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  • Future Market Insights Releases Aerial Work Platforms market Report

    Aerial work platforms (AWP) play a pivotal role in construction. The lifts that are a part of the aerial work platforms are witnessing promisingly progressive growth prospects, with rising demand following
    Read More →: Future Market Insights Releases Aerial Work Platforms market Report
  • Takeuchi-U.S. Hires New Warehouse Operations Manager

    Takeuchi-United States, compact equipment producer, has introduced Ron Holmes as warehouse operations manager, effective immediately. Based out of Takeuchi-U.S. headquarters in Pendergrass, Georgia, Mr. Holmes’s main responsibilities include: 
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  • The Rhodes Group Celebrates 20 Years

    The Rhodes Group construction consulting firm grows from local reach to serving largest global players. 
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  • U.S. DOL Cites Commercial Building Contractor for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Missouri Jobsite

    OSHA has cited DDG Construction Services Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, for failing to provide workers with fall protection at a commercial building site in Springfield, Missouri. The company faces
    Read More →: U.S. DOL Cites Commercial Building Contractor for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Missouri Jobsite
  • 3-Alarm Fire at Downtown Memphis Construction Site Causes $5M in Damage

    Unfinished ‘forum flats’ apartment complex built with combustible framing catches fire in Memphis, Tennessee. 
    Read More →: 3-Alarm Fire at Downtown Memphis Construction Site Causes $5M in Damage
  • Hill International to Support the Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company to Realize the Abraj Al Tahwiliya High-Rise Development Project in the Doha Corniche

    Hill International, construction risk management company, has announced that it was selected by the Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) to provide project management services for the construction of the Abraj Al Tahwiliya
    Read More →: Hill International to Support the Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company to Realize the Abraj Al Tahwiliya High-Rise Development Project in the Doha Corniche
  • Kabbage Teams with BTEA to Fuel Access to Funding for Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses

    The alliance between Kabbage and the Building Trades Employers’ Association will strengthen the women and minority-owned business enterprise (MWBE) program in New York by increasing their financial capacity. 
    Read More →: Kabbage Teams with BTEA to Fuel Access to Funding for Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses
  • Brown and Caldwell to Manage $200M Water Resiliency Program in Phoenix

    Water system upgrades to enhance supply reliability in anticipation of potential Colorado River restrictions. 
    Read More →: Brown and Caldwell to Manage $200M Water Resiliency Program in Phoenix
  • U.S. DOL Announces $10.5M in Worker Safety & Health Training Grants

    OSHA is giving away $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants for nonprofit organizations, including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes, and colleges and universities.
    Read More →: U.S. DOL Announces $10.5M in Worker Safety & Health Training Grants
  • DOE Announces $33.5M in Funding for Energy Efficient, Advanced Building Construction Technologies & Practices

    Together, America’s 118 million homes and 5.6 million commercial buildings account for approximately 40% of the nation’s total energy demand and use 75% of its electricity. Furthermore, about half of America’s homes and commercial
    Read More →: DOE Announces $33.5M in Funding for Energy Efficient, Advanced Building Construction Technologies & Practices
  • Meritor to Acquire AxleTech, Enhancing Presence in Off-Highway, Defense & Aftermarket Segments

    Meritor/AxleTechcomplementary product portfolio to accelerate global sales and deliver differentiated value proposition to customers. 
    Read More →: Meritor to Acquire AxleTech, Enhancing Presence in Off-Highway, Defense & Aftermarket Segments
  • PCA Releases New Report on the Value of Resilient Design & Construction

    The report looks at how concrete buildings are the new ‘green’ buildings. Structures that last longer reduce environmental footprint because their emissions, attributed to heating, cooling and operation, can be spread
    Read More →: PCA Releases New Report on the Value of Resilient Design & Construction

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