Construction Industry News

CASE Construction Equipmentis partnering with country music star Jon Pardion a series of promotions throughout 2019 and 2020, focused on raising awareness for, and growing interest in, careers in the construction industry. The first promotion includes an exclusive presale opportunity for Pardi’s headlining “Heartache Medication” tour, kicking off October 1 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Modular manufacturing starts with engineered interior and exterior walls, ceilings, windows and floors being constructed in a manufacturing plant and then transported to a project site where they are assembled and constructed by highly trained and skilled tradespeople.

In the Fox Cities Region (central Wisconsin), 12% of high school students attempted suicide in the past year, and at Appleton East High School, where student enrollment is approximately 1,500, more than 1,049 counselor office visits were documented,and the school experienced a 15% increase in mental health hospitalizations during the 2018/2019 school year alone.

New building technologies promise to increase productivity and conserve resources. Details here. 

As Father’s Day approaches, popular YouTube personalities discuss how their dads influenced their journey to becoming building experts and social media influencers.

NV5 Global Inc., a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, has announced that it was awarded a $50 million contract for engineering design services for green infrastructure projects with the New York City Department of Design and Construction’s division of infrastructure. 

Only 4% of federal cancer funding is dedicated to childhood cancer, and CCRF works to fill the gaps by providing the critical funding needed to find safer, more effective therapies for kids battling cancer. Today, more than 15,000 kids and young adults are diagnosed with cancer each year, which is approximately 42 per day. Approximately one in 285 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer before their 20thbirthday. 

One of America's most trusted celebrities puts a face on the pipes, wires and cables that make our daily lives possible and the importance of contacting 811 before digging.

Kwame Building Group has received the American Concrete Paving Association “Excellence in Concrete Paving Award” for taxiway and runway rehabilitation work at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Via their joint venture with HR Green Inc., Kwame provided project management for the $9.7 million, multi-phase project, which included reconstruction of taxiways, known as Sierra and Kilo, and the rehabilitation of runway 12L-30R

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Chad Latta, of Latta Earthworks LLC in Athens, Ohio, is the winner the JCB ‘Win a Teleskid’ sweepstakes. Latta wins a 12-month lease on a special edition JCB Teleskid compact track loader, plus $5,000 cash.

April new business volume up 11% year-over-year, up 7% month-over-month, and down 5% year-to-date. Details here. 

FTI Consulting Inc. has announced that Frank Regnery has been appointed as a senior managing director in the Construction Solutions practice. He will be based in New York.

Following a sizable decrease in demand for design services in March, the April Architecture Billings Index (ABI) climbed back into positive territory according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

New York, New York (May 22, 2019) — The value of new construction starts in April fell 15% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $685.2 billion, pulling back following the 16% hike that was reported in March, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.  Steep declines were registered by two of the three main construction sectors.  Nonbuilding construction, which is co

Virgin Trainsit’s first rail train for Phase 2 was loaded and shipped from Steel Dynamics’ Ft. Wayne, Indiana, mill on May 16, 2019. Details here. 

The SEAA Ironworker Craft Training Program is essential to battling the qualified labor shortages the industry faces. “Jack’s passion for the steel-erection industry is recognizable almost immediately. He has great respect for providing training and skills development for ironworkers,” said Alan Sears. 

More than 7,000 robot assistants, infrastructure robots, structure robot, and finishing robots will be deployed for construction between 2018 and 2025. 

Recent data indicates strong financial performance industrywide for AEC.  Zweig Group’s annual “Financial Performance Survey of AEC Firms,” released April 4, 2019, identified a strong positive trend in multiple key financial indicators, including profit, revenue, staff growth and backlog.

The Canadian government’s planned investments in infrastructure are expected to support the growth of Canada’s construction industry. Under the “Investing in Canada Plan.” the government plans to invest a total of U.S. $139 billion in key infrastructure sectors through 2028.