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Total construction starts fell 7% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $631.6 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The decline was due to a significant pullback in the nonbuilding segment, which fell 31% from June to July. Nonresidential building starts rose 3% while residential building starts increased 2%. Year-to-date through seven […]
Among the many ways coronavirus is disrupting business is the inability to finish construction projects, and it’s not just social distancing that’s the cause. Contractors are reporting supply chain disruptions that are preventing them from obtaining the necessary materials for work, as well as labor shortages because workers are reluctant to report to job sites […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect construction workers from exposure to the coronavirus. Measures that can help protect employees working in construction include: Encouraging workers to stay home if they are sick; Training workers how to properly […]
Perhaps no industry has been hit as hard by the labor shortage as the construction industry, so it should come as no surprise that contractors would look to automation to fill the gap. The Midwestern Economic Policy Institute, along with the Project for Middle Class Renewal, dove into the issue and concluded that as many […]
What sort of work is most physically grueling and what’s hardest to learn and master? In order to find out, CraftJack, a company that provides job leads for contractors, surveyed 1,609 contractors and 652 consumers, asking them to rank 32 types of contractor work. “With DIY home renovations on the rise and heavily edited home […]
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