How Civil Contractors Are Managing the Biggest Challenges They Confront

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The latest edition of The Civil Quarterly from Dodge Construction Network shows that despite ongoing labor issues, business conditions are still very strong for civil contractors, with 77% optimistic about the market continuing to be robust for the remainder of 2023, and 46% expecting to see their profit margins increase in the next six months. However, the strong construction market can also exacerbate civil contractor’s ongoing challenges, such as skilled worker shortages and supply chain challenges. This edition of the TCQ offers new data that reveals how contractors are managing these challenges, including how they are attempting to use technology … Read more

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ABC’s 2023 Guide to Construction Safety Best Practices 

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Associated Builders and Contractors released its 2023 Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to safety best practices on construction jobsites and comprehensive study of the impact of the STEP Safety Management System. The annual study is unveiled to coincide with Construction Safety Week, May 1-5. ABC’s research on more than 850 million work hours completed by participants in the construction, heavy construction, civil engineering and specialty trades in 2022 identified the following proactive injury and hazard elimination best practices: New hire safety orientation: Companies that conduct an in-depth indoctrination of new employees into the safety culture, systems and processes based … Read more

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National Center for Construction Education and Research Unveils Rebranding 

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The National Center for Construction Education and Research has launched a new era for the organization, including an updated visual identity, refinement of its mission and vision statements and major renovations to its website and support portal experience. To guide the organization’s work, NCCER’s executive leadership embraced a revised mission and vision: Mission: To provide rigorous and relevant workforce development solutions that create opportunities for individual career advancement and support industry growth. Vision: A qualified and successful workforce of diverse individuals whose lives were improved through construction education. The rebranding efforts include a new logo that will be featured on … Read more

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Building Costs Increases Slow in the First Quarter of 2023

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Turner Construction Company has released its First Quarter 2023 Turner Building Cost Index — which measures costs in the nonresidential building construction market in the United States — had increased to the value of 1349. This represents a 1.28% quarterly increase from the fourth quarter 2022 and a 7.49% yearly increase from the first quarter 2022. The building costs and price trends tracked by the index may or may not reflect regional conditions in any given quarter. The cost index is determined by several factors considered on a nationwide basis, including labor rates and productivity, material prices and the competitive … Read more

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Bobcat Prototype Arrives at NIHF Museum

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A legendary piece of construction history arrived April 19 at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum in Alexandria, Virginia. Joe Keller, the son of 2023 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee Louis Keller and nephew of Inductee Cyril Keller, was on a cross-country trip with the Keller brothers’ invention — a 1958 prototype skid-steer loader. Keller brought the loader to the museum, where the prototype will be part of an exhibit at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum honoring the 2023 Class of Inductees, who will be recognized in October during NIHF’s 50th anniversary Induction Ceremony. Photo credit: … Read more

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