ConDig (18-Apr-17). Builder optimism in the market for newly-built single-family homes dipped in April after shooting higher in March, but remained in positive territory, according the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index…
ConDig (14-Apr-17). The Construction Safety Advisory Committee of New York (CSACNY) has renewed calls for full time site safety professional on all construction projects below 10 stories following the death of a worker earlier this…
ConDig (13-Apr-17). Granite Construction Inc has booked a $59 million demolition sub-contract at the Midfield Satellite Concourse North project at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California. The sub-contract, which was awarded by a Turner…
ConDig (13-Apr-17). A Skanska and Ames Construction joint venture has booked a $244 million contract with Riverside County Transportation Commission to build express lanes on the I-15 freeway in California. The project involves revamping I-15…
ConDig (12-Apr-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the company at the center of a deadly trench collapse in Boston that killed two workers $1.47 million. The agency found that Atlantic Drain Service…
ConDig (12-Apr-17). Skanska is to develop and build a $360 million, 35-story office tower in downtown Houston. The construction element of the project is worth $151 million and work is slated to start this month,…
ConDig (7-Apr-17). US construction employment slowed slightly in March with 6,000 net new jobs added on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The non-residential construction sector added…
ConDig (7-Apr-17). U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has green lighted the release of $768.2 million for emergency repairs to roads and bridges across 40 states that have been damaged by storms or catastrophic events….
ConDig (7-Apr-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has delayed the implementation of the crystalline silica standard for the construction industry by three months. The rule was due to come into effect on June…
ConDig (6-Apr-17). Engineering and construction group Fluor Corporation FLR has secured a bid-build contract from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to expand the U.S. 287 highway in Ellis County, just south of Dallas and Fluor’s…