by admin | Jul 19, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
A Scottish construction group specializing in reinforced concrete foundations and superstructures for buildings, used in some of the tallest skyscrapers in London, has folded with the immediate loss of 524 jobs. The failure of Dunne Group leaves the futures of...
by admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
Despite a broader U.S. labor market rebound in June, the construction industry failed to add jobs for a third consecutive month, according to an analysis of this month’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report by Associated Builders and Contractors. The construction...
by admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
Romania’s construction output rose 9.4% on the year in May, following a 8.6% rise a month earlier, working-day adjusted data from the statistics office, INS, showed on Wednesday. On a seasonally adjusted monthly comparison basis, construction production fell 3%...
by admin | Jul 11, 2016 | Ports & Terminals, Workforce News
The wider Panama Canal opened two weeks ago – servicing more massive post-Panamax ships. On Saturday PortMiami received its first vessel of that kind from the Canal. And it may mean a new era for Miami as a world commercial hub. The Chinese ship MOL Majesty measures...
by admin | Jul 6, 2016 | Energy News, Mining News, Workforce News
Wyoming lost nearly 8,700 jobs from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016, according to a new report from the state’s Economic Analysis Division. Of those, about 5,500 were in the mining and logging industries, and another 1,370 were in the...
by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending fell for a second month in May, with weakness hitting all areas of building. Construction spending declined 0.8 percent in May following a 2 percent tumble in April, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The April figure...
