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…
ConDig (01-Apr–21). Construction spending in the US edged down 0.8% month-on-month in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate $1.52 trillion compared with $1.53 trillion the month prior amid a blast of severe winter weather…
ConDig (2-Mar-21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Cleveland-based contractor $73,533 after a 14-year-old boy working on a roof without required fall protection suffered critical injuries when he fell 20-feet to…
ConDig (01-Mar–21). Construction spending in the US nudged 1.7% higher in January compared with the month prior to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.52 trillion as a solid rise in residential construction offset a…
ConDig (17-Feb-21). US construction starts fell 4% in January as a sideways move in nonresidential building was offset by a 10% tumble in nonbuilding and 4% dip in residential starts, according to latest figures from…
ConDig (01-Feb–21). Construction spending in the US edged up 1% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate $1.49 trillion compared with $1.46 trillion the month prior as a healthy rise in residential construction was…