FIRST LOOK – January 2017

TOP NEWS Trump Taps Chao President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to head the Transportation Department. Chao is a former U.S. deputy transportation secretary recently resigned from the board of Vulcan Materials Co. Safety First at CalCIMA The California Construction & Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) announced the recipients of its 2016 Safety Excellence Awards at its 2016…

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Construction Costs End 2016 on a High Note

Construction costs rose for the second straight month, according to IHS Markit and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG). The headline current IHS PEG Engineering and Construction Cost Index (ECCI) registered 53.3, up from 50.7 in November, continuing the recovery after a 22-month slump in prices. Strength was evident in both labor and material markets.

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ConExpo-Con/Agg Spotlight: ALLU Group

ALLU Group will have its experts on hand in the Gold Lot in booth G3749 at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017, March 7-11 in Las Vegas. Visitors will learn that ALLU’s unique Screener Crusher buckets not only transform waste into valuable material, but ultimately they will transform the way contractors and producers work. During the show, every 30 minutes, the world’s foremost female…

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New Construction Starts in 2017 Predicted to Increase 5 Percent

Dodge Data & Analytics released its 2017 Dodge Construction Outlook, a mainstay in construction industry forecasting and business planning. The report predicts that total U.S. construction starts for 2017 will advance 5 percent to $713 billion, following gains of 11 percent in 2015 and an estimated 1 percent in 2016.

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