ConDig (27-Aug-18). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined two Colorado-based contractors $177,893 following a fatal fall at a project in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Hammers Construction Inc and Montes Construction LLC were cited…
ConDig (27-AUg-18). The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a $75 million infrastructure grant to Northern Kentucky that will primarily help fund upgrading highways around Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Under the grant, $67.4…
ConDig (23-Aug-18). Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has secured nearly $80 million in federal funds for runway construction and noise mitigation. The funding comes from the Department of Transportation’s Airport Improvement Program, which provides grants to…
ConDig (21-Aug-18). U.S. construction starts dropped 9% in July from the month prior to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $817.4 billion, according to latest figures from Dodge Data & Analytics. It comes as nonresidential…
ConDig (20-Aug-18). A joint venture between Lane Construction Corp. and Security Paving Co, Inc. has driven off with a $672.9 million design-build contract for the I-10 Corridor Express Lane project in California. Cheshire, Connecticut-based Lane…
ConDig (17-Aug-18). Chicago-based contractor Walsh Construction Co has secured a $104.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to build mental health inpatient and outpatient facilities at the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California. Under the deal…
ConDig (17-Aug-18). Construction of new homes in the US edged back up 0.9% in July after falling the month prior on a rise in groundbreaking for single- and multi-family houses. Total housing starts rose to…
ConDig (15-Aug-18). Florida-based contractor G&H Underground Construction has been fined $57,738 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a worker sustained a serious injury on a construction site in St. Augustine. The agency…
ConDig (14-Aug-18). A subsidiary of Texas-based civil contractor Sterling Construction Co has bagged a $26 million deal to upgrade the King Kamehameha highway in Pearl City, Hawaii. Under the project with the Honolulu Authority for…
ConDig (10-Aug-18). Construction costs were flat in July this year compared with the month prior, but industry chiefs continue to warn that months of sharp increases are squeezing contractor profit margins. The producer price index…