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Regional Revenue Grows As Contractors Enjoy Rebound

Annual contractors survey reveals a robust market with a corresponding tightness in the availability of trained workers.

John Guzzon Karen Weil

June 27, 2016

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Construction in the Southwest is on the rebound.

Las Vegas Contractor Paves Road To Growth

A fixture of the city’s development for nearly 60 years, Las Vegas Paving exhibits a sustained level of success and innovation.

John Guzzon

June 27, 2016

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In 1958, the year owner Robert Mendenhall founded Las Vegas Paving, the metropolitan area began a building boom that would last nearly 50 years.

Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics

ENR New England Gears Up to Publish First-Ever Top Contractor Rankings

Participating firms report $3.85 billion of revenue collected during 2015

Justin Rice

June 13, 2016

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For the first-time ever the July 25 Special Regional Edition of ENR New England will rank the region’s Top General Contractors.

IT Investment Survey Shows Weak Funding, Light Staffing

Luke Abaffy

May 25, 2016

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Initial results from a new ENR study of information technology investment trends among contractors shows that firms still are spending lightly on IT and are underresourced in staffing the function.

Construction Industry Technology Benchmarking Study Opens for Data Input

Tom Sawyer

April 6, 2016

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ENR’s co-sponsored construction-industry “IT Cost and Benchmarking Study” will open to accept data from Tuesday, April 5, to Tuesday, April 19.

Firms Say Workforce Gaps Impact Bidding and Safety

Debra K. Rubin

Tom Ichniowski

January 14, 2016

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Booming construction markets are cutting the industry’s unemployment rate and expanding companies’ worker head counts, says AGC survey.

Technology Survey Reveals Most US Companies Can’t Deliver As-Built BIM Models

Luke Abaffy

January 5, 2016

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The 2015 JBKnowledge Construction Technology Report states that that less than half of the companies that responded could meet Europe’s soon-to-be-implemented requirement of delivering as-built BIM models of all construction projects. “Companies would have a hard time turning spreadsheet data into BIM,” states the survey.

Industry Awareness of U.S. Crane Operator Certification Requirements

Survey: Crane Operators Not Ready for OSHA Certification Compliance in 2017

Tudor Van Hampton

December 2, 2015

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A large part of the U.S. construction industry may not be aware that crane operators will need to be certified by 2017, according to a report that a training company has published.