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Construction spending dips 1.7% in March due to drop in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 01, 2013
According to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday, construction spending dropped 1.7 percent during March to its lowest ...
Construction spending up 7.9 percent annually, home...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 01, 2013
Thanks to a surge in home building, construction spending grew 1.2 percent in February, according to seasonally-adjusted data from the ...
Construction fuel consumption up 6.5% annually in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 29, 2013
The latest round of the WEX Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI), is out and indicates an increase of 6.5 percent ...
Construction’s 48k jobs in February is...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 08, 2013
The construction industry continued its streak of monthly job growth, adding 48,000 jobs in February, the highest monthly gain in ...
Automakers prepare for truck war as housing and...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 07, 2013
As the housing and construction industry recoveries slowly build momentum, NPR reports automakers are preparing for an all-out truck war ...
Senate bill would create incentives for private...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 05, 2013
As the federal government continues to search for ways to grapple with the country's slowly crumbling infrastructure, two Senators have ...
Construction spending up 7.1% annually as nine-month...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 01, 2013
A nine-month string of increases in revised construction spending figures was snapped in January, falling 2.1 percent from December 2012 ...
Construction fuel consumption index up 5.8 percent in...
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Mar 01, 2013
WEX and IHS have released results of the WEX Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI), which indicated an increase of 5.8 ...
Time management, new strategies key to success in...
Posted by Amy Materson on Feb 28, 2013
Lately we've been hearing the recession is finally over. Whether you agree or not, some negative lingering effects have already ...
Ritchie Bros. sees increased auction earnings, big...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 26, 2013
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced today that it brought in net earnings of $82.6 million in 2012, a 12 percent increase ...
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 ...
Economists forecast housing-fueled construction job...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 20, 2013
Goldman Sachs economists recently forecasted a housing recovery-fueled increase to the pace of added jobs each month to between 25,000 ...





