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Construction crew solves the Salem mystery of St....

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 17, 2013

Credit: Planning Office for Urban Affairs For 64 years people in Salem, Massachusetts wondered "Where did St. Joseph go?" Between 1911 ...

Skilled construction worker shortage already stifling...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 17, 2013

It looks like Executive Editor Tom Jackson's fear of construction's current labor shortage stifling the economic recovery is already coming ...

VIDEO: Spire-mounted camera captures ascent to the top...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 15, 2013

Nearly two weeks ago, as construction workers looked on with pride, the spire was lifted to the top of the ...

Lower pay, higher costs, immigration enforcement...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 09, 2013

Daniel Fregoso, a supervisor at Joseph Holt Plastering Inc. of Corona, makes about $10 an hour less than he ...

Scaffolding failure sends Louisiana construction...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 06, 2013

Credit: WAFB Three construction workers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana likely have a whole new appreciation for life ropes after a ...

Construction jobs limited to 15k visas per year under...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 01, 2013

The path toward a final deal on immigration reform has likely been cleared now that the country's business and labor ...

VIDEO: Letterman’s Top Ten features...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 27, 2013

We won't waste much of your time explaining this one so you can get right to the video. On "The ...

Why construction unions are wrong in fighting...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013

Ah politics! Strange bedfellows. Even stranger enemies. One would think the universal brotherhood of union workers would welcome with solidarity the ...

Undocumented workers make up half of Texas’...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 26, 2013

A report released Thursday alleges that half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, aka illegal aliens. Why is nobody ...

No Big Gulp for you burly man

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 01, 2012

By now you’ve probably seen the news that nanny mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned the sale of sugary drinks larger ...

Good news, bad news on construction employment front

Posted by Equipment World Staff on May 04, 2012

The construction industry lost 2,000 jobs in April, following similar declines of 3,000 in March and 1,000 in February, but ...

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 ...

VIDEO: Dump truck spins a massive burnout, smoke show

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

Replacing the LTZ as the top-of-the-line model in Chevrolet's Silverado ...

Can pickups and heavy trucks in the U.S. make Volkswagen the...

Over at our sister site Overdrive, editor Jack Roberts has ...

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