Outlook 2013

Better Roads Staff - Jan 10, 2013

Funds, Funds, Funds • Agencies intend to take advantage of MAP-21 reforms and also look to more private financing options. • Contractors say infrastructure damage will keep getting worse as funding remains inadequate. By John Latta, Editor-in-Chief jlatta@randallreilly.com At a time when economists and other ...

Florida concrete producer announces potential layoff

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 16, 2010

Jacksonville-based Gate Concrete Products Co., a producer of prestressed concrete products for use in bridges and building structures, today announced a potential layoff of between 20-115 workers in May, according to an Aggregate Research (ARI) report. Gate Construction Materials Group President ...

Release of Nationwide Construction Employment and Business Forecast for 2010 at 1 p.m. EST Jan. 20

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 15, 2010

On Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 1 p.m. EST, the Associated General Contractors of America will release its construction employment and business forecast for 2010 during a media conference call at (888) 299-4099 (verbal pass code VT64810). The forecast will include ...

Financial District: Long Tunnel, No Light

Brooke Wisdom - Dec 01, 2009

Long Tunnel, No Light Sobering Report says 2010 will continue to challenge contractors Treading water. It was a metaphor raised several times during a gloomy press conference to paint a picture of American transportation contracting companies trying to survive. It arose during the ...