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Skender, a Chicago based design and construction company listed as number 80 on the list of top US Building Contractors, has teamed with BuiltWorlds magazine to release a new research report titled 2019 Modular Construction Update. This report provides some interesting information on the current state of off-site and prefab construction.
Reshaping the Construction Industry
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The value of "new construction starts in June advanced 9% from May at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Data & Analytics reported on Wednesday.
July 29, 2019
The City of Dallas may be in court soon defending rules that say private employers must provide paid sick leave benefits to their employees.
July 26, 2019
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building for 20th and 21st Century Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) has recently topped out according to an article in ArchDaily. This last building in the 14-acre museum masterplan is scheduled for completion in 2020 and is the most complex building in the campus. The building will be the last on the campus and will further enhance the museum’s role as an international destination in Houston.
July 25, 2019
Seasonally adjusted construction employment increased from June 2018 to June 2019 in 42 states, declined in eight states and remained unchanged in the District of Columbia, an AGC analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday showed.
July 24, 2019
Elizabeth McPherson talks with Quincy Gibbs at a Signing Day for graduates of a Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) Ready for Industry Boot Camp.
July 23, 2019
I have always been a no-nonsense girl and have rarely taken ‘no’ for an answer in my career. The idea of not being allowed to do something simply because I am a woman is difficult for me to tolerate. But this has been a reality for women in the workplace for generations.
July 22, 2019
Labor departments from NJ, DE, and PA signed a reciprocal agreement designed to better protect workers and employers through a newly established pipeline of information sharing and coordination of enforcement efforts.
July 19, 2019
There were 369,000 job openings in construction at the end of May, not seasonally adjusted, a jump of 90,000 (32%) from May 2018, and the highest total for May since the series began in December 2000, BLS reported on July 9 in its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) release.
July 18, 2019
Business leaders, educators, and others should be doing all they can to come up with innovative ways to meet the challenge of filling so-called “middle-skill” jobs in Southeast...
July 17, 2019
