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Minnesota welder Amber M. Czech had barely launched what seemed a promising career in the skilled trades before a co-worker cut her life short last year at age 20.

Uncertainty continues as job openings fall, material prices rise.

After job declines in February, contractors rebounded in March, adding an estimated 26,000 workers.

Revoli Construction was cited for seven willful violations, 33 repeat violations and 17 serious violations after fatal Yarmouth, Mass., cave-in, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York has launched the Building Trades Peer Support Network with 1,000 peer supporters across NYC’s unionized construction industry.

The slowdown in hiring is expected to continue in the near future, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis.

Jerry Lewis was a champion for boosting participation of minority-owned firms on Chicago construction projects. 

A federal judge orders funding restored for CTA projects after a DOT-ordered freeze, allowing projects to continue and averting imminent deadline for contractor demobilization.

First-generation immigrant is changing industry perceptions and leading girls to pursue new paths for the future.

A 25-year-old employee of Kokosing Construction was killed in a hit-and-run crash last month in Columbus.