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 (08-Jul-20) Civil contractor and construction materials producer Granite Construction has bagged a $63 million bridge replacement contract in Elk Grove, California. Under the deal with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the contractor will…
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…
ConDig (18-Jun–20). Dallas, Texas-based construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp has landed a $155 million deal to build a utility-scale solar facility in the Southwest of the country. Under the deal with the unnamed…
ConDig (17-Jun-20). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined roofing contractor Elmer Julio Perez, operating as Julio Perez, $138,118 after a worker fatally fell from a residential roof at a Mobile, Alabama, construction…
ConDig (11-Jun–20). Dallas, Texas-based construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp has bagged three contracts worth a total of $45 million to replace gas pipes in California. Under the deal with the unnamed client, Primoris…
ConDig (09-Jun-20). A subsidiary of Texas-based civil contractor Sterling Construction Co has taken off with a $97 million deal for three Utah airport upgrade projects. Under the deal with the Salt Lake City Corporation’s Department…