Tag: products

December 26, 2019

Six months after Terex Peneir SK415 crane collapsed onto a Dallas apartment building, killing one, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the crane’s owner, Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. citing serious violations. The citation does not list the […]

May 18, 2017

Parrot aims to compete with the dominating drone hardware company, DJI, which is based in Shenzhen, China. DJI’s Phantom line of quadcopter drones has boosted its share of the U.S. commercial drone market. Even with DJI’s strong grip on the market, […]

May 15, 2017

The softwood lumber dispute, which had been fueled by speculation over the past few months, reached its first milestone of certainty in April, when the U.S. government announced an average 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber imports. Another set of […]

April 27, 2017

On a hillside in Berkeley, CA, overlooking the San Francisco Bay, a team of building scientists is exploring the future of building systems integration. Among their collaborative partners is another group of scientists who are also working from a considerable […]

April 14, 2017

The rise in construction material prices likely slowed due to depressed confidence in U.S. economic growth for the coming year, according to ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. He said in a release that reports suggest the country’s GDP for the […]

March 15, 2017

Poised to reach $900 million in revenue this year, Minneapolis-based construction management firm Kraus-Anderson has major visibility into U.S. commercial and industrial job sites. As the company continues to grow, it is eager to adopt emerging technologies to stay competitive […]

November 29, 2016

ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu said the stability of material prices in July coincides with the group’s recent predictions after “a period of market volatility.” He said the global economy’s disappointing growth hasn’t resulted in significantly higher input prices, and […]

November 22, 2016

The National Association of Home Builders reported that representatives from the U.S. homebuilding industry have wrapped up talks with public and private interests in Chile around the possibility of importing more softwood and other lumber products from the country. The […]

November 15, 2016

Buy American — its sounds great, right? After all, what’s wrong with requiring businesses, especially those using federal dollars, to spend their money here at home? As it turns out, some construction industry groups claim the rules intended to help American manufacturers and […]