ConDig (19-Nov-19). US homebuilders remain largely positive about the near-term outlook for newly-built single-family homes amid low mortgage rates and continued job growth. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)…
ConDig (22-Oct-19). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a south Florida contractor $185,239 for exposing employees to excavation and confined spaces hazards after a fatality at a project in Pembroke Pines, Florida….
ConDig (14-Oct-19). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Escatawpa, Mississippi-based contractor $161,771 for excavation and cave-in violations. Graham Construction Co Inc was cited for exposing employees to trenching hazards after inspectors…
ConDig (09-Oct-18). US construction input prices nudged 0.6% lower in September compared with the month prior and were down 1.7% for the year-to-date, largely driven by lower energy costs, according to Associated Builders and Contractors…
ConDig (01-Oct-19). US construction spending inched up 0.1% in August from the month prior, but dipped 1.9% from year-ago levels due to split trends in the residential and nonresidential sectors, according to latest Commerce Department…
ConDig (24-Sept-19). US construction starts took a 6% dip in August in the wake of a collapse in the nonbuilding sector, according to latest figures from Dodge Data & Analytics. The fall pushed starts to…
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 (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 (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…