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Driver/operator coaching/training

AGC of North Dakota awards scholarships to students in construction programs

The Associated General Contractors of North Dakota‘s (AGCND) Education Committee awarded 32 scholarships totaling more than $57,000 for the 2017-2018 school year to outstanding students enrolled in North Dakota post-secondary construction programs, The Jamestown Sun reports. The following students from the Jamestown area received scholarships: Michael Kelly — North Dakota State University, $1,500 Diederich Scholarship; Nicholas […]

August 14, 2017

Home

Granite Construction Q2 revenue up 26%

Granite Construction Inc. reports net income of $14.1 million for the 2nd quarter of 2017, ended June 30, compared to $14.2 million in the second quarter of 2016. Earnings per diluted share in the quarter was $0.35, about the same as last year. Additional key points include the following: Second quarter consolidated revenue increased 26.2 percent to $762.9 million, compared with $604.6 […]

August 11, 2017

Business

EPA seeks comments on proposed WOTUS rule withdrawal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule to withdraw the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule that defines what streams, wetlands and other wet areas are controlled by the federal government and subject to the permitting requirements of the Clean Water Act. This is the first […]

August 7, 2017

Business

Nonresidential sends construction spending down 1.3% in June

Decreases in spending on apartment homes and nonresidential projects were the difference in June’s construction spending report, as total U.S. spending fell 1.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.205 trillion. Despite the monthly drop, the annual rate remains 1.6 percent above the June 2016 rate. Total residential spending fell 0.3 percent in […]

August 3, 2017

Business

Home starts up, builder confidence down with mounting concerns over lumber costs

The start of construction on new homes in the U.S. rose 8.3 percent during the month of June on solid gains from both the single-family and multi-family markets. And though demand for new homes is still strong, builders say the rising cost of materials has them concerned. Home starts rose to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate […]

July 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Idaho Transportation Dept. grant provides free equipment training to vets, women, minorities

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is one of only eight states out of 40 applicants to receive a $198,000 Ladders of Opportunity grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. With the grant, ITD chose 19 people from close to 700 applicants for a free three-week hands-on heavy equipment operator training course aimed at helping veterans, […]

July 19, 2017

Business

Sustaining fourth-generation construction business required many late nights at Livengood Excavators

About five years ago, Leo Livengood got a phone call from a former client. The call was from the second generation of a family he and his father had worked with, and they had a question: Would Livengood Excavators do the site work on a new drive-in theater the family was building, which was going […]

July 14, 2017

Business

Construction is driven by people, not machines

Certain themes repeat themselves when we talk to contractors: The 20-hour days to get a construction company started … and to keep it going. The great financial risks for miniscule margins. The inherent joy of building something. But the most prevalent comment we hear from contractors concerns their people. “We couldn’t do this without the […]

July 13, 2017

Construction Equipment

Milwaukee Tool launches full line of silica dust-extraction devices

Milwaukee Tool now offers a full lineup of dust-extraction attachments for rotary hammers, grinders and other tools that will comply with proposed federal silica dust rules scheduled to take effect in September. Anchoring the devices is the company’s 8-Gallon Dust Extractor, which features automatic filter cleaning. The extractor also includes a 99.97-percent efficient HEPA filter […]

July 11, 2017

Workforce

Construction adds 16,000 jobs in June

The U.S. construction industry added 16,000 jobs in June, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The industry now employs 6.896 million Americans, an increase of 3 percent over the June 2016 figure of 6.690 million. The June report also revised the May employment figure downward from the previously reported 6.881 million to 6.880 million. […]

July 10, 2017

Business

2017 Construction Intern of the Year scholarship applications open Aug. 1

Construction estimating software developer HCSS has announced that it will begin taking applications for its 2017 Construction Intern of the Year scholarship program on August 1. Now in its third year, the Intern of the Year program will award $10,000 to one grand prize winner. Four finalists will each receive a $4,000 scholarship and 12 honorable […]

July 6, 2017

Business

Construction spending flat in May with dip in residential

Homebuilding declines were nearly matched by gains in nonresidential construction in May as total construction spending in the U.S. was flat for the month, according to preliminary estimates from the Commerce Department. Despite the flat month, construction spending’s total of $1.23 trillion was up 4.5 percent from the year-ago, May 2016 figure. Private residential spending […]

July 3, 2017