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Roadbuilding

Two construction workers hit by car near Westinghouse Bridge in Pittsburgh

Two construction workers were hit by a vehicle near the Westinghouse Bridge in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning. CBS Pittsburgh reports that the accident happened on the Route 30 bridge just before 10 a.m. The construction workers were reviewing the area for a bridge replacement that is due to get underway next weekend, according to the Pennsylvania Department of […]

May 13, 2016

Business

Construction adds 28,000 jobs in January

The U.S. construction industry continued its streak of employment gains in January, adding 28,000 jobs. The industry now employs 6.615 million Americans, the highest total since December 2008’s total of 6.701 million, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Construction employment has been on the rise for 10 straight months. The latest data also […]

February 8, 2016

Business

Contractors tell AGC worker shortage remains their top concern despite half having already increased base pay

As we reported yesterday, a majority of construction firms in the U.S. are optimistic about 2016 volumes and plan to hire more workers to meet likely increased demand. But their optimism is significantly tempered by two still-lingering factors: a shortage of available workers to hire and the quality of worker they’re seeing walk through their […]

January 12, 2016

Business

Construction adds 45,000 jobs in December to finish 2015 up 4%

Finishing 2015 with a ninth-consecutive month of employment gains, the U.S. construction industry added 45,000 employees to its workforce in December. The industry now employs 6.538 million Americans, the highest mark since January 2009’s total of 6.567 million, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Despite the gains, the industry saw unemployment increase from […]

January 8, 2016

Workforce

Houston construction crew robbed at gunpoint twice in one week

A construction crew in Houston recently told KHOU TV that they “feared for their lives,” after being robbed at gunpoint on two separate occasions within the span of one week. The first took place Nov. 22 when Jose Alfredo Gonzalez and several other workers were robbed by four men who “ran out of a grassy area” near […]

January 7, 2016

Workforce

Worker loses his mind, fires nail gun, slashes tires in jobsite altercation with co-worker

A confrontation between two construction workers on a Hawaii jobsite last month proves that not everything on the Big Island is chill. According to a recent press release from the Hawaii Police Department, 23-year-old Cody Lewis Allen and a co-worker got into an altercation while at work in Kailua-Kona the morning of Nov. 2. The disagreement quickly […]

December 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

INDOT workers rescue elderly couple and pets after dump truck mangles minivan

An Indiana Department of Transportation road crew is being celebrated for its heroic actions after they helped save an elderly couple, as well as a dog and cat, from a minivan that was struck by a dump truck. WSBT-TV reported that the crew was at work crack sealing U.S. 35 in Knox, Indiana, when a minivan stopped for […]

December 11, 2015

Workforce

Construction adds 46,000 jobs in November

Despite the onset of colder months, construction job numbers are only heating up. Following the addition of 34,000 jobs in October, the industry added another 46,000 jobs in November, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Construction now employs 6.490 million Americans—the highest figure since January 2009 when it employed 6.567 million. This is the […]

December 4, 2015

Workforce

Construction adds 31,000 jobs in October

After four months of relatively small employment gains, the U.S. construction industry had a big October, adding 31,000 jobs to its total workforce. The industry now employs 6.434 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. October’s gains mark the seventh-consecutive month of gains for construction, which has added jobs each month of […]

November 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Maine residents use road construction as inspiration for slightly morbid Halloween display

Residents in a small cottage community of Maine were so fed up with the delays from a road construction project that they sent the DOT workers to the graveyard shift. Figuratively, of course, and all in the spirt of Halloween. However, at least one construction worker has said the display is offensive. The Portland Press Herald reported that […]

October 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Three investigations underway into cause of bridge collapse that injured 10 construction workers in California

Three different investigations have now begun to find out the cause of a California bridge collapse that injured 10 construction workers. The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) announced that the California Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the California Department of Transportation and an independent forensic engineer all had investigations underway to determine what caused the partial collapse […]

October 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

10 construction workers injured in collapse of 91 Freeway bridge near LA

An onramp bridge under construction collapsed on the 91 Freeway in Corona, California, injuring 10 construction workers October 9, according to the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC). The work is part of the overall 91 Project. Jacking equipment failed while workers were lowering a section of the bridge on East Grand Boulevard, causing the deck to […]

October 12, 2015