Tag: Construction
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Five top tips for construction job interviews
Preparing for your next career move? Here Dave Stitt FCIOB, professional certified coach at DSA Building Performance, shares some essential advice for construction professionals hoping to ace a job interview. Check out the back page of your CV. As an interviewer many years ago, I would look at the back page first. What are they into?…
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BRG Appoints Grant Mendeljian as Director in Construction
BRG announced the recent addition of Grant Mendeljian as a director in its Construction practice. He has been involved in over $3 billion of constructed projects across his more than 25-year career. He will provide expertise to project owners, developers, contractors, designers, municipalities, and their counsel on matters including strategic planning, estimating, procurement, on-site operational execution, project auditing,…
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Trump’s new tariffs add pressure to construction pipeline
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After months of bracing for tariffs, contractors now find themselves building through the latest escalation in a trade war. The Trump administration officially enacted a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada Tuesday, along with an…
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Construction spending stalls despite data center boom
Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction spending ticked up 0.1% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.25 trillion, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released Monday. Even though spending increased in 12 of the 16 nonresidential subcategories, data center construction accounted for more than 75% of the…
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$1.248 Trillion was Spent in Nonresidential Construction in January
According to an analysis by the Associated Builders and Contractors of published data from the U.S. Census Bureau, national nonresidential construction spending increased 0.1% in January. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.248 trillion. However, their economist expresses some concern. 12 of the 16 nonresidential subcategories, spending was up on a monthly…
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Construction firm fined after ignoring deep excavation safety warnings
Greenlife Property Developments Ltd, of Gurnos Estate, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, was found guilty of breaching Section 33(1)(c) and two breaches of Section 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £5,812.57 in costs at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court on 20 January 2025.…
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Fayat to Acquire Mecalac | For Construction Pros
The FAYAT Group has announced it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the MECALAC Group by the FAYAT Group. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval by the relevant competition authorities and is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2025. Mecalac is a manufacturer of compact construction…
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Construction Champions 2025 | Construction Dive
Not long ago, it was unusual to find more than a few women working in a skilled trade or leading a team on a construction project. Although women only make up about 11% of the construction workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more join the industry every year as superintendents, project managers, department…
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Deadline for Digital Construction Awards is this week
New categories have been added to the 13 that featured at the 2024 Awards. These include Digital Team of the Year, which recognises the team driving digital transformation and/or information management best practice within their business. Also new is Best Use of AI. And the Design Innovation category recognises the best use of digital technology…
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Third of young would consider construction career, CIOB survey shows
However, CIOB said, if construction roles such as site managers, skilled trades, designers, architects and surveyors are excluded from careers advice provided in schools, young people will not take up construction apprenticeships and the skills gap will persist. View the original article and our Inspiration here