Construction Industry News

Case Construction Equipment has awarded the $25,000 Dire StatesEquipment Grant toChapin, South Carolina, for the East Chapin Sewer Force Main project.

Under the acquisition agreement between KAI Enterprises and Fratto Engineering, Fratto's staff will complete its current contractual commitments to its clients, with all new opportunities moving forward as KAI Engineering LLC. Fratto Engineering’s 12 employees will remain in the Arlington, Texas, office, accompanied by a few engineers transferred from KAI’s Dallas, Texas, office.

Study by Dodge Data & Analytics and Triax Technologies shows top drivers for IoT adoption are reduced costs, greater employee productivity, improved safety records

Irvine, California, community is leading energy-efficient, green-building movement with the first all-electric zero-net energy attached condominium.

Bauma, the largest global construction and mining equipment expo reveals continued lead role for advanced diesel technologies alongside emerging alternatives.

Greco Aluminum's acquisition of Petersen Metals creates expanded product offering for railings and architectural metal products

We've released the “2019 M&A Trends for Engineering and Construction” report detailing key trends driving merger and acquisition activity. This year’s study results indicate that M&A activity will remain strong but is likely to return to more regular levels in 2019 and beyond.

London, United Kingdom (April 11, 2019)—The pace of global construction output growth is expected to pick up marginally in 2019, reaching 3.4% (up from 3.2% in 2018) before rising to 3.5% in 2020, says GlobalData data and analytics company.

Doosan Infracore North America to offer Trimble LOADRITE L3180 SmartScale with weighing intelligence to optimize loadout, track productivity and overloading prevention. 

Legislation would spur American job creation and investment in U.S. communities, infrastructure and opportunity zones.

Annual recap details environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance trends, conditions and forecasts.

After two consecutive solid years, equipment and software investment growth is likely to slow in 2019 to 4.5% (up from 4.1 percent in the Economic Outlook published in December), according to the Q2 update to the 2019 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. 

Presented at the 3rd Annual Portland Cement Association Cement and Concrete Fly-In event, the following plants were named 2019 Energy and Environment Award winners.

Minnich Manufacturing, manufacturer of concrete dowel pin drills, concrete vibrators and vibrator-monitoring systems, has announced its top dealer in each region of 2018 according to sales performance.

The future of the global thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roofing membrane market looks promising with opportunities in the commercial, residential and industrial markets. The global TPO roofing membrane market is expected to reach an estimated $2.2 billion by 2024 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% from 2019 to 2024.

The National Frame Building Association (NFBA) has published a customizable safety manual. The template was developed by NFBA's safety committee for post-frame contractors to address their company's specific safety needs.

This year, ICC's Building Safety Month will focus on five topic areas: preparing for natural disasters; training and education; clean and abundant water; construction professionals partnering with homeowners; and innovations in building safety.

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) will hold more than 100 Days of Action events in the U.S. and Canada, April 13 – 15, to protest against construction industry tax fraud. 

CopperTree Analytics Inc. and PCL Construction have announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement to deliver smart building technology to the construction and real estate markets. Get the details here.