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About 740 staff positions are to be eliminated around the globe, said the Australia-based contractor and real estate developer.

One of the things that Barton Malow’s wholly owned subsidiary, LiftBuild, sought to learn about its “top-down” construction approach for the Exchange residential project in Detroit was whether the process could be improved by automating workforce scheduling and bonus payments to skilled trades, reducing delays due to spikes in material prices and scheduling mix ups.

Pay hikes for construction staff remain at a historically high rate, even as some sectors could see a future slowdown in project starts.

While construction's jobless rate rose to 3.6% in June, economists noted that the industry had 396,000 job openings as of the end of May.

Energy efficiency work created more than half of the overall sector's new construction jobs, the agency says in new report.

With its Construction Labor Market Analyzer integrated into Procore's construction management platform, technology firm Construction Industry Resources aims to assist contractors in making accurate predictions of labor needs.

University's Engineering Academy—which allows qualifying students to enroll in its College of Engineering, complete two years of core coursework at a community college and earn engineering degrees in College Station—aims to fill gaps in the number and diversity of state practitioners.

US Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues to investigate building that partially collapsed on June 2 at construction site, injuring eight workers who fell two stories

Officials from areas experiencing poor air quality have advised against strenuous outdoor activity and suggested wearing masks.

Need to address construction crew safety gains more state attention following a March 22 crash in Baltimore that killed six workers