Mortenson Construction Receives Top U.S. Small Business Award

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Mortenson Construction announced it has received the U.S. Small Business Administration   2013 Region V Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence for Construction. Mortenson was recognized as the overall winner for Region V, which includes large business contractors within the states of Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, presented to one company in each of the SBA’s 10 regions, is the premier small business recognition award from the SBA. It recognizes large prime contractors that have excelled in their utilization of small, disadvantaged and women-owned businesses as suppliers and subcontractors. According … Read more

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Economic Report Predicts Non-Residential Construction Growth

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gilbane Building Company announces the publication of the Summer 2013 edition of Construction Economics — Market Conditions in Construction. Based on an array of economic data, construction starts and material cost trends, the data continues to show positive growth for the industry. “Supported by overall positive growth trends for year 2013, I expect margins and overall escalation to climb more rapidly than we"ve seen in five years,” says Ed Zarenski, the report's author and a 40-year veteran of the construction industry. “Rates will continue to rise and borrowing costs will add potential cost to future funding of … Read more

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NAWIC Announces 2013 Award Winners

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FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Association of Women in Construction has announced the winners of its newly established Rookie of the Year, Member of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The mission of the awards is to recognize outstanding efforts of NAWIC members. The Rookie of the Year Award is presented to a new member of NAWIC who has been actively involved in the association throughout her first two years. The Member of the Year Award is given to a NAWIC member who has been actively involved in association activities throughout the current NAWIC Year. The Lifetime Achievement Award … Read more

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OSHA Forms Alliance with San Antonio Temp Agency to Train Construction Temps

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — In an effort to protect temporary workers hired in the construction industry, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Marek Employment Management Co. in San Antonio, Texas recently signed an alliance to provide workers with workplace safety training. “Workplace hazards, such as falls, struck by, caught in between and electrical are commonplace in the construction industry and pose a risk to all workers, whether they’ve been on the job for one day or throughout the course of a project,” said Kelly Knighton, OSHA’s area director in San Antonio. “Workers must be safe, … Read more

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AEM Elects New Director

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Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO of Charles Machine Works, Perry, Okla., has been elected as director of the CE Sector Board of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Sewell-Howard is currently CEO for The Charles Machine Works, Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch products. Before joining CMW, she served on the board of directors for CMW for four years while employed as marketing director at PRIMEDIA, Inc. She has started several companies, including a small advertising agency, an industrial waste recycling company and an Internet marketing and web development firm. In addition to her new role with AEM, Sewell-Howard is a member of the … Read more

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