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Ritchie Bros. president sees turnaround for...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 21, 2013
Ritchie Bros. President Rob Mackay discusses the construction industry at the auction company's big event in Kissimmee, Florida. The Ritchie ...
POLL: Are you optimistic about the construction...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Feb 12, 2013
There are plenty of people who get paid to make forecasts regarding how successful or unsuccessful our industry will be. ...
Nonresidential construction index stagnates...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 12, 2013
The FMI Nonresidential Construction index rose to 58.1 in the first quarter of 2013, up 2.6 points from Q4 2012's ...
Opinion: Food trucks an American and construction...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 12, 2013
Gastrobus food truck in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com I couldn’t help but notice an ugly irony ...
PCA Pres: “Pendulum is swinging back” for...
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Feb 05, 2013
You don't usually get a pair of sunglasses at a press conference. And, given the recent tough years for the ...
Economist forecasts construction to add 140k jobs in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 29, 2013
Piggybacking off of news earlier this month that the construction industry added 30,000 jobs in December, a report from the ...
Construction job growth means hope for U.S. economy
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 07, 2013
A new report from the Washington Post calls the construction industry one of the "bright spots" in the recovering labor ...
Construction spending improves, but there are threats
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 13, 2012
The architecture, engineering and construction industry has experienced an upward trend in the past year, and it could continue, SmartBlogs ...
FMI forecasts 8 percent boost in U.S construction for...
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Nov 12, 2012
FMI, a management consulting and investment banking provider for the engineering and construction industry, has released its third quarter 2012 ...
Construction spending hits three-year high in September
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 02, 2012
After a dip in August, total construction spending for the year September increased to $852 billion in September, a nearly ...
U.S. Construction adds 17,000 jobs in October
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 02, 2012
With 17,000 new hires, construction jobs accounted for nearly 10 percent of all American added workers in the month of ...
Boost to construction will likely match Sandy’s...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 01, 2012
A jobsite in New York City sinks into a large hole. Credit: Allison Joyce, Getty Images The economic toll of ...






