WAUKESHA, Wis. (May 29, 2024) — Brady Chuckel, president of Paul Davis of Southeast and Fox Valley, Wisconsin, and Waukegan, Illinois, a provider of fire and water damage cleanup, restoration and remodeling services, has announced the launch of PD Construction, the company’s new commercial property construction services division. Chuckel also named Paul Scott as president of the new division.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (May 29, 2024) — The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the formation of a new committee whose mission is to develop and report information on concrete made with brackish, saline, and brine water and sea aggregates. ACI Committee 243, Seawater Concrete, will host its inaugural meeting on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, at the ACI Concrete Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON (May 14) — Construction input prices increased 0.5% in April compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.6% for the month.

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. (May 21, 2024) — Laurie Engle, Felling Trailers’ inside trailer sales consultant, is retiring after 32 years. In the fall of 1991,Merle and Kathy Felling (founders of Felling Trailers) were in the midst of an office expansion. The local contractor running the expansion was Engle’s husband. Like in many family-owned businesses, Engle was lending a hand to complete the project, working on painting and staining.