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FMI Releases Construction Outlook in Third Quarter 2011 Report
Oct 13, 2011,
FMI recently announced the release of its "Construction Outlook: Third Quarter 2011 Report"...
AGC Reports Construction Spending Inches Up in July and for the Year
Oct 13, 2011,
Construction spending increased by 1.4% between July and August and was up 0.9% compared to August 2010, the Associated General Contractors of America reported recently in an analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data...
Reed Construction Data Forecasts Residential Construction Continues to Struggle
Oct 13, 2011,
According to Bernard M. Markstein, chief economist for Reed Construction Data (RCD), Norcross, Ga., the residential construction market continues to struggle ...
Small Wind Power Market to Double in Size to $634 Million by 2015
Oct 3, 2011,
Pike Research forecasts that the global market for small wind systems will more than double between 2010 and 2015, rising from $255 million to $634 million during that period...
Nonresidential Construction Spending Increases 1.6% in August
Oct 3, 2011,
In a bit of unexpected news, nonresidential construction spending, which includes both privately and publicly financed construction, was $553.1 billion in August, up 1.6% for the month and 0.1% higher from one year ago, according to the October 3 report by the U.S. Census Bureau...
Pike Research Predicts Uninterruptible Power Supply Market to Expand by 12% in 2011
Sep 28, 2011,
Expansion of the worldwide uninterruptible power supply (UPS) market is driven by the growing need to protect sensitive electronic devices from grid power quality instability as well as by the decreasing acceptance of downtime...
Great Lakes Region Gets Boost in Industrial Construction Dollars
Oct 1, 2006,
Approximately $10.7 billion worth of industrial projects began construction during the first half of this year within the Great Lakes region with another...
Condo Mania
Oct 1, 2006, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
I recently had the good fortune of spending a week in the Colorado Rockies with my wife, taking a much-needed vacation. Although we've lived in the Kansas...
Power Update
Sep 1, 2006, By Jaclyn Alcantara, Associate Editor
Aging infrastructure, a new energy bill, and rising fuel prices have contributed to a very active and increasingly diverse power industry in recent years....
Safety Inspection Preparation Tips
Sep 1, 2006,
Fearing safety violations and citations, some contractors cringe at the very thought of an OSHA inspection. But according to the Essentials of Safety...
Safety Leadership at Its Best
Sep 1, 2006,
Safety leadership is a crucial ingredient to creating a true zero-injury culture at jobsites or on the plant floor, but becoming an effective safety leader...
Lightfair 2006 Field Report
Aug 1, 2006, By Joe Knisley, Senior Editorial Consultant
With federal and state regulations restricting lighting energy use in new and renovated structures, more than 16,000 attendees at Lightfair International...
