Legal action was brought by communities that claimed business and environmental damage when the US Army Corps of Engineers opened the Louisiana spillway for 123 days in 2019.
The construction management joint venture has committed to a target of 35% of project subcontracts to be awarded to local and minority- and woman-owned businesses.
Nearly 1,000 U.S. construction workers died of work-related injuries each year from 2011 to 2020, with the industry accounting for 20% of all workplace deaths, even though it made up just 7.3% of the national workforce.
With demand for construction equipment running high amidst a busy few years of construction, the hunger for new machines was visible at the triennial CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show, held March 14-18 in Las Vegas.