Construction starts growth masks underlying weakness

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Groundbreakings improved to start the year in January, but a closer look at that growth reveals general weakness, according to Dodge Construction Network. Total construction starts increased 0.7% month over month in January to a seasonally adjusted […]

Analysis, Design, and Construction of a Base‐Isolated Multiple Building Structure – Sorace – 2014 – Advances in Civil Engineering

1. Introduction Base isolation is nowadays a well-established and viable antiseismic design strategy for new buildings and bridges, as well as for the retrofit of existing ones, with several thousand applications in over 30 earthquake-prone countries worldwide. The use of this technology, originally restricted to massive and stiff structures, has been progressively extended in the […]

Immigration raids are hitting multifamily operators. Here’s how they’re responding.

In late 2025, the management team at Minneapolis-based Centerspace took stock of where immigration enforcement actions were in its home city. The crackdown, which drew national scrutiny after the January killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, had actually started a few months before. Despite the turmoil in the city, Centerspace President and CEO Anne […]