ConDig (Apr-26-22). The recently approved Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is set exacerbate labor and supply chain pressures already being experienced by civil contractors, according to a recent survey by the Dodge Construction Network….
ConDig (13-Apr-22). US construction input prices jumped 2.9% higher in March compared with the month prior on rising lumber and nonferrous wire costs, while inflationary pressures continue to mount, according to Associated Builders and Contractors…
ConDig (05-Apr–22). Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has signed a deal $78 million deal to renovate and expand an acute care services facility in Midlothian, Virginia. The company said the expansion aspect of the project for…
ConDig (30-Mar-22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Colorado-based contractor $198,893 for serious trenching safety violations. The agency cited Groundworks Colorado LLC, doing business as Foundation Repair of Western Colorado, for…
ConDig (09-Mar-22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Burlington, Kentucky-based pipe contractor $214,636 for exposing a worker to a potential trench collapse. OSHA cited Lanigan Construction LLC for two willful and…
ConDig (1-Mar-22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Long Island contractor $1.2 million after a worker fell to his death last August. The agency said that an employee of DME Construction…
ConDig (28-Feb-22) A subsidiary of civil, building and specialty construction company Tutor Perini has bagged a $267 million contract to build a tunnel for the Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre gas pipeline project in Canada. Under…
ConDig (04-Feb-22) US construction industry leaders have blasted a decision by president Biden to impose labor agreements on many federal construction projects. The Associated General Contractors of America slammed the executive order as “needless” and…
ConDig (25-Jan-22) A decision by the Supreme Court to slap down President Biden’s emergency vaccine mandate for firms that employ 100 or more people will help ease labor shortages currently gripping the US construction industry,…
ConDig (10-Jan–21). Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has driven off with a $1.09 billion contract for the Portal North Bridge replacement scheme in New Jersey. The contractor said it had signed the deal with NJ…