ConDig (03-Sept-19). US construction spending inched up 0.1% in July as rises in public and multifamily construction outweighed the impact of lower expenditure in the single-family homebuilding market, according to latest Commerce Department figures. Construction…
ConDig (28-Aug-19). Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has been lined up for a $135.5 million deal to build a high school in Burien, Washington. Under the deal with Highline Public Schools, Skanska will demolish the…
ConDig (27-Aug-19). Over three quarters of US contractors face difficulties filling hourly craft positions, which has raised construction costs and pushed out project completion times, according to a survey by Autodesk and the Associated General…
ConDig (21-Aug-19). Florida-based construction company JEL Site Development Inc has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In documents filed last week in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Winter Park-based…
ConDig (16-Aug-19). A joint venture between Fluor Corporation FLR and United Infrastructure Group has driven off with a $263 million contract to expand the 1-26 near Asheville, North Carolina. Under the deal with the N.C….
ConDig (14-Aug-19). Texas-based civil contractor Sterling Construction Co is set to acquire Austell, Georgia-based specialty contractor Plateau Excavation, Inc in a deal worth $400 million. Sterling said the transaction, which will be funded by a…
ConDig (12-Aug-19). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Florida-based roofing contractor $274,215 for exposing employees to fall and other safety hazards at two Florida construction sites in Lutz and Palmetto. The…
ConDig (06-Aug-19). Profit at Dallas, Texas-based construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp roared up 52% in the second quarter of this year on higher revenues Net income at Primoris was $17.8 million for the…
ConDig (01-Aug-19). Kansas City, Missouri-based contractor JE Dunn Construction has snagged a $158 million deal to revamp the Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Under the deal, the company will…
ConDig (29-July-19). Leaders of the US construction industry have welcomed a newly introduced, bipartisan Senate plan aimed at revamping the country’s creaking infrastructure. The bill, introduced by Senators John Barrasso and Tom Carper, authorizes $287…