ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Western Construction Group has successfully achieved a pair of world-class safety ratings, the best in the company’s 100-year history. In January 2015, Western received an OSHA Total Recordable Rate of 2.73 — well below the nation’s masonry/concrete restoration industry average of 4.2. Three months prior, Western was awarded an industry-leading .55 Experience Modification Rating. Lofty achievements in safety, considering that Western’s line of work often requires employees to work hundreds of feet in the air on suspended scaffolds, underground in crumbling parking garages and perched atop precarious roofs and monuments. Not to mention working daily with … Read more

Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment ended 2014 with a 13.2 percent drop compared to 2013, with a total $17.26 billion shipped to global markets. U.S. exports fell to all world regions for 2014. Business to Europe, South America and Australia/Oceania was the hardest hit, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, citing U.S. Department of Commerce data it uses in global markets reports for members. Exports by World RegionYear-end 2014 U.S. construction equipment exports by major world regions compared to year-end 2013: Canada dropped 2 percent, for a total $6.66 billion South America declined 28.3 percent, for a total $2.57 … Read more

Construction charity organization AGC Charities, Inc. is partnering with Desarrollos Metropolitanos and other local firms to rebuild the home of a partially wheelchair-bound Army veteran whose house was looted, forcing him to live in a backyard shack. As part of the charitable organization’s annual Operation Opening Doors effort, many construction firms are donating time, expertise and money to rebuild the home of Jose Quinonez. Quinonez served in the U.S. Army for over three decades and saw combat with the Special Forces in Vietnam, Somalia and Iraq. “The least we can do is make sure this decorated combat veteran can enjoy … Read more