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Construction adds 23,000 jobs in September
Following a small decline in August, construction employment rebounded in September with a healthy addition of 23,000 jobs. The construction industry now employs 6.669 million Americans, a 3-percent increase over the September 2015 mark, according to preliminary estimates from the Labor Department. So far this year the construction industry has added an estimated 72,000 total […]
October 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
APAC-Kansas donates Roadtec paver to spur interest in diesel technician careers
APAC-Kansas Inc., an Oldcastle company, donated a 2003 Roadtec asphalt paver valued at $20,000 to Salina Area Technical College and treated students students and faculty to a BBQ lunch, ksal.com reports. Mike Warren, equipment manager for APAC-Kansas in Salina, and area manager Jason Heis told the news agency that the company wanted to donate the paver […]
October 7, 2016
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Dealers
Caterpillar, dealers to invest $1 billion to expand footprint, workforce training throughout Africa
Caterpillar has announced plans to expand its footprint and workforce development program in countries throughout Africa through a $1 billion investment over the next five years. In addition to improving the company’s parts distribution capacity across the continent and building new Certified Rebuild Centers, the investment will add new dealer branch locations and expand the […]
September 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Connecticut DOT, UConn receive Governors Highway Safety Association safety award
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has awarded the Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award in the Field of Highway Safety to the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) and the University of Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center (CTSRC). CTDOT and CTSRC were recognized for the motor vehicle crash reporting system and development of the Connecticut […]
September 21, 2016
Roadbuilding
Oklahoma DOT hosts 15th annual Construction Career Day in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Civil Rights Division recently hosted its 15th annual Construction Career Day for students in the Oklahoma City metro area as an effort to provide hands-on experience with industry experts. The theme for this year was “Tools to Build Your Future.” The hands-on portion of the event included students being […]
September 20, 2016
Contractor of the Year
Training up younger workers, diversification at heart of GMP Contracting’s passion for the work
Building something from nothing is in Joe Porchetta’s blood. The son of an Italian immigrant who watched his father and grandfather build a life in a new country by starting a curb and sidewalk company, Porchetta got his first experience in construction at around 9 or 10 years old. Though his father passed away when […]
September 16, 2016
Safety
Scissor lift falls 14 stories from building under construction in OKC, killing operator
A construction worker in Oklahoma City was killed last week when the scissor lift he was working from fell from the side of a building. According to a report from The Oklahoman, 33-year-old Alex Baiza was using the lift September 9 to remove concrete framework from inside the BOK Park Plaza Tower, a 27-story building under […]
September 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
Indiana DOT taking action to ensure payments to I-69 contractors
The Indiana Department of Transportation is working with the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) in making sure a contractor involved with the Interstate 69 Development Partners is paid promptly by the developer. IFA issued a notice of non-performance last week when it confirmed Isolux Corsan had not been paid more than $2.3 million for work on […]
September 13, 2016
Workforce
Iron Workers stand atop LA in 1,100-foot viral photo of spire installation
A group of iron workers celebrating the completion of a spire installation at Los Angeles’s newest high rise has gone viral as people across the country shared a photo of the men standing at the spire’s tip top. According to a report from KTLA, on September 3, crews completed installation of a 294-foot, 9-inch spire […]
September 12, 2016
Roadbuilding
Neb. bridge worker survives being trapped by falling bridge planks
A county crew was installing a 30-foot-long retaining wall under a closed bridge in Lancaster County, Nebraska, on September 1, when when wooden planks fell on one of the workers. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the worker was trapped under the planks, but members of the crew were able to free him using chainsaws. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry […]
September 8, 2016
Business
Nominate your best for AEMP’s Technician of the Year Award; deadline Sept. 15
Everybody complains about the shortage of qualified technicians in the construction industry. So let me ask you a question: How many of you do anything to recognize or reward the technicians you have? For all the griping about the labor shortage, there are few fleet managers or construction companies that do the most important thing […]
September 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
N. Carolina construction worker falls into lake and drowns
Filigonio Bravo Perez, a 29-year-old construction worker, fell from a bridge he was painting into Lake Hickory in Catawba County, North Carolina, and drowned, JDNews.com reports. Perez, who worked for Astron General Contracting Co., was painting a bridge on N.C. 127 over Lake Hickory, when he fell into the lake. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid told the news agency […]
September 7, 2016
Workforce
Construction loses 6,000 jobs in August
Though July snapped a three-month streak of jobs losses for the U.S. construction industry, August brought another dip with a decrease of 6,000 workers. Construction employment is now estimated at 6.640 million Americans, a 3-percent increase over the August 2015 mark, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The department’s latest data also revised […]
September 6, 2016
Roadbuilding
First Caltrans District 7 employee death on the job in 11 years as worker is struck on freeway near LA
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 employee Jorge Lopez, 57, was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer September 1 while working on the Antelope Valley Freeway in Acton at Crown Valley Road. Lopez, an electrician and 16-year Caltrans veteran, is the first District 7 agency employee to be killed on the job since 2005. […]
September 5, 2016
Business
Construction’s labor shortage easing? U.S. firms reporting trouble finding skilled workers falls to 69%
For the first time in the last four years, the percentage of U.S. construction firms reporting trouble filling hourly craft positions has fallen. However, contractors don’t seem to think things are getting much better. According to the latest national survey by the Associated General Contractors of America, 69 percent of U.S. firms polled said they […]
August 31, 2016
Safety
Mini excavator falls into trench, pins worker inside on Md. jobsite
A construction worker in Maryland’s Montgomery County was rescued from a trench Saturday after a mini excavator fell into the trench, trapping him. According to a report from WJLA TV, the man was working inside of an L-shaped trench inside a commercial building when the machine toppled over. In order to free the man, Montgomery Country […]
August 29, 2016
Business
California’s Hansen Bros. is a family construction business in more ways than one
Jeff Hansen knows a thing or two about tests, not the kind you get in school but the kind life throws at you—sometimes known as opportunities. Although Hansen grew up working in the construction business started by his grandfather and great uncles, he traveled out of state to attend college at the University of Nevada […]
August 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado motorist targets work zone flagger, causes injuries
A Colorado man was arrested last week after threatening a flagger inside a Longmont work zone with his vehicle. According to a report from the Times-Call, at 8 a.m. August 17, the Longmont police department responded to the report of an injury at the site in the area of Emery Drive and Emery Way. Workers at […]
August 25, 2016
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