MOLINE, Ill. (December 12, 2016) - To help those in the equipment rental industry, their families and communities severely affected by the wildfires that ravaged Gatlinburg and parts of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the ARA of Tennessee and the ARA Foundation have joined forces to donate $6,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts. This donation combines $3,000 from the ARA of Tennessee and a $3,000 match from the ARA Foundation through its Matching Funds Program.

WASHINGTON (December 7, 2016) – The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced that United States cement consumption is on track to see 2.7 percent growth in 2016, making a downward revision of a previous annual growth estimate of 4 percent reported earlier this year. PCA also revised its 2017 U.S.

NEW YORK (December 7, 2016) – The Dodge Momentum Index moved 0.3 percent higher in November to 133.2 from its revised October reading of 132.7. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year.

(NATIONAL) December 6, 2016 - Kathryn Richter, partner in Sedgwick's Construction Practices Group, will speak at the 3rd Annual California Construction Law Conference in Santa Monica, California on January 19-20.

HAMILTON, N.J. (December 1, 2016) – Joseph Nawa, a senior consultant at New Day Underwriting Managers LLC recently discussed the risks associated with everyday liability exposures at the 36th Annual IRMI Construction Risk Conference, held in Orlando, Florida. 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. ( November 30, 2016) – McCarthy Building Companies and HKS Architects Inc. have completed the expansion of the surgical center and construction of the new patient tower at Erlanger East Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.