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Labor Shortage in Construction Will Affect America’s Growth (Thu, 12 Sep 2019)
Construction workers are missing all over the country, says the AGC after a recent survey of construction firms. The United States is facing a critical shortage of construction workers—a shortage so severe that it will impact the growth of our economy, says the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) after its recent survey of 2,200 respondents. Among those surveyed, 80 percent of construction firms reported experiencing a hard time filling positions, both hourly and salaried (t...
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Nemetschek Companies Release Vectorworks 2020 and Allplan Bridge 2020 (Thu, 12 Sep 2019)
Vectorworks and ALLPLAN, both subsidiaries of Nemetschek Group, introduced the latest versions of major software platforms, Vectorworks 2020 and Allplan Bridge 2020, each of which have some significant and interesting updates. Vectorworks 2020 Vectorworks has announced the release of its various software packages, including Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer, Fundamentals, Vision and Braceworks. Vectorworks CEO Dr. Biplab Sarkar explained the vision behind the latest release: “Data...
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Texas & Louisiana Construction News

WWII Museum Hotel Project Team Hopes to Avoid Claims Trial (Wed, 11 Sep 2019)
A nonprofit representing the National World War II Museum is working toward a settlement but preparing for a jury trial in its lawsuit against the structural engineer of its $65-million hotel and conference center, under construction in downtown New Orleans.
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Texas & Louisiana People: Construction business updates for August 2019 (Mon, 05 Aug 2019)
Updates about construction professionals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
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Today in Energy

Increase in U.S. fuel ethanol production capacity slows (Fri, 20 Sep 2019)
Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States totaled 16.9 billion gallons per year (gal/year) or 1.1 million barrels per day (b/d), as of January 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) 2019 U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report, released on August 26. Nameplate capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by 2%—more than 300 million gal/year—between January 2018 and January 2019 after increasing by more than 700 million gallons in the previous year.
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Many wind turbines are slated to come online in the United States in 2019 and 2020 (Thu, 19 Sep 2019)
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that U.S. wind capacity additions in both 2019 and in 2020 will be near the annual record level of additions set in 2012. Wind capacity additions through June 2019 totaled 3.7 gigawatts (GW). According to projects reported to EIA through surveys and on EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, operators expect another 8.5 GW to come online by the end of this year, with an additional 14.3 GW by the end of 2020.
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Business

Streets flood, but Houston's business districts escape Imelda's wrath (Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:45:32 UT)
The city's largest business districts experienced street flooding Thursday, but commercial properties were largely unscathed during Thursday's storm, according from officials throughout the area.
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JLL to acquire Texas-based real estate firm (Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:00:29 UT)
JLL reached a deal to acquire Texas-based Peloton Commercial Real Estate in a deal that will accelerate the growth of JLL's Agency Leasing and Property Management businesses.
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