Construction Industry News

WEST FARGO, N.D. (Oct. 10, 2024) — Bobcat Company has been selected as a Red Dot Award: Design Concept winner for RogueX2, an all-electric, fully autonomous concept loader.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (October 9, 2024) — Bentley Systems Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced a strategic partnership with Google to integrate Google’s geospatial content with Bentley’s infrastructure engineering software and digital twin platform to improve the way infrastructure is designed, built and operated.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (Oct. 8, 2024) — The Work Truck Association (NTEA) and the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) today filed suit in the U.S. District Court’s Eastern District of California against the California Air Resources Board (CARB), seeking immediate declaratory and injunctive relief to stop electric vehicle mandates CARB intends to implement through its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulations.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 8, 2024) — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced the members of its fourth annual Tech Alliance — a consortium of firms that create construction technology and innovative solutions for ABC contractor members, which primarily perform work in the commercial and industrial sectors.   

Teletrac Navman, a Vontier company and  provider of connected mobility solutions, has launched a new global consulting service designed to produce full decarbonization strategies for fleets planning multi-energy operations.

MIAMI (Sept. 24, 2024) — RumbergerKirk announced that construction and commercial litigation attorney Nicole Kwapisz has joined the firm as a partner in its Miami office. Kwapisz has extensive experience in construction and complex commercial litigation representing a wide variety of clients, including developers, architects, engineers, general contractors and subcontractors.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 2024) — The construction industry had 370,000 job openings on the last day of August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting.

Sept. 25, 2024 — To expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and help customers optimize their mining operations, Komatsu announced its intent to acquire Octodots Analytics, a Chile-based digital solutions provider. 

RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 19, 2024) — FMI Corporation, a provider of consulting and investment banking services to the built environment, released the 2024 Ownership Transfer and Management Succession Study focused on the engineering and construction industry. The report provides key insights and tactics to help owners and executives navigate their companies’ transitions. 

CLEVELAND (September 23, 2024) — Diversified Fall Protection (DFP), a turnkey fall protection integrator in the U.S. for regulatory-driven systems and services, has appointed Gabe Galvan as EBM Design Director. Galvan will play a key role in leveraging the company’s newly acquired California SIT (scaffold inspection and testing) license.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (Sept. 19, 2024) — Carbon Limit, a climate tech company specializing in sustainable technologies for the built environment, announced the debut of CoolCrete, a heat-reducing product addition to its line of sustainable concrete additives.

TORONTO (Sept. 18, 2024) — Augmenta, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for the built environment, announced a partnership with ENG, a global building information modeling (BIM) company, to provide automated electrical design modeling solutions for the construction industry. As part of today’s partnership, Augmenta is announcing the commercial availability of an AI design solution that enables design automation for electrical subcontractors.

WASHINGTON (Sept. 12, 2024) — Construction input prices increased 0.1% in August compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.2% for the month.

ATLANTA (Sept. 12, 2024) — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that Partner John I. Spangler III has been elected a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL). He will be among the 12 new fellows inducted at the 2025 ACCL Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida, from Feb. 13-16, 2025.

FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 9, 2024) — ECI Software Solutions, a global provider of cloud-based business management software and services, announced that Bolt, its trade contractor project management and scheduling software, has won the 2024 software-as-a-service (SaaS) Award for the "Best SaaS Product for Business Management" category.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Sept. 9, 2024) — Rosendin, a large, employee-owned electrical contracting company, announced Rob Moreno, senior vice president (SVP), as the new leader for Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group (RREG). SVP and member of the senior leadership team, Moreno will oversee operations, drive expansion and lead strategic planning for RREG, a renewable energy group in the U.S.

BEDFORD, Mass. (Sept. 9, 2024) — The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI), issued by Dodge Construction Network, increased 2.9% in August to 220.4 from the revised July reading of 214.2. Over the month, commercial planning expanded 1.9% and institutional planning improved 5.7%.  

SUWANEE, Ga. (Sept. 6, 2024) — Develon celebrated the grand opening of the North American Customization Plant in Brunswick, Georgia, on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Executives from Develon Headquarters and North America and Wallenius Wilhelmsen attended the ceremony.

MONTREAL (Sept. 4, 2024) — CM Labs Simulations, a provider of simulation-based training in the utilities and construction industries, announced the launch of the Intellia Mini Excavator Simulator Training Pack. This new training pack is the first dedicated simulation training solution for mini excavator operator training.

MCCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (Sept. 4, 2024) — JLG Industries Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation business and a global manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) and telehandlers, announced that Oshkosh has completed the acquisition of AUSACORP S.L. (AUSA), adding the brand’s compact all-terrain machines for the transportation and material handling to the company’s Access segment.