Growing Business in Tiny Houses
Channel surfers the world over are learning it’s difficult to scroll through television network offerings without landing on channels about flipping properties, renovation...
Builders Forecast a Welcome Calm
A tour of Alabama’s larger general contractors’ websites reveals construction activity at locations throughout the state, the Southeast and across the United States....
Big League Projects
Winning the contract for a headline project with major economic development impact is less a matter of the lowest bid than offering the biggest...
Building for Millennials, Ready for Change
Geoff Golden is the president of Golden Construction LLC, a Birmingham general contractor that is swimming strong in the high tide of apartment...
Google “Data Center + Alabama”
Google will break ground this year on a new, $600 million data center in rural Jackson County near Scottsboro on the site of...
Panama Canal: Granddaddy of Iron Refits
Hailed as an engineering and construction miracle when completed in 1914, the historic Panama Canal operated largely unchanged for almost a hundred years. But...
Corridor X – Lynchpin I-22 Nears Completion on Project
More than a year ago, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced the final few miles of future Interstate 22’s connection to Birmingham would...
Hoar Construction – A Richly Mixed-Use Development
The phrase “mixed-use” has become such a cliché that an apartment complex with a coffee shop and a convenience store on site is now...
Inglenook Branch – Renovation Beyond the Book
The Inglenook Branch of the Birmingham Public Library has become a signature gathering place for its neighborhood thanks to the innovative renovation design work...
Jennifer Carr – Hard-Charging Neoclassical
Gresham, Smith and Partners designed Sid McDonald Hall to look classical but act modern, with all the technology needed today.
When the University of Alabama...