McCarthy Buys Partly Built Vegas Dream Resort From Failed Developer

Developers are among the riskiest owners to build for, a principle proven again in 2023 when financial problems stopped work on the Las Vegas Dream resort project. Shopoff Realty Investment never re-started work and St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos., its construction manager, filed a $40-million lien. On August 21, McCarthy bought the partly built property […]

The three Ps of prefabricated EIFS: Preparation, production, placement

By Alex Ardelean, Elizabeth V. Rodenkirch, and Peter M. Babaian Photos courtesy Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) In its most general form, exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) consist of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation board coated with a reinforced polymer-modified cementitious base coat and a polymer-based finish coat. Other less commonly used types of rigid […]