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…
ConDig (26-Jul-19). US construction starts booked a 9% gain in June after a surge in nonresidential building, according to latest figures from Dodge Data & Analytics. The rise boosted starts to a seasonally adjusted annual…
ConDig (01-Jul-19). US construction spending took an unexpected fall in May in the wake of investment in private construction projects crumbling to its lowest level in nearly 2-1/2 years, according to latest Commerce Department figures. …
ConDig (26-Jun-19). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined two Florida-based contractors $87,327 after a worker fell to their death on a construction project in Miami. The agency said that it had cited…
ConDig (11-Jun-18). US construction inputs continued to post gains in May and nudged up 0.3% from the month prior amid robust demand for materials that outweighed the impact of price drops for natural gas and…
ConDig (16-May-19). Construction of new homes in the US increased 5.7% in April as single-family and multifamily starts rose amid positive signs for the housing sector at the start of the second quarter. Residential starts…
ConDig (14-May-19). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a New Jersey-based contractor $19,890 for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards on a project in Paterson. Following a notification from the…
ConDig (09-May-19). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Florida contractor $26,142 after a worker fell to their death on a project in Naples. The agency said that remodeling contractor Stettinius…