CIC has renewed its partnership for the third year in a row with Maximum Capacity Media to offer the industry the MCM-CIC Crane Operator Rodeo. The event provides operators in North America an opportunity to showcase their skills and is intended to increase awareness of the 2014 OSHA requirements for crane operators to be certified by type and capacity. “This is the only crane operator recognition program of this scale in North America,” said Debbie Dickinson, executive director of CIC. “Working with Regional Qualifier hosts in cities from coast to coast, we are able to introduce young people to crane … Read more

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gilbane Building Company announced the publication of the spring 2013 edition of Construction Economics — Market Conditions in Construction. Based on an array of economic data, construction starts and material cost trends, the data is the most positive the company has seen in recent years. “We are in a growth period that by all leading indicators seems here to stay. From 2006 to 2010, as work declined, we saw the largest decline of margins in recent history. In 2011 that trend began to reverse slightly,” said Ed Zarenski, the report's author and a 40-year veteran of the … Read more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was recently honored with three Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation Awards for the innovation and technology created and employed in the design and construction process. The recognition represents the first time in the history of the CETI Awards that a single company has been honored with multiple awards in the same year. Presented at Fiatech's annual awards gala in San Antonio, the CETI Awards recognize companies and individuals who have achieved significant success in implementing technology throughout the lifecycle of a capital project. McCarthy was recognized for process and technological innovations … Read more