Category: Featured
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‘There is a limit’: Rising materials costs test construction’s breaking point
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction input prices increased 0.2% in August due to jumps in iron and steel costs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. The uptick…
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CARVART Connect Debuts New Leadership and Projects
As CARVART continues to grow, we’re strengthening our team and our resources to better support you. This edition of CARVART Connect introduces new sales leadership, highlights our latest project and product stories, and shares exciting updates to our website designed to make your experience even better. Welcoming Our Newest Team Members: Don Newman & David Baldwin Don Newman,…
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6 labor and employment issues that are in flux, according to law firm Littler
The beginning of President Donald Trump’s second presidency has already included “dramatic changes” in labor and employment policy and law — and more are expected, Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute said in its 2025 Labor Day Report, released last week. “In less than nine months, the new administration has transformed more than six decades of labor…
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‘Be vulnerable’: Shawmut safety chief on value of partnerships to lower suicide rates
Editor’s note: This story focuses on the topic of mental health and suicide. For more information, see our editorial standards. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Shaun Carvalho knows that suicide prevention efforts can have a big impact. The chief safety officer at…
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Schneider Electric announces major data center order, ‘white space’ collaboration
Dive Brief: Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters will collaborate on a jointly engineered, prefabricated solution for data center “white space” that combines power, cooling and IT networking equipment in a modular unit, the companies said Sept. 9. The Schneider/Compass announcement comes less than a week after Schneider announced an agreement with AVAIO Digital Partners to…
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Balfour Beatty’s new CEO starts work
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Balfour Beatty, the London-based construction giant and a leading infrastructure builder in the U.S., has a new CEO. Following the March announcement that former CEO Leo Quinn would step down, the company completed its transition and elevated…
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Digital Construction North 2025: register now
Digital construction professionals in the north can now register to attend Digital Construction North (DCN) in Manchester on 19 November. This year’s event at Manchester Central is the second for the Digital Construction Week spin-off. It is free to attend and will feature more than 50 exhibitors and more than 50 presentations across five theatres.…
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‘Projects will cost more’: building in Trump’s America
Rod Sweet talks to two of Gleeds’ big hitters about the president’s impact on the US construction industry. Image: The White House CC Whether it’s ordering ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids on building sites or slapping huge tariffs on staple imported materials, Donald Trump may be the most interventionist US president in the post-second…
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Suspended sentence for joiner who failed to pay over £300,000 in taxes
A Bedfordshire joiner whose two companies failed to pay more than £300,000 in tax has been sentenced after ignoring a director disqualification. Robert Kurzawa, 45, was banned as a director for three years in 2017 after his company, RK UK Construction Ltd, went into liquidation owing more than £195,000 in tax. However, Kurzawa continued acting…
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Waste plant fibres make compressed earth blocks stronger, study finds
Plant fibres can increase compressed earth blocks’ strength by 12%, a study by the University of Portsmouth has found. Researchers at the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying examined the fresh and hardened properties of three raw earth mortar mixes to determine the extent to which plant fibres from agricultural waste could replace the cement…