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Financing, Insurance & Leasing
October Nonresidential US Construction Spending Up 7% Compared to 2017
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Thirteen out of 16 subsectors are associated with year-over-year increases with the water supply category having the largest spending increase over 12 months
Nonresidential construction spending continues to increase despite the construction labor shortage.
Construction News
High Hopes for $100M Fix for Sinking Millennium Tower
City and environmental approvals ahead for driving piles to bedrock from the sidewalk (at a third of the cost) instead of micropiles driven through the foundation
Millennium Tower, San Francisco, CA
Construction Safety
Giant Clock Nearly Crushes Construction Workers
Two construction workers were unharmed after a giant clock face fell onto their lift platform before crashing to the ground
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Labor & Workforce Development
How Time-tracking Technology has Rendered Time Sheets Obsolete
Labor costs have become too high and too crucial to managing construction costs to trust to paper time sheets filled in at the end of a long day or week
“Exorbitant payroll, lost paper time cards, inaccurate job costing – once a company has these problems, they need a solution,” says Cliff Mitchell, CEO of ClockShark.
Business
AGC Experts Dig Into Results and Ramifications of 2018 Elections
AGC podcast features association experts covering results of the 2018 election and what they might mean for the construction industry
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Business
Construction Employment Grew in 78% of Metros Between October 2017 and 2018
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
"Construction employment has been increasing at a greater rate than overall employment in many metros," according to AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson
Nonresidential Construction
Business
ABC: Florida Tops Ranking of Construction Business Climate
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Florida jumped from 9th in 2017 to 1st based on state’s free-enterprise and open-competition approach to the construction sector
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Training & Education
Serious Labs Provides VR Simulation for United Rentals Training Centers
Serious Labs
Virtual reality (VR) simulation developed by Serious Labs is being deployed by United Rentals as part of its blended learning model for mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) operator certification courses.
Jim Colvin, CEO, Serious Labs
Construction News Tracker
[VIDEO] Can We Expect an Infrastructure Bill from the New Congress?
Many sectors of the industry believe there's a realistic chance for an infrastructure bill in the next Congress; plus more construction industry news on the Nov. 29, 2018, edition of Construction News Tracker
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Business
Fundamentals Support Hot Commercial Real Estate
Wells Fargo Construction
Climbing commercial property prices are not dissuading investors, as low vacancy rates suggest ongoing demand
Through the third quarter of 2018, demand for apartments has already eclipsed the demand registered in 2017 in its entirety, and effective rents have risen at the fastest pace since 2016.
Business
The Anatomy of a Winning Construction Bid
Focus on these five areas of your bid proposal to increase your chance of winning the bid
Contractor Communication
Construction Safety
Generac Dust Suppression Systems
Generac Power Systems
Systems provide an effective way of suppressing dust and other unhealthy particles on construction jobsites
DF 7500 with standard skid mount
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