Articles by Steve Barnes

Primoris shines with $130M solar project

ConDig (06-May-22) Dallas, Texas-based construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp has landed a $130 million contract for a solar project in the south of the country. Under the deal with the unnamed client, the…



Construction input prices rise in March 

ConDig (13-Apr-22).  US construction input prices jumped 2.9% higher in March compared with the month prior on rising lumber and nonferrous wire costs, while inflationary pressures continue to mount, according to Associated Builders and Contractors…


Skanska inks $75M deal to upgrade care facility

ConDig (05-Apr–22).  Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has signed a deal $78 million deal to renovate and expand an acute care services facility in Midlothian, Virginia. The company said the expansion aspect of the project for…




OSHA fines Long Island contractor $1.2M

ConDig (1-Mar-22).  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Long Island contractor $1.2 million after a worker fell to his death last August.  The agency said that an employee of DME Construction…



OSHA fines employer following double fatality in Boston

ConDig (15-Feb–22).  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an employer $624,777 for his involvement in a double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite in February last year. Laurence Moloney and his successor…


Labor order to inflate construction costs

ConDig (04-Feb-22) US construction industry leaders have blasted a decision by president Biden to impose labor agreements on many federal construction projects. The Associated General Contractors of America slammed the executive order as “needless” and…