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Pa. Contractors Rush To Respond to Construction Stop Order

Enforcement of state order to cease work begins March 21

Justin Rice Bruce Buckley

March 20, 2020

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Pennsylvania-based contractors scramble to close construction sites with enforcement set to start March 21 in effort to curb COVID-19.

Boston Becomes First City to Shutter Construction Sites Because of Coronavirus

City to revisit construction ban in 14 days

Scott Van Voorhis

March 16, 2020

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Gilbane, Suffolk, Consigli among companies agreeing to shut down sites after Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh halted all construction in Boston for two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Technology

Autodesk Construction Cloud Network Has 1 Million Users, Software Vendor Says

Technology company expands sector leadership team, updates new research and women's safety harness initiatives

Jeff Yoders

March 10, 2020

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Amy Marks joins California software vendor as executive and technology "evangelist" in its construction group after departing her prefab software startup XSite Modular.

ENR New England Releases Top Contractor Survey

Justin Rice

February 27, 2020

July's print edition of ENR New England will include the annual rankings of the region’s Top Contractors.

Modular Construction, Prefabrication and BIM

Technology

SmartMarket Report Highlights How BIM Planning Enables Prefabrication and Modular Construction

Contractors say designers not adequately enabling prefabrication and modular

Jeff Yoders

February 13, 2020

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New SmartMarket Report on prefabrication and modular construction updates 2011 Dodge research that focused only on prefabrication.

AGC Contractors Expect Demand To Increase in 2020, Still Worry About Labor Shortage

Three-quarters of firms surveyed plan to add to head count in coming year

Jeff Yoders

December 31, 2019

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Most construction companies expect strong demand in 2020 for all building types, but they also all report difficulty in finding workers.

Ralph Affrunti, president of the Chicago & Cook County Building Trades Council

Chicago Contractors, Developers, Unions Launch HIRE360 Effort to Bring Minorities, Women into Construction

Group has $1.7-million Budget for 2020, will offer everything from counseling to boots for applicants

Jeff Yoders

December 11, 2019

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Chicago developers, contractors, unions, the United Way and even Rahm Emanuel's last campaign manager are coming together to bring women, african-americans, latinos and other minorities into the building trades.

ENR MidAtlantic's Specialty Contractor of the Year is C3M Power Systems

Justin Rice

September 23, 2019

The 2019 ENR MidAtlantic Specialty Contractor of the Year is C3M Power Systems LLC.

ENR MidAtlantic Announces 2019 Best Projects Winners

Justin Rice

July 22, 2019

After reviewing nearly 80 submissions, this year's judges honored 31 projects in the region's annual Best Projects awards competition.

Mechanical, Inc.'s Freeport, Ill. pipe fabrication shop

Still Time to Submit Your Firm's ENR Midwest Top Specialty Contractors Survey

Jeff Yoders

July 12, 2019

Specialty contractors working in ENR's Midwest region have until July 31 to submit their companies' information to our 2019 Top Specialty Contractors survey.

EVENTS

Webinar

5/23/19 to 5/23/20

Online

Contact: Lauren Whitaker

The 2019 Top 400 Contractors Unveiled

ON DEMAND

This popular annual webinar takes place just as the new 2019 Top 400 Contractors ranking is unveiled. It invites leaders from top-ranked firms to talk about their takeaways from the year past and their strategy for the year ahead. A panel of executives from the largest contracting firms as they discuss the results of the 2019 Top 400 survey and where they see opportunities for future business.

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