Category: construction
Rotterdam Crowdfunds a Walkway
Last week we looked at the potential for crowdfunding urban improvements. This week Springwise has a piece on efforts by the City of Rotterdam to crowdfund a pedestrian walkway: [A] wooden pedestrian bridge dubbed the Luchtsingel will span 350 meters and require 17,000 planks. Citizens are invited to chip in and help fund the effort [...]
Want to Go Green? Get Old. . .
. . . Buildings, that is. According to a recent study released by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, older buildings may make the best green investment: The Greenest Building explores the environmental impacts associated with the decision to demolish and replace existing buildings – and especially the carbon dioxide savings that might be offered [...]
Construction Employment: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Only it may be a very long tunnel. But over at Calculated Risk Bill McBride argues that things are looking up in the battered and bruised construction sector. So far, 2011 has seen an increase in total construction jobs for the first time since 2006. After five consecutive years of job losses for residential construction [...]
