Tag: privately-owned

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

Technology

Census Bureau, HUD release September constructions statistics

The United States Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have jointly released residential construction statistics for September 2012. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000.  This is 11.6 percent above the revised August rate of 801,000 and is 45.1 […]

October 17, 2012