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Final Take
By Lauren Heartsill It’s all uphill from here Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest street in the world, Baldwin Street, located in Dunedin, New Zealand, has a maximum elevation of 19 degrees. Baldwin Street, photographed here, is surfaced with concrete instead of asphalt because tar would flow down the slope […]
February 7, 2011
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It’s over but it’s not By Marcia Gruver Doyle While the headline on a recent press release touted that “more construction firms plan to hire” in 2011, I found more meat eight paragraphs down. In a December survey of roughly 1,200 contractors, the Associated General Contractors of America found that 28 percent of respondents say […]
February 3, 2011
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Roadbuilding
Construction spending tumbles to 10-year low
Construction spending fell 2.5 percent in December to a $788 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate, the lowest level in a decade, reports the Associated General Contractors of America in analysis of Census Bureau data. All three major categories – private residential, private nonresidential and public construction – shared in the decline. However, there were a […]
February 3, 2011
Roadbuilding
Construction firms plan to hire, not cut, workers
More construction firms are planning to hire workers this year than are planning to make layoffs, according to a survey released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Navigant. While 55 percent of firms laid off staff and only 20 percent of firms added employees in 2010, the outlook is more positive in 2011, […]
January 25, 2011
Business
Construction firms plan to hire, not cut, workers
More construction firms are planning to hire workers this year than are planning to make layoffs, according to a survey released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Navigant. While 55 percent of firms laid off staff and only 20 percent of firms added employees in 2010, the outlook is more positive in 2011, […]
January 25, 2011
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Community profits By Marcia Gruver Doyle As recounted in his autobiography “Groucho and Me,” Groucho Marx sent the Friar’s Club of Beverly Hills the following telegram resignation: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member.” Groucho’s sentiments aside, however, I would propose one resolution to make […]
December 30, 2010
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Construction unemployment rises to 18.8 percent
The construction unemployment rate jumped to 18.8 percent in November as the sector lost another 5,000 jobs since October, reports the Associated General Contractors of America. The data indicates the construction sector suffered more than any other industry during the economic downturn. The construction industry lost 2.1 million jobs since employment in the sector peaked […]
December 15, 2010
Business
Construction employment grows in most states
Construction employment expanded in 29 states between September and October, while fewer people are working in construction compared to last year in 39 states, reports the Associated General Contractors of America. Arizona (4.4 percent, 5,000 jobs) experienced the largest one-month seasonally adjusted percentage increase and Texas (2.3 percent, 8,800 jobs) the largest one-month total increase […]
December 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
AGC: Construction employment up in 29 states
Construction employment expanded in 29 states between September and October, while fewer people are working in construction compared to last year in 39 states, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) reported in an analysis of state employment data released on Nov. 23 by the U.S. Labor Department. The new figures continue a nearly year-long […]
November 29, 2010
Equipment
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A rule delayed By Marcia Gruver Doyle When the Associated General Contractors of America and the California Air Resources Board said on October 7 they were issuing a joint statement, it could only mean one thing: CARB was backing off on its off-road emissions regs. And so CARB now says it will delay large-fleet enforcement […]
November 10, 2010
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CARB, AGC discuss emissions rule delay
The California Air Resources Board and the Associated General Contractors of America say they’ve opened a new agency-industry dialogue with today’s announcement that CARB has delayed enforcement of its off-highway emissions rule until January, 2014. “In a sense,” said Mary Nichols, CARB board chair, “there’s some good news coming out of the recession because it’s […]
October 8, 2010
Business
CARB, AGC discuss emissions rule delay
The California Air Resources Board and the Associated General Contractors of America say they’ve opened a new agency-industry dialogue with today’s announcement that CARB has delayed enforcement of its off-highway emissions rule until January, 2014. “In a sense,” said Mary Nichols, CARB board chair, “there’s some good news coming out of the recession because it’s […]
October 7, 2010
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