Home Construction Rose in April, Nearly Matching a 3-Year High
The two reports suggest growth in the April-to-June quarter is off to a good start, helped by falling gasoline prices and solid hiring gains. Fears of a spring slump are easing.
“It’s all very encouraging,” said Paul Ashworth, chief United States economist at Capital Economics. “Things look good at the moment.”
Charleston Workplace Injury Lawyers Get Behind Campaign to Stop Construction Site Falls
Falls are a leading cause of fatalities, but coordinated safety efforts can prevent them in and across the U.S., says ’s Ken Harrell.
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With the construction season under way in South Carolina, the Charleston workplace injury lawyers at Joye Law Firm are joining the call to raise awareness about the threat of job site falls and ways to prevent them.
Construction worker dies in Manhattan fall
A Brooklyn construction worker packing up to head home from his first day on the job was killed Thursday in a three-story fall from scaffolding on a Manhattan building, family and coworkers said.
Portion of 6th Avenue to close for next construction phase
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University’s new parking garage on 6th Avenue and John Marshall Drive is going up fast and is ready for the final construction phase.
Ron May, Marshall’s director of Facilities Planning and Management, said Friday that the last 25 percent of setting the pre-cast pieces together will start later this week. This phase of the project, however, will force portions of 6th Avenue to close for nearly a month, starting Wednesday, May 23, and lasting until about June 15.
Construction still progressing on Eggners Ferry Bridge
UPDATE: A Mid-South mother has been banned from Facebook for the photos she posted of her newborn son.
Road Work Update: Construction will begin Monday on Airport Road at Interstate 474
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Journal Star publishes a weekly list of major road construction projects in the Tri-County Area.
Information about highways and interstates statewide can be found at the Illinois Department of Transportations’s website, www.dot.il.gov.
Construction still progressing on Eggners Ferry Bridge
UPDATE: A Mid-South mother has been banned from Facebook for the photos she posted of her newborn son.
McGraw-Hill Construction Debuts the Dodge Momentum Index
NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – McGraw-Hill Construction today launched the Dodge Momentum Index, a 12-month leading indicator of construction spending for nonresidential building. Based on a 91% correlation between construction planning reports, as reported by Dodge, and the Commerce Department’s Put in Place spending over the past 10 years, the index is an early and accurate leading indicator of future construction spending. It will prove useful to building product manufacturers, AEC firms, construction industry professionals, economists and Wall Street analysts. The index will be issued monthly.
Construction industry showing pulse
The Great Recession swung a wrecking ball through Arizona’s construction industry, but this key sector — with some help from rising consumer spending and stronger home prices — has begun to recover.
Residential- and commercial-construction jobs long have been the backbone of the state economy, which traditionally has relied on spending from new residents to help create jobs.
