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Workforce

U.S. jobless claims fall to five-year low

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States fell to a five-year low in mid-January, a sign of an improving labor market, the Wall Street Journal reported. The week ending January 19, initial jobless claims decreased by 5,000 to a seasonally, adjusted 330,000—the lowest it’s been since January 2008. The four-week moving average […]

January 25, 2013

Construction Equipment

Manfredi predicts rental industry to surpass $32 billion in 2013

In the February issue of RER magazine, industry consultant Frank Manfredi says the U.S. equipment rental industry will surpass $32 billion in 2013, an increase of 16 percent over 2012. Rental will benefit from global economic uncertainty, says Manfredi with Manfredi & Associates, as more contractors choose to rent instead of buy. Manfredi expects rental […]

January 10, 2013

Workforce

Construction adds 30k jobs in December

Preliminary figures from the U.S. Labor Department show that the construction industry added 30,000 jobs in the month of December. That’s the highest gain for the industry since September 2011 and makes for nearly 1/5 of all jobs added in the country during December. In all, construction companies employ 5.564 million Americans as of December. […]

January 4, 2013

Business

Report: Road construction to see only slight improvement in 2013

Despite the ongoing economic recovery, the U.S. road construction market is tough going and will only slightly improve in the new year, according to a new report. SBI, a division of MarketResearch.com, recently released its U.S. Road, Bridge and Tunnel Construction Market report, which predicts “only slight growth through 2014” and a market growth over […]

January 3, 2013

Business

Construction companies grow while other sectors slow

A new report from Forbes based on numbers from financial information firm Sageworks says that privately-owned construction companies have “bucked the overall trend” and have seen their sales growth continue while other sectors have seen them slow. Construction companies have seen their sales grow since 2009, according to the Sageworks data. They saw 10.19 percent […]

December 14, 2012

Roadbuilding

Ford to bring full-size Transit van to North America

At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.,At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.,At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.,At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.,At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.,At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.,At a highly optimistic press conference at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week, Ford announced positive outlook for both its own company health and 2012 sales prospects, as well as internal findings indicating a strong economic recovery is beginning both for the country as a whole and the commercial truck market specifically.

March 6, 2012

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Illinois govenor on passage of llinois Jobs Now! capital program reauthorization

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn released a statement on June 23 regarding the passage of the Illinois Jobs Now! capital program re-authorization. “The General Assembly took action today to keep the state’s biggest economic recovery program going, ensuring that thousands of workers stay on the job,” Quinn said in the written statement. “Today’s session was about […]

June 23, 2011

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‘The Road to Reauthorization’ starts on Capitol Hill

“In the spirit of March Madness, it’s time to get the surface transportation bill on the court and in play,” the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) chief elected officer, ARTBA 2011 Chairman Bill Cox, told the House Highways & Transit Subcommittee at a March 30 hearing. “We recognize writing and enacting a multi-year […]

April 5, 2011

Technology

Ellicott Dredge acquires Rohr Corp., now Rohr International Dredge Co.

Ellicott Dredge Enterprises LLC of Baltimore, Md. USA has acquired selected assets of Rohr Corp. (USA), including its current backlog, and all associated intellectual property, as well as the shares of Rohr Bagger GMBH, based in Mannheim, Germany. Through a newly formed subsidiary, Rohr International Dredge Co. LLC, Rohr will operate as an independent, wholly-owned […]

April 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

‘The Road to Reauthorization’ starts on Capitol Hill

“In the spirit of March Madness, it’s time to get the surface transportation bill on the court and in play,” the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) chief elected officer, ARTBA 2011 Chairman Bill Cox, told the House Highways & Transit Subcommittee at a March 30 hearing. “We recognize writing and enacting a multi-year […]

March 31, 2011

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‘The Road to Reauthorization’ starts on Capitol Hill

“In the spirit of March Madness, it’s time to get the surface transportation bill on the court and in play,” the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) chief elected officer, ARTBA 2011 Chairman Bill Cox, told the House Highways & Transit Subcommittee at a March 30 hearing. “We recognize writing and enacting a multi-year […]

March 31, 2011

Roadbuilding

Special Report: EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Where we are, how we got here and what happens next. by Kirk Landers, editor emeritus, Better Roads   A recovery is coming for the U.S. construction industry. It will be long and slow. It will be different than other recoveries. And it will require planning. Even in the early stages, it is likely to […]

March 4, 2011