ConDig (15-May-17). Builder optimism in the market for newly-built single-family homes rebounded in May after edging lower in April, according the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The HMI increased two…
ConDig (15-May-17). A division of construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp has landed a $21 million three-year contract to install gas lines in Iowa. Under the master service agreement with the unnamed utility provider,…
ConDig (12-May-17). California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has fined two companies a total of $352,570 after a worker fell 50-foot to his death in October while cleaning out a drainage shaft. The…
ConDig (12-May-17). Six contractors are fighting it out for a $15-20 million deal to upgrade a section of Glenn Highway in Matanuska Susitna, Alaska. Great Northwest Fairbanks, Wolverine Supply Inc, Cruz Construction, QAP General Contractors,…
ConDig (12-May-17). Construction material prices nudged up 0.7% in April from the month prior, which was the fifth consecutive month of price hikes, according to analysis of US Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Associated…
ConDig (11-May-17). The owner of a Brooklyn-based construction company has been charged with manslaughter after one worker died and two were seriously injured when a wall collapsed at an excavation site. Michael Weiss, 47, of…
ConDig (11-May-17). Los Angeles, California-based civil and building construction company Tutor Perini Corp (TPC) said subsidiary Tutor-Saliba Corp has successfully defended an appeal case related to a legal spat with developer Westgate Planet Hollywood. The…
ConDig (10-May-17). Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has won a seven-year prime contract for project and construction management at Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), which owns and operates Los Angeles International (LAX) and Van Nuys (VNY)…
ConDig (10-May-17). An association that represents non-union contractors is pushing for mandatory alcohol and drug testing on construction sites in New York City, according to reports. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a non-union organization…
ConDig (09-May-17). Profit at LGI Homes edged up in the first quarter of this year as the Woodlands, Texas-based entry-level homebuilder posted a 0.3% increase in revenue. Net income in the quarter ended March 31…