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Snow Tires are the Safest Investment for Driving in Wintry Conditions

Source: Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Created: December 6, 2013

All-season tires are a design compromise that allows you to maintain a basic level of both winter and summer performance, but don’t offer maximum performance in either season
Construction Employers Add 17,000 Jobs In November

Source: Associated General Contractors of America
Created: December 6, 2013

The unemployment rate for workers actively looking for jobs and last employed in construction declined from 12.2 percent in November 2012 to 8.6 percent last month
Sage North America Partners to Distribute eTakeoff Products

Source: Sage North America
Created: December 6, 2013

Sage's partnership with eTakeoff will provide estimators with a new collection of electronic takeoff products within the Sage portfolio of estimating solutions
First SDLG Wheel Loader Sold in North America

Source: Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co. (SDLG)
Created: December 6, 2013

SDLG unveiled their wheel loaders to the region this month and the first machine has already been sold.

OSHA Launches Online Form for Workers to File Retaliation Complaints

Source: Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Created: December 5, 2013

Online form will provide workers who have been retaliated against an additional way to reach out for OSHA assistance online
Housing Markets Continue Slow Climb Back to Normal

Source: National Association of Home Builders
Created: December 5, 2013

NAHB Leading Markets Index identifies 54 metro areas that have returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity
Demolition Worker Dies in Fall at Texas A&M Stadium

Source: KBTX.com
Created: December 5, 2013

Texas A&M University officials confirmed a man died after he fell from the fourth level of the Kyle Field stadium
New Jersey to Seed School Construction Fund with $508 Billion

Source: NorthJersey.com
Created: December 5, 2013

Local districts' contributions should boost state spending to $1.1 billion on more than 1,500 projects planned in 331 districts

Construction News Tracker

GSA Adds Green Globes to LEED in Recommended Green Ratings for Federal Buildings

Press Release • November 14th, 2013

The U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) long-awaited recommendations to the U.S. Department of Energy for federal use of green building rating systems adds Green Globe ratings to LEED as key contract guidelines. GSA recommends that agencies use either the U.S. Green Building...
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OPEI Warns Against Using Gas-Ethanol Blends Greater than E10

News • November 4th, 2013

Power equipment offers guidelines to protect equipment buyers from using engine-damaging E15 or E85 blends; fuel that's only legal for use in select automobile models

Look carefully at the blend of gasoline before you pump for outdoor power equipment or other gasoline engines. For the first time, the fuel you put in your car may not be the same fuel meant for your cut-off saw, chain saw, snow thrower, mower or other landscape and construction equipment...
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Shift to LNG Fuels Asphalt Contractors' Strong Rebound from Wet Spring

Press Release • November 1st, 2013

Financial and environmental benefits are dramatic for companies leaving behind petroleum-based fuels for LNG -- 'the new frontier in Minnesota energy'

Asphalt contractors in Minnesota beat back the consequences of a wet spring this paving season thanks to converting their plants from petroleum-based fuels in favor of liquid natural gas, a move that is yielding significant financial savings while being more kind to the environment. “I’ve...
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E15's Risks Are Real

Article • September 16th, 2013

Take steps to protect small non-road engines from catastrophic damage due to higher ethanol content in gasoline.

Ethanol is a useful tool to reduce the consumption of foreign oil, and has proven to be safe for most engines in blends up to 10% (designated as E10). But the government has recently made a push to increase the ethanol content in gasoline. E15, which is a blend of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline...
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