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May 09, 2019 | by: NDA
From myfox8.com. HIGH POINT, N.C. — The Housing Authority of the City of High Point has received approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to demolish and dispose of the primary site at the Daniel Brooks Homes community, according to a news release from the housing authority.
From constructionequipmentguide.com. TxDOT's strategy is to have minimal impact on the traveling public. Therefore, contractor Flatiron Construction and demolition specialists and NDA member JR Ramon Demolition of San Antonio, Texas, were given a timeline of a 53-hour closure of Pat Booker Road and a 12-hour closure of Loop 1604 for Phase I demolition. A monumental task.
May 08, 2019 | by: NDA
From lehighvalleylive.com. We’ve known for some time that Martin Tower would be coming down on Sunday, May 19, but many questions about the massive demolition project in West Bethlehem have gone unanswered -- until now. On Tuesday, representatives from the demolition company, the property’s owners, Lehigh County and city emergency management officials unveiled new details about how they’re going to take down the 21-story, former Bethlehem Steel Corp. headquarters.
May 07, 2019 | by: NDA
From Midland Daily News. The Jobs Ready Michigan program helps meet talent needs of companies that are expanding or relocating to Michigan, while the Brownfield Program encourages development in Midland on properties that are contaminated, functionally obsolete, blighted or historic.
From OSHA. WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is joining with occupational safety organizations for the 6th annual National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down, May 6-10, 2019. The week-long event will focus attention on preventing falls in construction, the leading cause of fatalities in the industry. The national stand-down encourages employers and workers to pause voluntarily during the workday for safety demonstrations, training in hazard recognition and fall prevention, and talks about hazards, protective methods, and the company’s safety policies, goals and expectations.
May 06, 2019 | by: NDA
From forconstructionpros.com. Compared to the same time last year, industry employment is up by 256,000 jobs, an increase of 3.5%.The construction industry added 33,000 net new jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Compared to the same time last year, industry employment is up by 256,000 jobs, an increase of 3.5 percent.
May 03, 2019 | by: NDA
From KHL. Coreum is the bigger picture. Kiesel’s vision of the future. Part showground, part construction equipment theme park, part training and educational establishment. Fittingly, for a project that aims to be so all-embracing of Europe’s demolition and recycling industry, its name does not even come from one single word. It is a mix of “core” – the heart or centre – and “forum”, the old Latin word for a meeting place. The choice is deliberate.
May 02, 2019 | by: NDA
From for constructionpros.com. According to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, national nonresidential construction spending declined 0.3% in March 2019. On a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $775.2 billion for the month, which represents a 4.8% increase compared to the same time last year.