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A dozer goes up for auction during a Ritchie Bros. event in Kissimmee, Florida. has brought in 9,500 pieces to be sold in an unreserved auction to some 1,800 bidders

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 industry in 2013?

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 year-to-year, mixed outlook for 2013

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 ...

Gastrobus food truck in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com

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 construction industry (WOC 2013)

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 2013

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

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

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 2013

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

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

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 $50 billion economic blow

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 ...

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