ConDig (13-Apr-17). A Skanska and Ames Construction joint venture has booked a $244 million contract with Riverside County Transportation Commission to build express lanes on the I-15 freeway in California. The project involves revamping I-15…
ConDig (12-Apr-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the company at the center of a deadly trench collapse in Boston that killed two workers $1.47 million. The agency found that Atlantic Drain Service…
ConDig (12-Apr-17). Skanska is to develop and build a $360 million, 35-story office tower in downtown Houston. The construction element of the project is worth $151 million and work is slated to start this month,…
ConDig (7-Apr-17). US construction employment slowed slightly in March with 6,000 net new jobs added on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The non-residential construction sector added…
ConDig (7-Apr-17). U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has green lighted the release of $768.2 million for emergency repairs to roads and bridges across 40 states that have been damaged by storms or catastrophic events….
ConDig (7-Apr-17). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has delayed the implementation of the crystalline silica standard for the construction industry by three months. The rule was due to come into effect on June…
ConDig (6-Apr-17). Engineering and construction group Fluor Corporation FLR has secured a bid-build contract from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to expand the U.S. 287 highway in Ellis County, just south of Dallas and Fluor’s…
ConDig (5-Apr-17). Woodland, Washington-based civil contractor Stellar J Corp has won a $15.69 million contract to revamp the Columbia River Highway State Trail in Oregon. The deal involves building the Summit Creek Viaduct, which is…
ConDig (5-Apr-17). Skanska has secured a $152 million deal to build a 40-story residential tower in Seattle. The Nexus tower, developed by Burrard Development, will feature a series of cubes offset by 8-degrees. The 55,000…
ConDig (4-Apr-17). US home prices rose 1% in February compared to the month prior and were also up 7% on the same period last year as robust demand levels continue to squeeze languishing supplies, according…