ConDig (12-Dec-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Garden City, Georgia-based contractor $130,552 for failing to protect workers from a potential trench collapse while installing water lines. The agency said that…
ConDig (05-Dec-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has slapped a fine of $86,916 on a Princeton, West Virginia-based contractor for fall violations. The agency said that Benco Builders of the Virginias Inc was…
ConDig (4-Dec-17). A Plainville, Connecticut-based contractor faces a fine of $329,548 after an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that workers were being exposed to mercury and respirator hazards. The agency’s…
ConDig (28-Nov-17). Sales of new single-family homes in the US shot up 6.2% in October to hit a new 10-year high, according to latest figures from the US Census Bureau. New home sales rose to…
ConDig (22-Nov-17). A team led by engineering and construction group Fluor Corp (FLR) has landed a $1 billion-plus design-build contract for the Green Line Light Rail Extension in Boston, Massachusetts. The Irving, Texas-based company said…
ConDig (21-Nov-17). U.S. construction starts fell 9% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $742.9 billion, down from $814.8 billion in September, as residential and nonresidential projects eased, according latest figures from Dodge…
ConDig (09-Nov-17). Profit at US homebuilder D.R. Horton rose 10% in its fiscal fourth quarter on increased revenue and home sales, with the largest US homebuilder also upping its revenue forecast for the year. The…
ConDig (30-Oct-17). US homebuilder Lennar Corp is set to acquire rival CalAtlantic Group in a stock-and-cash deal valued at about $9.3 billion, which would create the largest homebuilder in the country. The proposed deal comes…
ConDig (26-Oct-17). The New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) has arrested 14 people in connection with three construction fraud schemes in the New York borough of Brooklyn. One of the cases centered around several…
ConDig (25-Oct-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has slapped a $201,354 fine on masonry contractor Ski Masonry LLC for fall and electrical violations on a construction site in Pittsburgh. OSHA launched the probe…