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Construction Materials Prices Fail to Rise for Fifth Consecutive Month
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
'The deflation being observed presently will help widen contractor margins and, in some cases, increase the likelihood construction projects will move ahead'
Inputs to construction industries were down 0.9% for the month but expanded 1% on a year-over-year basis; inputs to nonresidential construction fell 1.1% for the month but are 0.5% higher than at the same time last year.
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Registration Opens for CSDA 2015 Convention
Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA)
Registration is now open for the CSDA 43rd Annual Convention & Tech Fair in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Builder Confidence Rises in November
National Association of Home Builders
NAHB's Housing Market Index has now been above the 50-point benchmark for five consecutive months with continued momentum expected in 2015
Blue line: NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, a measure of builder confidence in current single-family home sales and expectations for the next six months. Red line: single-family housing starts.
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Construction Backlog Indicator Reaches All-time High
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Construction backlog was at 8.8 months during Q3 2014, which is 6.9% higher than last year and indicates 2015 will be a strong year of recovery for nonresidential construction
Average backlog is at or nearly at a record high in three regions, the Northeast, Middle States, and the West.
Apps
App of the Week: StreetSmart
Xora, a ClickSoftware Company
The StreetSmart mobile app can be used to create electronic timesheets, custom forms and invoices
The StreetSmart mobile app is a configurable cloud-based application that helps businesses and their field employees by turning any mobile device into a data collection tool.
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ACI Strategic Development Council Supports Self-Consolidating Concrete Forum
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
The ACI Foundation’s Strategic Development Council is sponsoring a 2015 World of Concrete Forum on self-consolidating concrete, sharing best practices and success stories by concrete industry experts.
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Learn the Old and New Tricks of the Trade
GB Financial Services, LLC
Get educated on the latest technologies in order to remain competitive in your bids.
Seal Coating
How Laws are Made in Minnesota – Part 4
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
The statewide ban in Minnesota was slipped into a final omnibus funding bill at the request of MPCA without hearings, without notice and comment, without votes by more than a few legislators who likely did not know what they were voting on.
General Tool
LoudMouth Wireless PA System
Ritron Inc.
Loudmouth Wireless Pa System 54626921e8ed1
Lifting Equipment
Skyjack and United Rentals Partner to Support Military Veterans
Skyjack
Companies partner on national program that provides U.S. service personnel with on-the-job training and eventual job placement
STEP provides service personnel with a month-long training course, followed by on-the-job training, and eventual job placement at a United Rentals location.
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California Construction Sector Forecast to Add Over 10,000 Jobs By End of 2014
An increase in new housing construction permits as well as increase in the need for new industrial space are helping to fuel California's construction sector
In California the construction sector is forecasted to add 3,180 jobs in October, contributing to a total job growth of 10,410 over the next three months of 2014.
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Construction Industry to See More Balanced Growth in 2015
Dodge Outlook Report predicts rise in construction starts for commercial and institutional accompanied by moderate improvement for housing and a stabilizing public works sector
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