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ARTBA offering scholarships to children of highway workers killed or disabled on the job
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation is once again offering scholarships to the children of highway workers who were killed or permanently injured while doing road work. ARTBA announced earlier this month it was seeking applications from qualified high school students for the 2016/2017 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program. The scholarship […]
February 18, 2016
Business
Continued homebuilding gains boost construction spending 0.6% in September
Sizable gains in homebuilding again led to an increase in total U.S. construction spending in September. Construction spending increased 0.6 percent to $1.094 trillion during the month, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. Total spending is up 14.1 percent year over year. Private homebuilding increased 1.9 percent to $395 billion and is now […]
November 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Three students awarded Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarships
The American Traffic Safety Services Foundation awarded its Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship to three students who each lost a father during work zone accidents. The foundation awarded Lyndsay Morgan of Cape Coral, Florida, and Andrea Pair of Spiro, Oklahoma, $5,000 each and Carl Moser of Middletown, Maryland, $6,000. Morgan’s father, Steven, was working on a roadway […]
May 12, 2015
Workforce
U.S. contractors optimistic about 2015 with 80% planning to make new hires, buy new equipment
After finishing 2014 with employment at nearly a six-year high, hiring within the construction industry is expected to expand at an even faster rate in 2015, according to a new survey and forecast from the Associated General Contractors of America. According to the survey, which solicited response from more than 900 construction firms in 48 […]
January 22, 2015
Workforce
Construction adds 12,000 jobs in October, sees another big drop in unemployment
The U.S. construction industry has now added jobs for a 10th consecutive month with a gain of 12,000 workers in October. The industry now employs 6.095 million Americans, its highest figure since May 2009, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Employment in May 2009 was 6.1 million, a hill the industry has been […]
November 6, 2014
Workforce
Construction’s late recovery in Nevada heightens shortage of skilled workers as Tesla looms
After successfully wooing electric car maker Tesla to build its massive gigafactory through $1.25 billion in tax incentives, the state of Nevada is looking forward to an impact of $100 billion over the next 20 years. And the construction industry in the Reno area is looking forward to an infusion of 3,000 jobs to build […]
October 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
Construction equipment among quickest recovering industries from recession
According to a new study of the construction equipment industry released Tuesday by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the industry was among the quickest to recover from the throes of the Great Recession and contributes nearly four times its market share in value to the U.S. economy. Sanctioned by AEM and authored by Inforum, an […]
September 10, 2014
Business
Despite being among the only jobs that can’t be outsourced, U.S. is largely blind to construction industry’s worth
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about the need for more apprenticeships. Sure enough, it contained a misconception common to just about everything you read in the media about construction in this country today. Author Lauren Weber opened with the statement nobody questions, that more apprenticeships are needed to fill the skills gap. […]
May 1, 2014
Business
The Newbie’s Guide to Succeeding in Construction: 7 rules for your first week
Our industry needs young men. Young men need jobs. You would think these problems would solve each other, but there’s a disconnect. You could blame society, schools, Obama, the Bilderburger Group. Good luck getting any of them to return your phone calls. My solution is much simpler. If you know a young man who didn’t […]
February 12, 2014
Business
Bill calls for the elimination of federal transportation funding
While most are trying to figure out a way to free up more federal funding for transportation, two Congressmen have introduced a bill that would cut it altogether. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Georgia) have filed the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA), according to our sister site Better Roads. The bill calls for […]
November 18, 2013
Business
Phoenix contractors unable to meet demand of construction rebound due to skilled worker shortage
After losing nearly half of its construction jobs in the throes of the recession, Phoenix, Arizona is now in the middle of a construction rebound—but unable to hire enough skilled workers to meet demand. “To hire someone right now, you have to offer them more money to draw them away from another company,” construction supervisor […]
August 27, 2013
Workforce
The construction industry now accounts for the most U.S. workplace deaths thanks to a 5% increase in 2012
With 775 fatal injuries in 2012, private construction rose to the top of all U.S. industries in the number of workplace deaths, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Deaths in the construction industry were up 5 percent from 2011—the first increase after five consecutive years of declines. Since 2006, construction deaths […]
August 26, 2013
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