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Construction industry fuel consumption increases 5.8 percent
On Feb. 26, WEX Inc. and IHS together released the results of its WEX Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI). The WEX Construction FCI measures national fuel consumption statistics for the construction industry.
WEX worked with IHS to capture and analyze transaction data ... Read More...
Top construction industry editor inducted into Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame
Marcia Gruver Doyle
During its annual Grand Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., the Construction Writers Association (CWA) inducted Randall-Reilly Construction Media Editorial Director Marcia Gruver Doyle into its Hall of Fame. This highly prestigious award is presented to select individuals ... Read More...
Making Transportation Progress in the 21st Century
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After three years and nine extensions, the House and Senate both pass a 27-month, $105 billion surface transportation bill. Now the clock is ... Read More...
Treading Water
Another short-term extension of the highway bill prevented a shutdown, but the lack of long-term funding continues to undermine the construction industry.
By Tina Grady Barbaccia, News and Digital Editor
Just two days before the latest extension of the current highway bill ... Read More...
SNEAK PEEK: Treading water with another short-term highway bill extension
Just two days before the latest extension of the current highway bill — Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) — was set to expire, the House and Senate on March 29 approved a 90-day ... Read More...
Construction industry loses 7,000 jobs in March
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that the construction industry lost 7,000 jobs in March, inching the unemployment rate up to 17.2 percent from 17.1 percent in February, according to the April 6 Department of Labor employment report.
Year over year, ... Read More...
AGC: Construction fatalities decline by nearly 10 percent between 2009-2010
The number of construction fatalities declined by nearly 10 percent between 2009 and 2010 and by almost 40 percent during the past five years, according to an analysis of new federal data prepared by the Associated General Contractors of America ... Read More...
‘We are a nation in desperate need of a sustained and credible effort to create American jobs,’ Building and Construction Trades Department president
Building and Construction Trades Department President Mark H. Ayers says the July 2011 report released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Aug. 5 "is simply the latest piece of evidence that we are a nation in desperate need of ... Read More...
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Is Obama’s $50 billion infrastructure proposal just a shot of adrenaline?
The proposal would address “long-overdue” infrastructure investments, but new transportation bill still ... Read More...
NAPA holds Congress accountable for reauthorization inaction
With the construction industry continuing to shed jobs, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has mounted a campaign to mobilize the asphalt pavement industry and hold Congress accountable for its inaction on the surface transportation bill.
Lack of such legislation is ... Read More...
U.S. construction industry adds 14,000 jobs
The nation's construction industry added 14,000 jobs nationwide in April, according to the Labor Department, marking the first back-to-back monthly gains in that sector since 2006, the Los Angeles Times reports.
In all, 29 states gained construction jobs that month, according ... Read More...
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