Articles by Steve Barnes

Primoris lands two civil contracts for $520M

ConDig (30-Nov–21) Dallas, Texas-based construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp has secured two heavy civil contracts from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for a combined value of $520 million. Under the first…



ABC pushes to overturn OSHA Covid rule

ConDig (12-Nov-21) The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has lodged a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 11th Circuit against the the government’s planned rollout of a vaccine mandate. Under the…


Construction spending dips in Sept

ConDig (01-Nov–21).  Construction spending in the US edged down 0.5% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate $1.57 trillion compared with $1.58 trillion the month prior as material and labor shortages grip the market, according…



Granite nabs $19M runway upgrade project

ConDig (20-Oct–21)  Civil contractor and construction materials producer Granite Construction has secured a $19 million deal to revamp a runway at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Under the project with the…



Vaccine mandate will deepen skills shortage

ConDig (27-Sept-21) The rollout of a vaccine mandate will exacerbate a skilled workers shortage currently gripping the construction industry, contractors have warned. “We will be reviewing the guidance carefully with industry stakeholders to understand its…



Construction starts tumble 9% in August

ConDig (20-Sept–21).  US construction starts dropped 9% month on month in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $782.8 billion, according to latest figures from Dodge Data & Analytics. The fall comes as all three sectors…