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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 ...
U.S. rental construction, lack of first-time home...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 08, 2013
Despite recent dips in construction spending and employment, the mood in the industry is, well, better. Better than it was ...
Housing starts jump 7% in March to highest level since...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 16, 2013
Apartment construction in March fueled a jump to the highest rate of housing starts since June 2008. The housing recovery ...
NAHB survey finds labor shortages in “all...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 25, 2013
According to a survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders, labor shortages are hurting the housing and economic recoveries ...
Construction companies, AGC lobby Congress to spare...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 14, 2013
With an estimated $4 billion in federal construction projects in jeopardy due to the sequestration cuts that took effect March ...
Big construction employment gains indicate rising...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 11, 2013
On Friday the latest round of figures from the U.S. Labor Department showed that the construction industry enjoyed its highest monthly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Recession results in evolving construction markets
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Feb 01, 2013
Prolonged periods of economic difficulty add velocity to evolutionary changes in many industries. The Great Recession and the long shadow ...
PCA: 2013 is construction’s real turnaround year
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jan 18, 2013
Ed Sullivan, the Portland Cement Association's chief economist, is not one to be overly optimistic. While others were saying that construction ...
VIDEO: Spire-mounted camera captures ascent to the top of...
Nearly two weeks ago, as construction workers looked on with ...
GEAR: Volkswagen Amarok concept pickup boasts V-6...
Just a few weeks ago we posited that if Volkswagen ...
VIDEO: Dump truck spins a massive burnout, smoke show
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