ConDig (10-Aug-17). Residential and commercial roofing contractor Great White Construction Inc. is facing fines of more than $1.5 million by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for fall hazards. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Great…
ConDig (1-Aug-17). Profit at Sterling Construction Co surged in the second quarter as the Texas-based civil contractor reported a 30% rise in revenue. The Woodlands, Texas-based company booked net income of $3.7 million in the…
ConDig (26-Jul-17). Profit at construction equipment supplier Caterpillar Inc shot up 46% in the second quarter as sales increased 10%. The Peoria, Illinois-based company posted profit of $802 million in the three months ended June…
ConDig (26-Jul-17). US homebuilder D.R. Horton, which last month entered a merger agreement with residential developer Forestar Group Inc, booked a 16% rise in profit in its fiscal third quarter, while growth in orders for…
ConDig (20-Jul-17). Construction of new homes in the US picked back up in June, rising 8.3% from the month prior to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.215 million compared with May’s upward-revised total of…
ConDig (03-July-17). US construction spending was flat in May compared with the month prior as a fall in homebuilding was offset by an uptick in nonresidential construction, according to latest Commerce Department figures. Overall construction…
ConDig (28-Jun-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has further delayed the implementation of the proposed electronic record keeping rule in order to carry out a further review of the policy. The agency said…
ConDig (17-Jun-17). Construction of new homes in the US crumbled for a third straight month in May, led by a drop in multifamily production. Housing starts fell 5.5% in May from a month earlier to…
ConDig (14-Jun-17). Construction material prices held firm in May after posting increases over the past five months, but were up 3.4% on the year ago period, according to analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data…
ConDig (09-Jun-17). US homebuilder D.R. Horton said that it has entered into a confidentiality agreement with Forestar Group Inc after launching an unsolicited bid for the residential developer earlier this week. The Fort Worth, Texas-based…