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Workers install base of spire at One World Trade Center

Workers at the the construction site of One World Trade Center installed the first piece of the building’s spire on January 15, the AP reported. Once the spire is complete, the 104-floor skyscraper will be the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. The nearly 70-ton piece arrived in Manhattan on December 12. It’s the heaviest of […]

January 16, 2013

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The top trends for equipment buying in 2013

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association recently released its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013. Most of the trends forecasted are largely favorable to the industry. According to the report, the health of the economy will largely determine whether or not businesses buy new equipment. However, it also forecasts equipment investment to pick up […]

January 16, 2013

Business

Construction materials prices decline 0.1 percent in December

Associated Builders and Contractors has released its Producer Price Index (PPI) report for December, which reveals that national construction materials prices declined 0.1 percent in December and 1.3 percent higher than a year ago. Average annual prices in 2012 were 1.9 percent higher than 2011 prices. Nonresidential construction prices dropped 0.3 percent in December and […]

January 16, 2013

Business

Massachusetts Transportation Secretary reveals 10-year, $1.02 billion plan

Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Richard Davey has unveiled a 10-year plan to upkeep and update the state’s transportation system, which he will propose on January 16, MassLive.com reported. The plan would give Massachusetts $1.02 billion over the next decade to pay old transportation bills and upgrade the transportation system. Davey’s plan would more than double the […]

January 15, 2013

Business

Terex appoints new CFO among senior leadership changes

Terex has appointed several leadership positions, including a new senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Kevin Bradley, currently president of Terex Cranes since 2011, has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer effective immediately after the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012. Bradley will succeed Phil Widman, […]

January 15, 2013

Business

AGC forecast promises mixed outlook for 2013 U.S. construction

2013 should be a better year than 2012 for construction firms, but not necessarily a great one, said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, in a conference call detailing the results of the association’s forecast on construction hiring and business. There are bright spots in certain sectors, said CEO Stephen […]

January 14, 2013

Equipment

Brower and Gore: Environmentalists then and now

One of the pleasures of going home for the holidays is sometimes finding the books I  left behind in college and getting to reread them. This year I stumbled upon a 1977 copy of John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid. The book concerns three trips McPhee took with the “Archdruid,” David Brower, the controversial executive […]

January 9, 2013

Safety

OSHA to finalize confined spaces and electrical equipment rules this year

Two construction industry rules are listed to be finalized in 2013 on OSHA’s semiannual regulatory agenda, published today. The first deals with confined spaces in construction. According to the agenda, OSHA issued a rule in 1993 to “protect employees who enter confined spaces while engaged in general industry work.” The general industry standard, 29 CFR […]

January 8, 2013

Business

Colorado experiences $3.4 billion hospital building boom

Colorado is experiencing a $3.4 billion building boom thanks to 50 hospital construction projects across the state, NBC 11 News reported. In addition to new hospital construction, 11 additions have been started in Aspen, Boulder, Grand Junction, Pueblo and the Denver area. With the building boom, Colorado may soon see its most expensive current hospital […]

January 8, 2013

Workforce

Opinion: Legalized marijuana bad for construction and society

Now that Colorado and Washington State have legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, the construction industry will be forced to confront some ugly problems. Can you drug test someone now and fire them if they test positive for pot? I don’t think the states or the human resources professionals have worked out the details […]

January 4, 2013

Business

U.S. needs new bridges but states lack funding

The average age of the 600,000 bridges in the United States is 43 years old, according to a new report from the Washington Post. And considering that bridges are built to last about 50 years, that means a great deal of them will soon need to be replaced. In fact, as the Post reports, 70,000 […]

January 3, 2013

Business

Dallas transforms with $2.3 billion in development since 2002

Residents of Dallas, Texas have seen their city literally transform around them in the past decade thanks to $2.3 billion in investment and redevelopment since 2002, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the News, the area is unrecognizable from 10 years ago. In fact, one oilman in the area says Dallas is experiencing a […]

December 31, 2012