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ProcurePro co-founder Alastair Blenkin.In the two years since, ProcurePro has powered more than $30 billion in construction value across 1000-plus projects for contractors including Roberts Co, Hutchinson Builders, Hansen Yuncken, Richard Crookes Constructions, Kane Construction and McNab.The start-up has raised a $6.15 million funding round led by AirTree Ventures and Aconex co-founder Leigh Jasper’s Saniel Ventures to fuel an expansion into the UK. Local angel investors also poured into the round.The local start-up…

The Current16:20Huge ancient city discovered in Amazon"Wow" was all archaeologist Stéphen Rostain could say when LiDAR (light detection and ranging) laser technology revealed several ancient cities hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest."It's a gift for an archaeologist," he told The Current's Matt Galloway. Using the laser-scanning technology, researchers have uncovered a complex network of farmland, roads and neighbourhoods in Ecuador's Upano River Valley.The cities are believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old,…

Th electronic controls experts at Moog Construction have launched the ZQuip Modular Battery System as a lower cost electrification option that enables fleets to convert their diesel-powered heavy equipment into zero-emissions vehicles at a lower cost than buying all-new machines. First shown as a proof-of-concept model built on a Caterpillar CAT 308 8-ton excavator, the ZQuip battery-electric conversion turned the conventional machine into a quiet, 140 kW, zero-emissions excavator ready to go to…

Last Updated: January 17, 2024, 18:00 ISTMumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: Maintenance Hub Construction To Begin in Bhiwandi Soon. (Photo: Moneycontrol)Bhiwandi gears up for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train hub with eco-friendly Thane Rolling Stock Depot. Japanese tech, water conservation key in project.The Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train project is gaining momentum as the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) recently handed the construction work to the Dineshchandra-DMRC joint venture.The scope of work for the…

Construction on a $60 million apartment complex along Wadsworth Boulevard “has come to a standstill due to infighting” and been “all but abandoned,” its lender alleges. Aspen Heights Partners, a Texas developer, broke ground in 2020 on a 352-unit apartment project at 1225 Wadsworth in Lakewood, with plans to finish it by the end of 2022. Amenities were to include a heated pool, dog park, bike repair shop and golf simulator. That hasn’t come to fruition. Instead, subcontractors say they are owed millions of dollars and…

Since November, Joe and Sarah Webber have searched for a larger home to replace the small bungalow they own near the University of Denver in the Corey-Merrill neighborhood. They want to stay in that part of Denver, with its spacious parks, but doing so will cost them at least $1 million for a basic home large enough to accommodate future kids. They are realizing that $1 million, even $1.2 million, doesn’t buy what it used to, much less what they hoped it could. “We are feeling like prices are high, which we knew. But it…

Review errors, unreliable data and poor oversight in Denver’s planning department exacerbated permit delays for home construction projects and renovations as wait times grew significantly during and after the pandemic, a new city audit says. Between 2020 and the first part of 2023, average wait times for residential project permits grew by 75%, or 113 days, according to the report, released Thursday. Auditors identified a lack of clear training processes and a need for better data collection as key factors contributing to…

Conditions are looking up for tenants in metro Denver and Boulder as more new apartments keep rolling into the market, keeping rents in check and providing more options for those looking for housing, according to a quarterly update from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. The average rent for an apartment in the seven-county metro area, including Boulder, was $1,870 in the fourth quarter, which is down from $1,888 in the third quarter and not much above the average of $1,838 a year earlier. Two years ago, the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Large construction projects in old cities often involve major interventions in the urban environment. In a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg, two strategies are analyzed for managing the cultural heritage when the excavators roll in: Preserve as much of the environment as possible or add new cultural values as compensation. …

An 11th-hour objection, complete with an allegation of forgery, has halted the $12.8 million sale of a partly built and weather-beaten condominium project in Summit County. “There have been a lot of twists and turns,” said U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas McNamara. Uptown 240, in downtown Dillon, was to be an 80-unit, $80 million complex. Instead, it became a boondoggle during the pandemic, filed for bankruptcy last February and went up for sale. After its first buyer backed out, it was to be sold to Michigan-based Porritt…