Tag: contractors

September 13, 2023

Backlog fell on a monthly basis for companies with revenues of less than $100 million a year. That mirrors the slight downturn in monthly numbers from July to August as overall industry backlog, including private development, dipped 1.1% lower. But […]

August 7, 2023

Across the skylines of the largest cities in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi, boom cranes are a common sight, a signal that the construction industry continues its post-pandemic growth. But with gain comes pain as the lack of talent […]

July 27, 2023

While ENR’s 2023 national and regional survey season is heading into the homestretch, it’s not over yet. Case in point, our annual Regional Top Specialty Contractor surveys, which are the last of three sets of surveys that rank firms based […]

July 20, 2023

According to the complaint filed in the Hawaii state Circuit Court on July 6, the contractors were concerned about the risks posed by the utility lines when they submitted their bid, but HART assured the JV that it “had taken […]

May 18, 2023

While falls cause more worksite deaths than any other type of accident, prompting the Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to launch a new fall prevention program, there is growing recognition that another invisible jobsite danger is mental […]

May 18, 2023

Aviral video shows a reportedly abandoned Florida jobsite. Local experts say immigrants who are not authorized to work in the U.S. have fled the state out of fear of deportation. They’re reportedly moving in response to a new law signed […]

April 19, 2023

Three contractors have been indicted in a 2019 collapse at a Bronx, N.Y., construction site where a worker was crushed to death by 1,000 pounds of debris. A fourth man is charged with fraud for disregarding safety codes. The Bronx […]

April 19, 2023

Contractors are beginning to centralize and automate their supply chain processes. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the industry’s soft underbelly when it comes to materials procurement and management, but the next step — utilizing blockchain and artificial intelligence to track and […]

April 17, 2023

Defendants in the case include: Augustin Adesanmi, owner of Favored Design and Construction. He is charged with second degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and second degree grand larceny. Akhlak Choudhary, owner of Pioneer General Construction, general contractor on the project. […]

February 15, 2023

Contractor confidence rebounded in January to a level not seen since the first half of 2022 despite elevated borrowing costs, worker shortages and a weak economic outlook, said Basu. ABC’s construction confidence index for sales, profit margins and staffing levels […]

February 8, 2023

After a Flatiron Construction-Zachry Group joint venture struck out on all but one of its arbitrated claims against engineering firm partners on the I-85/385 design-build interchange project in Greenville, S.C., the contractors had one more source from which to try […]

January 23, 2023

Plunging prices for diesel fuel, lumber, and steel slowed inflation for materials and services used in construction in December in the US, but relief may be short-lived, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government […]

January 13, 2023

The Ohio Dept. of Transportation has released information for potential contractors looking to find work on a $3-billion-project to improve the traffic-choked Brent Spence Bridge connecting Covington, Ky. with Cincinnati, Ohio. The bridge is about to get a massive upgrade […]

January 5, 2023

The law requires contractors and subs that want to win public projects to register with the Department of Labor and provide a series of disclosures about their business every two years. The goal is to ensure previous labor law and […]

November 14, 2022

Suffolk Construction and a subcontractor face a combined $691,000 in proposed federal safety penalties stemming from a wall collapse during demolition work on a shuttered power plant in South Boston that left a trio of workers injured, one seriously. The […]

October 21, 2022

Pugin, whom President Joe Biden appointed to SBA in August 2021, gave her remarks during a Construction Inclusion Week webinar hosted by the General Services Administration looking at different aspects of supplier diversity in the construction industry. A series of […]

October 20, 2022

Procore Technologies, and Dodge Data & Analytics recently released the results of the 2022 Top Business Issues for Specialty Contractors Report. The Dodge report highlights issues impacting specialty contractors, including workforce management and the construction supply chain. Five types of […]

October 12, 2022

Contractors are continuing to hire as they operate at capacity, but a potential recession could impact the economy next year, said Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors. “I think we’re headed for recession in 2023, and I […]

September 29, 2022

The construction industry is increasingly embracing collaborative digital tools like BIM. While leveraging BIM brings many benefits, it also comes with unique challenges for contractors trying to land civil projects. Federal and state cybersecurity regulations are evolving rapidly, forcing contractors […]

August 25, 2022

Steep inflation over the past few months has exacerbated what was already a volatile market for construction materials, further complicating specialty contractors’ efforts to successfully navigate a post-pandemic environment where many markets remain active, albeit with resources in short supply. […]