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ARTBA Foundation accepting applications for 2010 Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is now accepting applications for the “Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program” for the 2010 academic year. The program provides financial assistance to help the children of highway construction workers killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty pursue post-high school education. The scholarship […]

January 7, 2010

Illegals to get stimulus construction jobs

A couple of conservative think tanks are tut-tutting the possibility that undocumented workers may get some of the money being doled out for the stimulus/infrastructure jobs. While you hate to see taxpayer money going to illegals, it is inevitable for two reasons. One: congress refuses to require companies to use E-verify–a simple, almost foolproof way to accurately […]

January 6, 2010

Construction workers protest fees, lengthy permit process

A group of 90 construction workers organized by the San Diego County chapter of the Building Industry Association went before the county’s Board of Supervisors yesterday and asked them to cut building fees and reduce the time it takes to get permits. The goal of the group was to prevent further job losses in a county […]

January 6, 2010

Construction after the disaster

This study compares the natural disaster response strategies of FEMA and Wal-Mart. Guess who comes out on top? If you’re a contractor, it’s a must read. After police and rescue squads, contractors are often next on the scene after a flood, fire, earthquake, hurricane or tornado. At Equipment World some of our favorite contractor/natural disaster stories […]

January 6, 2010

Contractor opens online plan room

Architectural and engineering blueprints aren’t cheap to produce. On big projects with dozens of subs getting everybody paper plans can cost a fortune. This North Carolina commercial construction firm has solved the problem by putting their plans online. Subs get a username and password to access the site. Expect to see more of this in […]

January 6, 2010

A smart marketing idea for construction companies

Construction companies aren’t generally known for great marketing campaigns, but the “Build Your Vision” seminar put on by S&B Construction of Indianapolis, Indiana is a stroke of marketing genius. Rather than sit back and grumble about the recession, S&B has been holding one day seminars that explain to non-profits, schools, churches and other community organizations how […]

January 6, 2010

Excavation crew uncovers wooly mammoth skeleton

You can’t blame this one on the locating company.

January 6, 2010

Construction Equipment

Legal help for Chinese drywall lawsuits

As we reported a while back, Chinese-made drywall imported into the U.S. between 2001 and 2008, may have been contaminated with sulfuric acid. Some say the contamination is causing wiring and other metal components in homes and buildings to corrode. Now a law firm in Louisiana has stepped in to offer builders, developers, suppliers and […]

January 6, 2010

DoD announces construction wish list

The Department of Defense has released the list of military base and facilites construction projects it intends to build with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the stimulus bill). The list includes $2.3 billion in construction projects spread across all 50 states.

January 6, 2010

Seattle launches Construction Coordination Web site

The city of Seattle, Washington has taken a proactive step by launching a Web site to alert the public to new construction projects that may impact road traffic and sidewalks. The site gives viewers GIS based maps, layered detour routes with freight and bicycle options and a link to a site showing real time congestion […]

January 6, 2010

County engineer cuts bridge cost building beams in house

A county engineer in Seneca, Ohio saved the taxpayers $45,000 by building a series of 20 foot bridge beams in-house. He used scrap materials and sandblasted old curb and gutter forms to make to concrete molds for the bridge beams. The work was done by a mix of county employees and local trade school students. […]

January 6, 2010

Zombies or construction workers?

Thursday morning a digital roadside traffic caution sign in Buffalo, New York started flashing: “ZOMBIES AHEAD.” Local sources speculated that the sign’s computer program may have been hacked, but then again maybe this is the best way to get motorists to slow down in construction zones.

January 6, 2010

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