Tight Labor Markets Push Wages Up
Gap between open-shop and union wages narrows.
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Archive for September, 2008
New Index Spotlights Spike in Powerplant Construction Costs
A new series of construction cost indexes for powerplant projects has recently been launched by the firm Power Advocate, Boston, Mass.
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Bottlenecks, Labor Shortages and Volatile Prices Produce Sticker Shock
Pressures may ease as market shifts from coal to gas.
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AIG Meltdown Triggers Workers’ Comp Fear
But good cash flow and stable rates seen.
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Prices Slip After Last Spring’s Spike
Producers cut production in attempt to maintain price levels.
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Crisis Changes Demand Side of Costs
Credit Crunch Will Knock the Wind Out of a Resurgent Inflation.
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Steel Price Spike Meets Credit Crunch
Record-high oil and steel prices during the first half of the year were just showing up in construction industry cost indexes when the historic financial crisis swept the economy, shaking up the cost picture.
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Feds To Publish Crane Rule Next Month
As crane experts gathered in Toronto Sept. 18 to discuss issues plaguing crane workers, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent out advance-review drafts of a forthcoming rule to members of its Cranes and Derricks Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (C-DAC), which in 2004 hammered out an update to OSHA’s decades-old crane regulation.
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Housing-Market Collapse Touches Firms But Some Find New Sectors
Hunting abroad for projects pays off, as do multiple solutions on jobs.
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Limited Funding Sources Hamper New Bridge, Highway Projects
States face budget shortfalls as drivers put on the brakes.
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