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  • Construction Unemployment Drops to Lowest April Mark in Five Years

    Residential contractors add jobs at robust clip for the month and year.
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  • Bobcat Company Breaks Ground on $20 Million Expansion to Create Innovation, Testing and Technology Facility

    Bobcat Company has officially broken ground on its $20 million renovation and expansion to create the Acceleration Center in Bismarck, N.D. When complete, the Acceleration Center will be a modern complex for advancing innovation. The project includes expansion of an existing building as well as development of a new test track and indoor testing facility — all at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre in Bismarck. The expansion of the existing building will include a two-story office building and provide a total of 160,000 square feet of modern workspace. Additionally, a 35,000-square-foot indoor testing arena will be constructed next to a 22-acre outdoor testing and track area. Construction is expected to be complete by summer 2014. The Acceleration Center will initially house 135 employees tasked with…
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  • NLBMDA Welcomes Court Decision Striking Down NLRB Poster Rule

    (Washington, DC) – The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) welcomes the decision yesterday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit invalidating a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule requiring nearly six million employers to post an 11-by-17 inch notice regarding employee rights to unionize. In its decision, the court held that the NLRB did not have the authority under the National Labor Relations Act to issue the poster rule. Last spring the D.C. Circuit Court issued an injunction against the rule, two weeks before it was set to take effect, prohibiting the NLRB from requiring employers to comply with the regulation as the court considered an appeal of a lower court decision upholding the rule.  “NLBMDA agrees with…
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  • Actor and Philanthropist Paul Walker and Reach Out Worldwide Visit STIHL Inc.

    Tools for Disaster Relief Missions Provided by STIHL Virginia Beach Headquarters
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  • WD-40 Company Helps Pros Get the Job Done Right with New Site

    SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – WD-40 Company has launched a new website focused on helping construction and skilled trade professionals learn how to use its products and other resources to get their jobs done right. The site, WD40.com/GettingTheJobDone, includes a “Pros Talking to Pros” video series, information about the new line of WD-40 Specialist products and links to partner trade associations, including the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and the National Association of Home Builders, among others. “We’ve found that construction and skilled trades professionals most often look to each other for advice on new techniques and best practices, so we’ve created a hub where they can get advice and on-the-job tips from other pros,” said Tim Lesmeister, vice president of marketing for WD-40 Company….
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  • American Infrastructure Wins Project of the Year Award from the American Society of Highway Engineers

    Route 29 All Electronic Toll Interchange Wins in Over $10 Million Project Category
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  • Construction Employment Increases in 152 out of 339 Metro Areas

    Pascagoula, Miss. and Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas Are Top Gainers
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  • ASA Revises Its Subcontractor Bid Proposal to Deter “Bid Shopping”

    New provision designed to deter prospective clients from using the subcontractor’s bid to secure a lower bid to the work.
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  • KOBELCO Excavators Hit US Soil for First Time in Over a Decade

    Houston, Texas (April 23, 2013) – Following the termination of a 10-year agreement with CNH in late December and the subsequent opening of their new, independent U.S. headquarters in early April, KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA announced that the first shipment of excavators have arrived at the Ports of Galveston, Texas and Los Angeles. These first shipments will be delivered to customers or available at KOBELCO dealerships throughout the United States and Canada as early as next week. The initial shipment includes a wide range of models from KOBELCO’s full line of excavators in the 3,000 lb. to 180,000 lb. classes, many of which are on order from customers and dealers who are anxious to get true Kobelco iron back on their jobsites or in their…
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  • Thompson Pump Holds 2013 Pumpology School

    PORT ORANGE, FLA. (April 26, 2013) – Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., held their 23rd annual Pumpology School April 17-19, at their corporate facilities in Port Orange, Fla. Thompson Pump hosted 55 attendees from 15 states and seven foreign countries.  The three-day workshop included training sessions for sales and service-oriented professionals on pumping fundamentals, dewatering and bypass applications, selecting the correct pumping equipment, designing, installing and maintaining pumping systems, troubleshooting, pump maintenance, and more. Pumpology School offers hands-on demonstrations and classroom training from industry experts. Upon completion of training and successfully passing a comprehensive examination, attendees are recognized as certified Pumpologist. “Building on our tradition of excellence – this was our most successful Pumpology School yet,” said Bill Thompson, Thompson Pump President. “Pumpology School…
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  • WEX Releases Monthly Construction Fuel Consumption Index Results for March

    U.S. Construction Industry Fueling Increased 1.9% Year-Over-Year in March; Down 0.9% versus Previous Month
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  • Varco Pruden Honored as Area’s Healthiest Employer

    MEMPHIS, TENN. (April 25, 2013) – Memphis-based Varco Pruden Buildings, one of the nation’s largest providers of commercial and industrial building solutions and a division of BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc., was named one of the Mid-South’s Healthiest Employers by the city’s weekly business publication. The Memphis Business Journal underscored Varco Pruden’s “wellness initiative on both the national and local levels in naming it the winner in the category of 100- to-499 employees.” The newspaper had two other levels – one to 99 employees and 500-plus employees.  It is the third consecutive year the MBJ has honored companies “that are making commitments to health and wellness in the workplace.”  Mid-South companies were invited to participate in a survey that measured their workplace wellness efforts. Data…
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