Articles Tagged with ''construction''

Construction officials say firms would likely have added more workers if they could find them, urge education officials to do more to encourage students to consider high-paying construction careers.

Merced, California, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas, have largest gains as 64 areas set June records for construction employment; Columbia, South Carolina, and Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, New Jersey, lag.

Bon’s 2018 expanded product line of hardscape tools includes a new “Flat-Flat” Dead Blow Hammer, available in two sizes. 

The Wall And Ceiling Alliance (WACA) held its annual Construction Excellence Awards (CEA) ceremony on June 14, 2018 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, where distinguished wall and ceiling contractors were honored for their exceptional wall and ceiling projects.

Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between June 2017 and June 2018, while 32 states and D.C. added construction jobs between May and June

Fatalities in the construction sector are on the rise as the industry’s workforce ages and youngsters show no interest in replacing them — a challenge that safety experts are looking to mitigate in part through the use of new technologies.

After leading the Vision 360 team for nearly five years, Curtis Yoder announced on June 29, 2018, that he would be stepping away from the company as its CEO.  

New labor department figures demonstrate how new tariffs have increased the costs of key construction materials, with metal materials experiencing double-digit percent increases.

The Bonadio Group’s 14th annual Upstate New York Contractors State of the Industry Survey found profitability and enthusiasm trending upward for the region’s construction firms. Results measured five critical issues for today’s construction companies: contracts, surety binding issues, profitability, tax reform, and the outlook for the future. 

Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, will display the seismic resiliency of a two-story Simpson Strong-Tie Strong Frame special moment frame at the 2018 Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) June 27–28 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.