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…
ConDig (03-Aug-20). Construction spending edged down 0.7% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.36 trillion, according to latest figures from the Commerce Department. The fall was the fourth straight monthly drop following…
ConDig (22-Jul-20). US construction starts collapsed 22% in the first half of this year compared with the year-ago period in the wake of the impact of the Covid-19-driven economic shutdown, according to latest figures from…
ConDig (15-Jul-20). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Florida-based roofing contractor $49,930 for exposing employees to fall hazards at two projects in Boynton Beach. The agency cited Camaney Services of Central…
ConDig (06-Jul-20). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Missouri-based contractor $224,459 after an employee suffered severe injuries when a 20-foot trench collapsed during excavation of Creve Coeur Sanitary Sewer Trunk in…