Illinois contractor fined for deadly fall hazards

ConDig (17-Jun-24)  An Illinois contractor has been fined $264,407 for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards on a housing project in a Hanover Park subdivision. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said workplace safety…


Skanska sails away with $50M bridge salvage deal

ConDig (11-Jun–24) Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has landed a $50 million deal for the recovery and salvage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Under the deal with the Maryland Transportation Authority, the…


Skanska inks $90M data center deal

ConDig (29-May–24) Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has bagged a $90 million contract to build a data center in Georgia. Under the deal with the unnamed client, the company will construct a 22,700 square-meter data…


Skanska lands $51.4M Virginia Tech deal

ConDig (20-May–24) Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has come top of the class to land a $51.4 million deal to construct a department building at Virginia Tech’s new College of Engineering. Under the deal, the…


US construction costs edge higher in April

ConDig (16-May-24).  US construction input prices nudged 0.5% higher in April compared with the month prior amid higher energy costs, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor…


Skanska lands $238M data center deal

ConDig (08-May-24) Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has bagged a $238 million deal to build a data center in Georgia. Under the deal with the unnamed client, the contractor will construct a 22,700 square-meter data center,…



Skanska inks $94M manufacturing plant deal

ConDig (24-Apr–24) Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has secured a $94 million deal to construct a manufacturing facility in the Northeast. Under the deal with the unnamed client, Skanska will renovate and build addition facilities…


US home sales rise 8.8% in March

ConDig (23-Apr-24).  Sales of new single-family homes surged 8.8% in March to a 693,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a downwardly revised reading in February, according to latest figures from the Commerce Department. But new…