the number of construction jobs rose in 66% of U.S. metropolitan areas for the year that ended Nov. 30, a sign that the economic recovery is spreading to that once hard-hit sector.

The Associated General Contractors of America, the construction industry's largest trade group, said in its report released Tuesday that demand was so strong that some regions had begun to experience labor shortages.

"It is good news that construction employment is now rising in two-thirds of the nation's metro areas," said Ken Simonson, the group's chief economist. "But now that the unemployment rate for construction workers has fallen to a seven-year low, it has become a major challenge to find qualified workers in many fields."

The report found that employment in the industry grew in 224 of 339 metro areas.

The largest gains, by numbers, came in the Houston area, which added 16,200 construction jobs, an increase of 9% over the previous 12-month period.

That was followed by Dallas-Irving-Plano, Texas, with 11,000 more jobs, a 10% rise, greater Chicago, which added 9,100 jobs, or 7%, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash., with 8,900 jobs, or 12%.

From a statewide perspective, California added 41,700 construction jobs, a 6% rise, to a total of 697,000, the group said.

The fastest growth came from the Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine area, which added 7,700 construction jobs, a 10% rise, and the Los Angeles-Long-Beach area, which added 6,100 jobs, up 5%.

The mostly positive news in the sector was tempered by the fact that some of the fastest growth during the year came in regions that are heavily dependent on the oil and gas business and thus vulnerable to the recent plunge in oil prices.

Besides the Texas metro areas, some of the fastest growth in construction jobs, relative to the size of the market, came from such oil-dependent regions as Pascagoula, Miss. (24% with 1,500 more jobs); Fargo, N.D. (19%, 1,600 jobs); and York-Hanover, Pa. (18%, 1,700 jobs).

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HAMMOND | A four-story office building is the latest addition to Hammond's Oxbow Landing, a major redevelopment project at Interstate 80/94 and Kennedy Avenue.

Holladay Properties plans to build Hammond River Park, a 60,000-square-foot Class A office building that will be visible from the heavily trafficked interstate and bring more white-collar jobs to Hammond. The South Bend-based developer is also responsible for the business parks AmeriPlex at the Port, in Portage, and AmeriPlex at the Crossroads, in Merrillville.

The project will be high-end. Office space is graded from Class A to Class C, and Class A office space is considered high-quality with state-of-the-art amenities and premier tenants.

Traditionally, much of the new Class A office space in Northwest Indiana has gone up on or near U.S. 30. But Holladay has found success building Class A office space along the Borman in the AmeriPlex at the Port business park, where retailers, restaurants and light manufacturers also are located.

Holladay's new office building adds to Oxbow Landing, which the city of Hammond has been redeveloping since demolishing the crime-plagued River Park Apartments in 2006.

New construction has started to go up. Buffalo Wild Wings recently opened a 7,000-square-foot sit-down restaurant, the first in Northwest Indiana with a new sports stadium design. Byway Brewing Co. also plans to open a microbrewery on the site after Flossmoor Station's plans for a second brewpub there fell through.

Plans for a four-story, 100-room Hampton Inn have also been announced for the 23-acre site on the Little Calumet River.

Holladay Properties is marketing the new Hammond River Park office building, just three miles from the Illinois border, as an alternative to the South Suburbs of Chicago office market and touts the many restaurants nearby.

The multi-tenant building offers spaces between 1,500 square feet and 60,000 square feet at a rate of $16.75 per square foot.

The developer is now pre-leasing. For information, contact Mike O'Connor at (219) 764-3104.

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MARK LAMBIEEL PASO TIMES The El Paso County Annex at 301 Manny Martinez will house the county tax office and agriculture department.

The million dollar reconstruction of a 60-year-old armory at Ascarate Park continues as the building is being transformed into a new County Tax Assessor-Collector's office.

The tax assessor-collector is expected to move from its current office at 500 E. Overland Avenue in Downtown to the former U.S. Army Reserve Center building at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta Drive, by the end of March, said Monique Aguilar, the county's facilities manager.

Early in the year, county officials said they were expecting to complete the renovations by September. That didn't happen. On Monday, Aguilar said the building, which was donated by the federal government to the county, had to undergo major reconstruction because of its age. She said construction crews are replacing the electrical wiring, plumbing and making the building in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Aguilar said the project, which is being done in-house, will cost about $1.3 million. The money is part of the 2012 bond.

The move is part of the county's Master Space Plan which involves the relocation of several county offices, Aguilar said.

County officials have said the renovated facility will also house the county's AgriLife Extension Service office.

Aguilar said once the tax assessor-collector moves, the county's human resources office will move into the building on Overland.

Most recently, the elections department moved from the lower level of the County Courthouse to the third floor, where construction crews also are making room for a new administration and budget office.

Neither County Tax Assessor-Collector Victor Flores nor his chief deputy Frank Ortiz responded to a request for an interview on Monday.

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The construction of a multi-million pound office development in Cambridge reached a significant milestone as contractor Wates held a topping out ceremony recently to mark the building having reached its highest point.

The event marked the progress made at Brookgates 22 Station Road scheme, a 33 million, five-storey development of 64,770 sq ft office space.

On completion the development will become home to engineering consultants Mott Macdonald and Birketts Solicitors. Just 5,400 sq ft remains to be let.

Construction work on the new building commenced at the end of last year, forming part of Brookgates CB1 masterplan to extensively regenerate the area around Cambridge railway station.

The programme comprises the creation of a mixed-use development of commercial, leisure and residential spaces alongside new public areas and extensive improvements to the public transport infrastructure.

Construction at 22 Station Road is expected to reach completion in summer next year. Wates and Brookgate have made a joint commitment to create a host of training and employment opportunities, including the appointment of on-site apprentices.

Wates role in the CB1 scheme is also seeing the contractor deliver an 11-week programme of demolition works for Brookgates new speculative 140,000 sq ft office scheme, One The Square, with construction set to begin next year.

Phil Shortman, for Wates Construction said: The ambitious CB1 development will significantly enhance the already thriving business district in Cambridge, a scheme in which Wates is extremely proud to be playing a part having already delivered key parts of the CB1 project a headquarters building for Microsoft Research and 500 student rooms.

This milestone is a reminder of the pace at which this exceptional scheme is being brought to life as the citys commercial marketplace continues to evolve.

Sven Topel, chief executive of Brookgate added: The topping out of 22 Station Road highlights the momentum gathering in the delivery of CB1, Cambridge's most exciting new regeneration scheme. The fact that the building is already nearly completely let demonstrates the need for top quality office space to serve the region's fast-expanding business community.

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