NEWS & PROJECTS

A nationwide field study released Sept. 2 found construction crews spent more time directly advancing work and less time idle when qualified workers performed selected tasks outside their primary trades, a strategy researchers call “multiskilling." The study by the nonprofit Simplar Foundation, a Tempe, Ariz.-based applied-research organization, addresses a persistent question for contractors: how much more construction capacity can an already constrained workforce provide? R

Last week, the developer of the Keystone XL pipeline announced it was permanently canceling the project, after the Biden administration...

Charleston, West Virginia – The Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia (GO-WV) – a nearly 600-member trade association of oil and...

Sixty percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year,...