Construction News

A meeting of the Construction Industry Federation and trade unions has ended at the Labour Relations Commission following what was described as a "robust exchange". The CIF is seeking a 20% cut in the rates of pay contained in the Registered Employment Agreement for workers in the construction industry, which the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has ... (more)

INTERNATIONAL Dairy Queen Inc, part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family, plans to open another 500 stores in the next five years in China to quench the increasing appetite for ice cream that has made it the hottest market for global expansion.

Kell & Rigby, one of A construction worker works on the framework for a single family home currently under construction in Los Angeles, California October 18, 2011.

A warning sign is posted at the AECL plant in Chalk River, Ont. on December 19 2007.

Traffic is severely slowed along the North South Arterial in South Utica as crews continue to battle a fire at the former Grossman's building.

Like generations of aspiring architects and civil engineers before them, students at the Georgia Institute of Technology look out the windows of their dorm rooms to the dramatic skyline of downtown Atlanta.

Mumbai: Privately held conglomerate Sahara India and U.S.-based Turner Construction Co have formed a construction joint venture that plans to build projects worth $25 billion over 20 years in India, the companies said on Thursday.

BUILDING materials supplier James Hardie has gone into a trading halt ahead of an application by the Australian Taxation Office in the High Court tomorrow.

In investing circles, value and growth are often juxtaposed as distinct investment strategies.

Caterpillar Inc. has ruled Illinois out of plans to relocate a factory and 1,400 jobs from Japan, citing both logistical problems with building the plant in its home state and ongoing concerns about the business climate.

Window manufacturer Pella Corp. is having workers at an Illinois plant take rotating furloughs this winter instead of voluntary layoffs.

Caterpillar Inc. has ruled Illinois out of plans to relocate a factory and 1,400 jobs from Japan.

An engineering firm with an office in Baton Rouge says it has received a contract from Methanex Corp., a major producer of methanol, to provide services if Methanex decides to move 1 of its idle plants from Chile to Louisiana.

Recent news reports that Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and the federal government are contemplating creating a "skilled worker" stream for permanent immigration are welcome news for the construction industry.

The state must avoid the infrastructure bottlenecks that have hamstrung the mining sector in WA and Queensland, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis said.

"We were approached by many of the construction people in the area, and they said there is a need for these people.

With creative use of laser scanning, Alberici Constructors has shaved four weeks off its schedule to install two 120-ton steel vertical-lift gates that are part of a $165-million complex designed to block storm surge from entering the eastern flank of New Orleans.

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It appears increasingly likely that Gov. Jerry Brown will have competition in November when he asks California voters to raise taxes as a way to stabilize the state's perpetually out-of-balance budget.

Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.