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U.S. rental construction, lack of first-time home buyers a sign of “inferior housing recovery”?

U.S. rental construction, lack of first-time home...

Business

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 08, 2013

Despite recent dips in construction spending and employment, the mood in the industry is, well, better. Better than it was ...

How the Twin Cities are dealing with construction’s skilled labor shortage

How the Twin Cities are dealing with...

Construction News

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 08, 2013

Training new hires at Carpentry Contractors Co. in Montrose, Minnesota. Credit: David Joles/Star Tribune A recent article in the Minneapolis-St. ...

Better Roads: Time to start applying pressure on Congress for transportation bill replacement

Better Roads: Time to start applying pressure on...

Business

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 08, 2013

Citing a report from the Congressional Budget Office that details a nearly bankrupt Highway Trust Fund and the real possibility ...

VIDEO: Smooth German operator opens his beer with a compact excavator

VIDEO: Smooth German operator opens his beer with a...

Equipment

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 07, 2013

So we'll just get this out of the way: Anonymous German operator, we are impressed with your delicate bucket skills. ...

Lack of skilled construction workers and technicians could choke off economic recovery

Lack of skilled construction workers and technicians...

Workforce

Posted by Tom Jackson on May 07, 2013

Goldman Sachs today released a report naming the 40 stocks it thinks will boom in the coming months. Not surprising, ...

Things you probably didn’t know about driving the Autobahn

Things you probably didn’t know about driving the...

Construction News

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 07, 2013

Jack Roberts snagged this picture from the passenger's seat of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van while cruising the Autobahn at ...

Majority of Americans favor tolls as source for transportation funding

Majority of Americans favor tolls as source for...

Business

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 07, 2013

A recent survey of American motorists confirms the feeling that most aren't fond of the idea of gas taxes, finding ...

JCB celebrates 1 millionth machine: a JS220 tracked excavator

JCB celebrates 1 millionth machine: a JS220 tracked...

Business

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 07, 2013

JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford with the company's 1 millionth machine, a JS220 tracked excavator. JCB recently celebrated its 1 ...

Chevrolet unveils new top-of-the-line 2014 Silverado High Country (PHOTOS)

Chevrolet unveils new top-of-the-line 2014 Silverado...

Equipment

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 06, 2013

Replacing the LTZ as the top-of-the-line model in Chevrolet's Silverado lineup, the just-announced 2014 Silverado High Country is the automaker's ...

PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs to Washington Monument

PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs...

Construction News

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 06, 2013

Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press We love this photo from the Associated Press which shows workers atop an impressive stretch of ...

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