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…
ConDig (05-Jan–21). Construction spending edged up 0.9% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.46 trillion as an uptick in homebuilding offset a slump in nonresidential spending, according to latest figures from the…
ConDig (20-Oct-20). Construction of new homes in the US increased 1.9% in September as sales continue to be supported by low interest rates. The rise took construction to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.42…
ConDig (16-Sept-20). US homebuilder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes surged to an all-time high of 83 in September, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index…
ConDig (14-Sept-20). US construction input prices nudged 0.6% higher in August compared with the month prior on rising energy and lumber costs, according to Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of US Bureau of Labor…
ConDig (02-Sept-20) Over half of US contractors have had at least one future construction project postponed or canceled because of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk. AGC…
ConDig (12-Aug-20). US construction input prices increased 1.9% in July compared with the month prior as robust demand for materials such as softwood lumber outweighed the impact of price drops for natural gas and crude…