Associated Builders and Contractors reports that its monthly Construction Backlog Indicator expanded to 9.5 months in March 2019, up 0.7 months or 8.8% since February…
Minnich Mfg., a leading manufacturer of concrete dowel pin drills, concrete vibrators and vibrator monitoring systems, has expanded distribution in eastern Canada through authorized distributor Montreal…
Texas and West Virginia Have Biggest Number and Percent of Annual Job Gains as Louisiana and Vermont Lag; Illinois and Iowa Have Largest One-Month Gains,…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lincoln Electric recently announced their continued collaboration on large-scale, robotic additive manufacturing technology at the Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing…
Total housing starts rose 5.7 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.24 million units from an upwardly revised reading in March,…
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose three points to 66 in May, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells…
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. is mourning the loss of John M. Stropki Jr., former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who passed…
Batteries are an important part of modern life and now Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is starting to use them to power its machines –…
Hypertherm, a U.S. based manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, is excited to announce recipients of its 2019 Spark Something Great educational grant. The…
Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in April and by 256,000 or 3.5 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers…
Construction input prices increased 0.9% in April on a monthly basis and 2.4% compared to the same time last year, according to an Associated Builders…
McElroy, a 65-year-old company with small beginnings as a contract job shop, recently announced its 50th year as a leading manufacturer of thermoplastic pipe fusion…
Lower home prices, declining mortgage rates and solid income gains contributed to a rise in housing affordability in the first quarter of 2019, according to…
What will the construction machines of the future look like? And how will they perform? After inviting members of the public from around the world…
Equipment Trader, a leading marketplace for industrial equipment with more than 115,000 listings for sale or rent, has introduced a mobile app enabling consumers to…
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. and Monroe, Mich. Have Biggest Number and Percent of Annual Job Gains While Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights and Danville, Ill. Lag; Lack of Workers Keeps…
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces the release of a major software update for the StructureScan Mini XT —…
Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market continued to strengthen in the first quarter of 2019 with a reading of 72, up six points…
Iron Age Footwear recently introduced two new models to its Groundbreaker work boot line. The IA5011 adds extra puncture protection for scrapyards, fab shops, waste…
The Dodge Momentum Index fell 0.5 percent in April to 144.3 (2000=100) from the revised March reading of 145.1. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge…
