Construction Industry News

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2016) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the October 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI).

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Howard CDM’s recently completed project EcoHouse, a daycare and preschool facility that serves infants and children affected by homelessness, has been selected to receive the Merit Award for Sustainable Sites at United States Green Building Council – Los Angeles Chapter’s 6th Annual Sustainable Innovation Awards.

WASHINGTON (October 19, 2016) – For the first time since the summer of 2012, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) posted consecutive months of a decline in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending.

NEW YORK (October 19, 2016) – Dodge Data & Analytics and Autodesk have initiated a collaboration to advance workflow integration and interoperability for design and construction industry professionals.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 18, 2016) — TRI (The Refractories Institute) each year awards academic scholarships to exemplary students enrolled in college-level educational programs that relate to refractory sciences. In late September, at the organization’s committee meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, two award recipients were announced: Anna Mattione, from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and Sankalp Kota, from Drexel University.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (October 20, 2016) – Dodge Data & Analytics released its 2017 Dodge Construction Outlook, a mainstay in construction industry forecasting and business planning.

MILWAUKEE (October 18, 2016) – ICUEE, the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition, was recently saluted as a Gold 100 trade show, winning top honors as largest biennial exhibition and No. 2 among all United States exhibitions held last year.

WASHINGTON (October 17, 2016) – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) TAP/CCA Innovation Award honors new practices and technologies that will further enable project delivery and enhance data-centric methodologies in the management of buildings for their entire lifecycle, from design, to construction and through operations.  The AIA’s Technology in Architectural

MONTREAL — CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, announced the availability of the new Vortex Advantage, the latest addition to their construction equipment simulator product line.

The Vortex Advantage has been designed to provide maximum flexibility for training programs of all sizes and budgets, depending on the desired level of immersion and the number of machine simulations required. 

RIDGELAND, Miss. – Butler Snow announced the firm has been ranked as a First Tier Firm nationally in the area of product liability by Benchmark Litigation, and as a Highly Recommended Firm in Mississippi and Tennessee. Ten of its attorneys have also been recognized in the annual rankings.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (October 6, 2016) - Komatsu America Corp. announced the purchase of four branches of Road Machinery, LLC. that will become company-owned facilities under the Komatsu Southwest banner.

WASHINGTON – In an effort to improve communication and collaboration between the concrete and both investment and development communities, Build with Strength, a coalition of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, has launched an Investors and Developers Advisory Council.  Jonathan Arnold, president and CEO of Arnold Development and Jack Holland, an investment banker in Kansas City Missouri, will serve as inaugural co-chairman o

Schweiss Doors was named the 2016 recipient of the prestigious "The Best in Ag" award presented by FASTLINE and sponsored by Quality Structures Inc.

The award is designed to bring brand awareness to a wide range of agriculture suppliers, active farmers and manufacturers. The recognition is shared among a strong and growing database of 60,000+ nationwide. 

NATIONAL (October 12, 2016) - In a partnership between global drone leader DJI and technology giant Epson, an optimized version of the DJI GoApp will be available on Epson’s Moverio BT-300 AR glasses.

WASHINGTON (October 11, 2016) – Investment in equipment and software is expected to contract -0.5 percent in 2016, according to the Q4 update to the 2016 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S.

WASHINGTON (October 11, 2016) – Kansas City’s Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects, owned by KC Water, recently received the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Platinum award. The Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects are the 20th overall sustainable infrastructure award from Envision.

NEW YORK (October 13, 2016) – Dodge Data & Analytics will hold its 78^th annual Dodge Construction Outlook Executive Conference, October 19-20, 2016, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (October 12, 2016) — Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be required on the job to help keep workers safe, healthy, and productive. 3M strives to deliver comfortable well-designed PPE that workers can feel good about wearing.

SAN DIEGO (October 13 2016) - LiuGong recently launched their new Tier 4 Final Cummins powered E-Series excavators and H-Series wheel loaders at a special event for North American dealers in San Diego, California. The latest machines feature cleaner engines, more efficient systems and offer a better operator experience than their predecessors.