The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently applauded Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) for introducing bipartisan legislation to encourage residential construction lending, spur job growth and keep the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The Romanian cement market declined 0.2 percent in 2012 owing to bad weather and an unfavorable economic context, and this year seems no better as yet. Any growth by yearend will be small, and could only come from infrastructure investments ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
Contractors took out building permits worth $6.5 billion in March, up 8.6 percent from February and the third consecutive monthly advance, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The March increase came mostly from the non-residential ...
Tags: Building Permits, Mineral
The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that construction spending during March 2013 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $856.7 billion, 1.7 percent below the revised February estimate of ...
Tags: Construction, Mineral
Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6 billion in February, a 1.7 percent increase from January. Higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in eight provinces more ...
The latest update of the AAMA/WDMA 2012/2013 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast has been released. This report delivers timely information on window, door and skylight market trends and product relationships. Historic data for ...
Tags: WDMA, Industry Review
After moderating in February, Australian manufacturing performance was marginally weaker in March, hit by a decline in exports and fall in new orders. This is the 14th consecutive month the sector has contracted, according to latest ...
The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Friday that construction spending during February 2013 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $885.1 billion, 1.2 percent above the revised January estimate of ...
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A just-released forecast of labour supply and demand says construction will need to recruit more than 250,000 workers—including the traditional number of new entrants to the workforce—to meet building needs from now until 2021. ...
Tags: Construction Industry, labour supply, commercial building
Through 2017, a rebound in construction activity, combined with continuing consumer interest in environmentally friendly products, will propel US growth in green building materials demand 11 percent annually to $86.6 billion. US ...
Tags: LEED system, Building Materials Market, solar power products
Nucor Corporation reported Thursday its guidance for Q1 2013 (ended March 30, 2013). Nucor anticipates earnings to be in the range of $0.20 to $0.25 per diluted share, a substantial drop from Q1 2012 earnings of $0.46 per diluted share and ...
Tags: flat steel market, flat steel, steel market
CSR Limited (CSR) announced today a restructure of Viridian’s glass operations and provided a trading update for the year ending 31 March 2013. Restructure of Viridian CSR’s review of Viridian has concluded that, during the ...
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Statistics Canada reported Thursday that building permits in the country totaled $5.8 billion in January, up 1.7 percent from December. The increase in the residential sector more than offset a decrease in the non-residential sector. ...
The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce reported that construction spending during January 2013 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $883.3 billion, 2.1 percent below the revised December estimate of $902.6 ...
Tags: construction spending, construction, Residential construction
During the speakers' forum at the Port of Tampa 24th Annual Steel Conference on March 1, Patrick McCormick, Managing Partner with World Steel Dynamics, explained that in recent years, scrap demand has been relatively flat--and during ...
Tags: Steel Conference, Steel, scrap prices