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WDS 2020 heads to Vienna

November 22, 2019 | by: NDA

The 2020 World Demolition Summit (WDS) will take place in Vienna, Austria, on November 11-12.

Excelling at Safety Means Making Mental Health a Priority

November 20, 2019 | by: NDA

38 percent of construction workers in the U.S. were between the ages of 45 and 64 in 2018. This coincides with the statistic that in 2017, the highest rate of suicide was among males between the ages of 45 and 54, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Construction Backlog Takes a Step Back in September

November 20, 2019 | by: NDA

ABC's Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.9 months in September 2019 even as the infrastructure segment rose nearly 14% to 11.8 months

Demolition NOW - Episode 10 Available!

November 20, 2019 | by: NDA

The 10th episode of Demolition Now is available! On this episode of Demolition NOW, NDA Director of Government Affairs, Kevin McKenney, speaks to Ohio EPA’s Dan Sowry about the Ohio Materials Market Place and the Ohio Grant Program.

Risks to Avoid When Hiring a Demolition Contractor

November 18, 2019 | by: NDA

If you are thinking about hiring a demolition contractor, there are a lot of different factors that you are going to need to take into consideration.

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Updated Technical Assistance Guide For Construction Industry Contractors

November 18, 2019 | by: NDA

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released a comprehensive Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) for the construction industry

October 2019’s Nonresidential Construction Starts +7% M/M and +5% YTD

November 18, 2019 | by: NDA

ConstructConnect announced today that the latest month’s volume of construction starts, excluding residential work, was $38.7 billion (green shaded box, Table 3 below),+6.5% versus September’s figure of $36.3 billion (originally reported as $34.7 billion).

Construction input prices unchanged in October

November 15, 2019 | by: NDA

Construction input prices remained unchanged on a monthly basis in October but are down 2.2% year-over-year, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data.

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