Tag: South Dakota construction

Construction Equipment

Police need beanbag shotgun, taser to subdue man on dozer rampage in South Dakota (PHOTOS)

Police officers in Rapid City, South Dakota, had to use just about every non-lethal weapon at the disposal in order to detain and arrest a man who went for a destructive joyride in a bulldozer. According to a report from ABC 7 News in Denver, officers responded to a “suspicious man in a bulldozer” […]

October 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

South Dakota’s roads and bridges face significant deterioration in next decade if current funding levels hold

South Dakota suffers from a list of transportation issues, including nationally ubiquitous deteriorated bridges and roads and low funding, in addition to rural traffic fatalities and crowded roads, according to a new report from The Road Improvement Program. In its report “South Dakota’s Top Transportation Challenges: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” TRIP stated South Dakota’s state-maintained […]

February 25, 2015

Construction Equipment

11-year-old boy arrested for doing $10,000 damage to construction site

Vandalism on construction sites is an unfortunately common intrusion that contractors everywhere have to deal with every once in a while. But very few are the handiwork of a grade-schooler like one recent incident in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On the morning of August 12 a crew building a series of one bedroom homes arrived […]

August 18, 2014

Business

North Dakota oil boom causes huge demand for construction workers, hiring difficulty for South Dakota contractors

The oil boom that has pulled in construction workers and contractors from across the country to the sparsely-populated state of North Dakota has led to a building boom that now requires even more workers. The huge population growth for the state has created a demand for new government buildings, schools, hospitals recreation centers and more […]

April 10, 2014