August 25, 2023 – Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is receiving over $2.5 million in federal funding to establish the Alternative Construction Technologies Centre. “Today’s investment will help spur innovation in the construction sector and ensure this vital economic…
Argentina’s varying exchange rates are an aggravating factor to high inflation affecting the local construction sector, which has seen costs soar by more than 100% in the past year, according to local infrastructure players. While construction inflation is a global reality,…
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Kodiak Building Partners, a leading distributor of lumber and building materials products, announced Monday that Bret Kelly has been named senior vice president of Kodiak’s northeast general lumber division. Kelly will oversee operations at Goodrich Lumber,…
This week is the first in three years that Auckland building company owner Stacy Basham has not had any work on, and it is a sign of quieter times in the construction industry. But the last few years had been…
Synthetic gypsum, also known as FGD gypsum (flue gas desulfurization gypsum), is a byproduct of flue gas desulfurization, which is a process used to remove sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants and industrial facilities. Synthetic gypsum is produced by scrubbing…
Look closely at the massive scaffolding being erected around 26 Court St. in downtown Boston and you can glimpse a piece of the construction industry’s automated future. For centuries, even millennia, workers have used ropes and pulleys to lift pipes…
DEMAND: Despite a general revenue drop, the tourism, food and beverage, building materials and construction, and financial and insurance industries bucked the trend Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) posted a year-on-year decline of more than 8 percent…
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Raju Gandhi (60, Lakeland) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of the Treasury, to commit wire fraud, and to submit false statements…
Despite the bumps and bruises the construction technology industry has accumulated over the past year due to tech industry turmoil, investor funds continue to flow into the space. Here are three contech firms that had successful investor rounds this summer:…
The residential construction sector is still running hot, even if the latest numbers suggest a slowdown. Jobs in the sector declined in July, falling by 5,500 jobs, or 5.5%, from the month before, the Labor Department said on Friday. Overall,…