ConDig (26-Apr-17). New York City Council has green lighted a sweeping new construction safety bill that will require the contractors to publish a full list of deaths and injuries on sites. Under the bill, contractors…
ConDig (26-Apr-17). The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has issued 32 contracts for road upgrade projects across the state totaling $132.7 million. The projects include resurfacing and maintenance of 346 miles of state highways…
ConDig (24-Apr-17). Leaders of the US house building industry have blasted a decision by the government to slap an import duty averaging 20% on Canadian softwood lumber. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said introduction…
ConDig (25-Apr-17). Profit at Caterpillar Inc fell 29% in the first quarter as a 3% rise in revenue at the construction and mining equipment manufacturer was offset by a $77 million increase in restructuring costs….
ConDig (24-Apr-17). Leaders of the US housing industry have renewed calls for a long-term solution over US softwood lumber imports from Canada after a decision by the Department of Commerce (DOC) to postpone its preliminary…
ConDig (21-Apr-17). An Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of Department of Labor figures shows that 17 states added construction jobs between February and March of this year, down from 39 states increasing job…
ConDig (20-Apr-17). Candler, North Carolina-based APAC-Atlantic Inc has secured a $24.9 million contract to upgrade a stretch of the Foothills Parkway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Under the deal with the Federal…
ConDig (20-Apr-17). Profit at NVR Inc shot up 58% in the first quarter compared to a year earlier as the Reston, Virginia-based homebuilder and mortgage provider booked a 12% jump in revenue. Net income for…
ConDig (20-Apr-17). Profit at US homebuilder D.R. Horton surged 17% in its fiscal second quarter on higher sales, with the largest U.S. homebuilder also upping its revenue forecast for the year. The Forth-Worth, Texas-based homebuilder…
ConDig (19-Apr-17). The Department of Transportation (DOT) is set to upgrade a stretch of State Route 36 in California in a contract package worth between $35-40 million. Under the project, work will roughly be carried…