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Business
Construction Backlog Declines But Optimism Remains
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
ABC's Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 7.5 months in September, a decline of 0.5 compared to August.
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Construction Update
10 Big Construction Stories Last Week: Treasury Starts Forgiving PPP Loans
The 10 most-read stories of the week also includes Caterpillar’s Weir Oil & Gas acquisition, 3 killed in a construction-site stairwell collapse, guide to how much money the FAST Act extension will send your state for road, and more
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Construction Technology
Virtual Reality Brings Innovation, Efficiency to Construction
Vive
The ability to train, measure and certify people through virtual reality is incredibly valuable and can save construction companies large amounts of money each year.
Precise room-scale tracking in VR enables the physical exploration and interaction of architectural designs in a virtual space.
Labor & Workforce Development
Prevailing-Wage Repeal Slashed WI Wages, Exported Jobs and Taxes, Cut No Costs
Nonpartisan, non-profit research finds no state that has repealed prevailing wage has received the benefits claimed by politicians, but they have damaged their own construction industries
Prevailing Wage Repeal
Business
Construction Adds 26,000 Jobs in September, Continuing Five-month Gain
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
The construction industry has added 689,000 jobs over the last five months, recovering approximately 64% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic.
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Business
Nonresidential Construction Spending Fell Slightly in August, Says ABC
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
National nonresidential construction spending fell 0.1% in August for a total of $814.3 billion for the month.
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Business
Dodge Momentum Index Continues Slow But Steady Upward Progress in September
Dodge Construction Network
The Momentum Index rose 3.7% in September and has gained 2.2% over the previous three months.
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Coaching & Consulting
Differentiate Your Construction Company to Make More Money
Construction Business Coaching
You’ve got to offer more turnkey and ongoing value-added services to make your company more attractive to customers and prospects.
If you try to compete like you did in the past, you’re going to be one of two things: busy and broke or not busy and out of business.
Business
2020 Economic Outlook Forecasts Positive Q4 Growth for Equipment and Software
Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation
As impacts of COVID-19 and social distancing measures ease, forecast shows equipment and software investment is bouncing back.
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Business
Blue Collar Job Growth Continues at Slow Pace Amid Uneven Economic Recovery
Employment in construction, manufacturing and mining and logging increased in August but is nowhere close to recovering deep losses from the pandemic's onset.
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Safety Equipment - Other
The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 4 Episode 7: Is Your Crew Really Ready for an Emergency?
Caterpillar - Cat
Assess the potential emergencies your crew could face and create proactive plans so all are prepared.
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COVID-19
New OSHA Guidance Requires Reporting Work-Related COVID-19 Infections and Deaths
Guidance defines a coronavirus ‘work-related incident’ and sets the expected reporting deadline for within eight hours of knowing both that an employee died of a work-related case of COVID-19
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