FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (July 19, 2021) – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has announced that Rex C.

HAMILTON, N.J. (July 20, 2021) — Total construction starts lost 7% in June, slipping to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $863.6 billion, according to data from Dodge Data & Analytics. All three major sectors (residential, nonresidential building and nonbuilding) pulled back during the month. Single family housing starts are feeling the detrimental effects of rising materials prices.

TAMPA, Fla. (June 16, 2021) – Skanska recently announced the promotion of three executives in its Florida building division. Mandy Weitknecht has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development for the state of Florida and Nelmarie Bowe and Brian Peterson have been promoted to Project Executives.

WASHINGTON, (June 28, 2021) – The National Institute of Building Sciences, created by Congress in 1974, has named the first woman to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors.

Anne M. Ellis, P.E., Hon.M.ACI, F.ASCE, M.NAC, executive director with the Charles Pankow Foundation, was recently elected to serve alongside several new officers. They include: 

ARLINGTON, Va. (July 14,2021) — Unprecedented price increases for a wide range of goods and services used in construction pushed up contractors’ costs by a devastating 26.3% from June 2020 to June 2021, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) of government data.

HAMILTON, N.J.  (July 13, 2021) — The latest issue of the Civil Quarterly (TCQ) from Dodge Data & Analytics reveals that most civil contractors are optimistic about the volume of work they expect in 2021 and 2022, and they anticipate both revenue and profit margin increases for their companies as a result.