ConDig (04-Aug–21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Millersburg, Ohio-based contractor and its owner $136,453 for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards for the sixth time in three years. The agency…
ConDig (21-Jul–21). US construction starts tumbled 7% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $8863.6 billion amid a slowdown across all three major sects, according to latest figures from Dodge Data & Analytics. …
ConDig (20-Jul-21). Construction of new homes in the US increased 6.3% in June as demand for houses remains underpinned by low mortgage rates, while permits for future home construction dropped to an eight-month low due…
ConDig (30-Jun-20). Leaders of the US house building industry are urging Congress to boost domestic lumber production from federal lands in the wake of elevated lumber prices due to deepening supply shortages. National Association of…
ConDig (21-June-21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Bronx-based scaffolding company $300,370 after a 21-year-old laborer fell to his death during construction of a seven-story building in Brooklyn, New York. The…
ConDig (09-Jun-21) A plan by the Biden administration to tackle the current bottleneck in critical supply chains will only fuel a deepening shortage of workers and fails to address soaring material costs, according to the…
ConDig (02-Jun-21). Building material shortages have reached record levels, with more than 90% of builders reporting a lack of appliances, framing lumber and oriented strand board (OSB), according to a May survey by the National…
ConDig (18-May-21). US construction starts dipped 2% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $853.5 billion amid a decline in the single family sector that offset an uptick in nonresidential building and nonbuilding…
ConDig (16-Apr-21). Construction of new homes in the US roared up 19.4% in March as the market continues to be underpinned by low interest rates. Overall housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
ConDig (14-Apr-21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Florida-based framing and sheathing contractor $61,575 for repeat fall violations on a project in the Jacksonville area. The agency said that it cited…