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From Australia: How to promote construction jobs

From Australia: How to promote construction jobs

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jul 10, 2012

Letting commuters know how many people construction employs. I like this idea from South Australia : The real estate and construction ...

On Record

On Record

Posted by Equipment World Staff on May 01, 2012

Heavy blow to light equipment manufacturer By Marcia Gruver Doyle In 2007, I interviewed Lynne Woodworth, then CEO and president of Stone ...

Construction industry loses 7,000 jobs in March

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Apr 06, 2012

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that the construction industry lost 7,000 jobs in March, inching the unemployment rate up ...

AGC: Construction fatalities decline by nearly 10...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Aug 25, 2011

The number of construction fatalities declined by nearly 10 percent between 2009 and 2010 and by almost 40 percent during ...

‘We are a nation in desperate need of a sustained...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Aug 08, 2011

Building and Construction Trades Department President Mark H. Ayers says the July 2011 report released by the U.S. Department of ...

CONEXPO/CONAGG 2011

CONEXPO/CONAGG 2011

Posted by Brooke Wisdom on May 04, 2011

CONEXPO-CON/AGG What it means to you and the future of the industry Staff Reports With a backdrop of 20-percent construction unemployment and two ...

Special Report:  EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Special Report: EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Posted by Brooke Wisdom on Mar 03, 2011

Where we are, how we got here and what happens next. by Kirk Landers, editor emeritus, Better Roads   A recovery is coming ...

NAPA holds Congress accountable for reauthorization...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 02, 2010

With the construction industry continuing to shed jobs, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has mounted a campaign to mobilize ...

U.S. construction industry adds 14,000 jobs

Posted by Equipment World Staff on May 24, 2010

The nation's construction industry added 14,000 jobs nationwide in April, according to the Labor Department, marking the first back-to-back monthly ...

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