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Women breaking through construction industry’s...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 23, 2013
While women still hold the same percentage of the 8.4 million construction jobs in the United States as they did in ...
Utah leads U.S. in decline of construction deaths, D.C....
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 21, 2013
Construction deaths declined at a faster rate in Utah between 2008 and 2011 than in any other state, according to ...
Bloomberg profile of Caterpillar CEO focuses on gap...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 20, 2013
Bloomberg Businessweek recently profiled Caterpillar CEO Doug Olberhelman, pulling very few punches in the process. The profile refers to Olberhelman as ...
Builder confidence up on strengthening housing market,...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 15, 2013
Though the reading is not at a point where more home builders view the current market for newly-built, single-family as ...
John Deere reports record profits in 2nd quarter;...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 15, 2013
Attributing the news to higher sales of farm equipment, John Deere is reporting its highest ever quarterly net profit of ...
Bobcat R&D expansion brings total Bismarck...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 14, 2013
Bobcat recently broke ground on a new $20 million renovation and expansion at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre in Bismarck, North ...
Google Glass won’t revolutionize the construction...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 14, 2013
If you put aside all the coverage of Apple's stock price and the company's "uncertain future," the biggest tech story ...
Construction fuel consumption dips 0.9% in March
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 10, 2013
Fuel consumption by the construction industry fell month-t0-month in March by 0.9 percent, according to the latest WEX Construction Fuel ...
U.S. rental construction, lack of first-time home...
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 ...
Caterpillar to layoff 300 at mining facility in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 06, 2013
In the wake of a first quarter that saw profits tumble 45 percent, mostly due to low demand for mining ...
Construction University eases transition from jobsite...
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on May 03, 2013
It’s a common story: After working in construction awhile—sometimes with family, sometimes not—a guy or gal wants to strike out ...
Construction spending dips 1.7% in March due to drop in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 01, 2013
According to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday, construction spending dropped 1.7 percent during March to its lowest ...





