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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (May 31, 2017) - Celebrating the natural environment and raising awareness for environmental issues worldwide is the goal behind World Environment Day. For Western Specialty Contractors, the country's largest masonry and concrete restoration specialty contractor, environmental preservation is a jobsite priority and a daily corporate commitment.

WASHINGTON (May 30, 2017) —April not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rates were down in 22 states and unchanged in two (Arkansas and California) on a year-over-year basis, according to analysis released today by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). However, the national NSA construction unemployment rate of 6.3 percent was up 0.3 percent from April 2016, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

WINSTON SALEM, N.C (May 29, 2017) - In recognition for his service to the steel construction industry, the Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has named Charlie Johnson the recipient of the William Davis Service Award. The association’s highest honor, it is given in memory of William Davis, who held board and committee positions with SEAA in the 1980s and 1990s.

May 25, 2017 – With the fourth year of the OSHA Safety Stand-Down completed, FallTech, an innovator and leader in Fall Protection Equipment for workers at heights, mobilized their fleet of mobile training and demonstration trailers across the US to train workers on the importance of using the proper fall protection with the proper donning and adjustment of their fall protection equipment.  “It was an incredible accomplishment with thousands of users and Safety Managers r

CALGARY, Alberta (May 24, 2017) – The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced it expects United States cement consumption to reach 3.5 percent annual growth during the remainder of 2017 and 2018, based on analysis of data and policies likely to impact the industry in the years ahead.

ATLANTA (May 24, 2017) – Sage announced the launch of a new integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM), takeoff, and estimating solution developed through a collaboration with Autodesk and eTakeoff. This BIM solution is a unique best-of-breed approach to automating the time-consuming, manual process estimators face when trying to produce detail cost estimates from 3D models and 2D digital plans.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (May 23, 2017) – Briggs & Stratton Corporation recently opened the doors on one of the industry’s most innovative engine testing facilities designed to help engineers create and test new features that meet consumers’ demands.

LA MIRADA, Calif. - Makita USA has expanded its capabilities with a new distribution and training center located in the City of Wilmer just outside Dallas, Texas. The new facility, the company’s fourth in the United States, increases Makita’s service capabilities to meet growing demand from users and dealers.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (May 19, 2017) – Zweig Group announced the release of the 2017 Best Firms To Work For Awards, a ranking honoring the creation of outstanding workplaces at architecture, landscape architecture, geotechnical, environmental, civil, structural and multidiscipline engineering firms.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (May 18, 2017) – B2W Software recently announced that Juli Munro, director of IT and systems at Wanzek Construction, will join B2W Software CEO Paul McKeon for a presentation titled Optimizing Field Operations for mobility, agility and profitability during the 2017 Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 5.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (May 17, 2017) - The United States-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will highlight the advanced technologies that the CONEXPO brand represents with a new Technology Pavilion, a CONEXPO Latin America event, exclusively at Expo Edifica October 4-7, 2017, in Santiago, Chile.

NEW YORK (May 17, 2017) – A new SmartMarket Report from Dodge Data & Analytics shows that the use of building information modeling (BIM) is increasing in the horizontal construction market. The Business Value of BIM for Infrastructure 2017 SmartMarket Report –produced in partnership with Autodesk, and with support from Deloitte – analyzes how engineers, contractors and owners are using BIM for transportation infrastructure projects in the United States, United K