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January 23, 2019 | by: NDA
Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between December 2017 and December 2018, while 36 states added construction jobs between November and December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today.
January 17, 2019 | by: NDA
After spanning the Hudson River for more than six decades, a big chunk of the old Tappan Zee Bridge was toppled in a controlled blast Tuesday to the delight of hundreds of onlookers.
January 16, 2019 | by: NDA
A project like this would normally be old hat for the veteran demolition company, except for a key element to the soil remediation portion: the contract stipulated that an Efficiency Production-manufactured Slide Rail System had to be used to shore the approximately 40- by 40- by 20-foot-deep excavation.
January 14, 2019 | by: NDA
The construction sector has enjoyed record growth since rebounding from the Great Recession, but questions abound as to whether it can keep its momentum in 2019.
January 11, 2019 | by: NDA
A 2018 Occupational Safety and Health Administration memorandum obtained by Bloomberg through the Freedom of Information Act, which authorizes its investigators to use camera-equipped drones to assist in the gathering of evidence during inspections in certain workplace environments, has raised several legal issues for contractors, according to an article by Fisher Phillips attorneys Todd Logsdon and Chantell Foley that was published in Lexology.
January 07, 2019 | by: NDA
Disaster struck California this year as devastating wild fires swept through towns and cities, leaving historic destruction in their wake. But the building began as soon as the fires were out. Bejac Corporation was on hand to help, working with trusted contractors and deploying Link-Belt machines to help hard hit areas move forward.