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HEADLINES ADDED: June 28, 2008
The Great Frame Giveaway
Structural framing manufacturer iLevel by Weyerhauser has launched an $150,000 sweepstakes program for home builders. Prizes include structrual framing packages, trip for two to IBS and other goodies. Check it out.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: June 23, 2008
Construction Career Days In Charlotte
Over 1,500 students from around the Charlotte, N.C., region came to Metrolina Fairgrounds from April 22–24 to get some first-hand construction experience. In addition to booths hosted by local community colleges and universities, vendors and associations, there were hands-on opportunities for masonry, electrical work, carpentry and drywall.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: June 16, 2008
BCANJ Construction Industry and Showcase Career Day
Coordinated by Building Contractors Association of New Jersey, construction industry groups once again joined forces for the 7th annual Construction Industry Career Day (CICD) on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Friday's "Just Juniors" event saw more than 1,000 high school juniors and educators arrive for a free half-day introduction to...... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: May 26, 2008
28th Annual Construction Expo Of Maine
There were two beautiful days that couldn't have been appreciated more according to many who attended the 28th annual Construction Expo of Maine. Throughout the show, many a comment was made about how great it was to be outside in the 60-degree temperatures that graced upstate Maine on April 16 and 17.... Read More
ASA's Business Forum & Convention 2008
Approximately 200 people attended the American Subcontractors Association Business Forum & Convention 2008 from March 6–8 in Charleston, South Carolina. Members had the opportunity to attend a comprehensive program of educational workshops, hear timely presentations by several guest speakers, and participate in networking and social events as well.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: May 15, 2008
Oklahoma School Excels at First-Ever "Construction Challenge"
An Oklahoma team has won the first ever Construction Challenge held at the recently concluded CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 trade show in Las Vegas, USA. Teams from ...... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: May 12, 2008
Class of 45 Attend I&I Sling Rigging Seminar
Forty-five contractors, safety personnel, engineers, and members of the nuclear power field and Navy attended the I&I Sling rigging seminar on March 5, 2008. Tom De Soo, who has more than 20 years of experience in the Crane & Rigging industry, led the seminar at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Norwood, Mass.... Read More
West Virginia Construction & Design Exposition
Thousands of construction, engineering and architectural professionals attended the 29th annual West Virginia Construction & Design Exposition, held March 19-20 at the Charleston Civic Center in downtown Charleston. The expo, which encompassed the entire Civic Center facility, was sponsored by the Contractors Association of West Virginia, West Virginia Utility Contractors Association, West ...... Read More
Mid-America Trucking Show
More than 1,100 exhibitors from the continental United States and 12 foreign countries showcased the latest and greatest products the trucking industry has to offer at the 37th annual Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), held March 27–29 in Louisville, Ky. This year's show at the Kentucky Exposition Center, attended by 76,564 trucking and construction professionals, encompassed more than 1.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 28, 2008
24th Annual CONEX Show
More than 4,500 contractors, sub-contractors, public works officials, landscapers, and more attended the 24th annual CONEX show on February 6 and 7. This is the third year the event was housed in the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn. — a convenient location for the area's largest construction show.... Read More
2008 Missouri/Kansas ACPA Award Winners
The Missouri/Kansas Chapter of the ACPA honored exceptional concrete pavement professionals at the 28th Annual Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Conference & Annual Back to Basics Seminar on February 26 – 28, 2008, in Kansas City, Missouri. The awards program encourages high-quality workmanship in every concrete pavement project and serves as a forum for sharing information about high...... Read More
BCA Construction & Design Expo
Building Contractors Association of Northeast Indiana (BCA) recently hosted its 31st annual Construction & Design Expo at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. The expo featured over 150 exhibitors showcasing a variety of products, tools, equipment, and services for building professionals throughout the tri-state area.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 23, 2008
Construction Claims Seminar
The East Tennessee Section is hosting a 2-day Construction Claims Seminar on May 15-16. We are very fortunate to have Jim Zack, CFCC as the instructor (bio). A ...... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 17, 2008
Obama’s National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama recently spoke at the Building and Constructions Trades’ Annual Legislative Conference where he called for a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that will invest $60 billion over ten years and generate millions of new jobs. I’m encouraged to see one of the presidential hopefuls addressing the needs for increased infrastructure spending. Before I or anyone should jump on the Obama bandwagon after this declaration, I would like to see his outline as to how to accomplish this. As it is always easy to say what... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 15, 2008
MASCON's 19th Annual Show
Attendance was up 10 percent this year at the 19th annual MASCON show. More than 4,600 construction professionals attended the show on Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in downtown Boston. The revised Friday/Saturday show schedule accommodated manufacturers and attendees alike because equipment and personnel were more accessible for viewi...... Read More
JCB Dancing Diggers
As part of a CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2008 recap, the last issue of the Show Vantage featured some of the highlights from the industry’s largest trade show. What was missing from this recap was the JCB Dancing Diggers that many thought to be the most entertaining and show stopping performance from the entire five-day event. I must say, one of they shows they put on made me stop and watch for a couple of minutes. So, I found video footage an attendee had taken on YouTube and wanted to... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 08, 2008
Construction Claims Seminar
The East Tennessee Section is hosting a 2-day Construction Claims Seminar on May 15-16. We are very fortunate to have Jim Zach, CFCC as the instructor (bio). A ...... Read More
CONEXtra: More From The Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Trade Show
The Wisconsin/Northern Illinois CONEX show, held in Milwaukee at the end of January, offered tons — literally — of new or improved construction-industry products this year. They ranged from hand tools to power tools, mowers, mini-trenchers and excavators, and even huge motor graders and dozers.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 04, 2008
2008 Editor’s Choice
New Year’s celebrations are always closely followed by the tradeshow season in the construction and roofing industry. It is that time of year when the vagaries of winter weather slow or stop most of the productive work in our business so contractors can devote some attention to new products and trends. Most manufacturers of building and roofing products and equipment take this opportunity to announce and show their new offerings during the winter tradeshows.... Read More
ASA’s Business Forum & Convention 2008
Approximately 200 people attended the American Subcontractors Association Business Forum & Convention 2008 from March 6-8 in Charleston, South Carolina.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: March 31, 2008
Public Seminar Schedule for Spring, 2008 - Stevens Construction Institute, Inc.
Public Seminar Schedule.pdf... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: March 24, 2008
2008 International Roofing Expo Wrap-Up
It seemed that green products took center stage and solar applications provided the spotlight as more than 9,000 industry professionals converged on the Las Vegas Convention Center Feb. 21-23 for the International Roofing Expo. There were 442 exhibiting companies and 1,060 booths in 106,000 net square feet of space in the exhibit hall. At press time, final verified attendance numbers were not available, but preliminary numbers indicate that attendance was flat from last year’s record-breaking number of 9,020.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: March 22, 2008
CT ABC Awards Dinner
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut held the 6th annual Excellence in Construction Awards ceremony and dinner on January 24, 2008. More than 700 attended the event at the Aquaturf ...... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: March 18, 2008
Scott M. Tierney: Managing the Worksite of the Future
Snowed in at his home near Albany, N.Y., and unable to fly to Las Vegas in time to participate in ENR's "Equipment of the 21st Century" summit and panel discussion on March 10, Scott Tierney, a construction manager for Cianbro Corp., talks over the phone about his vision for the worksite of the future and his role at the innovative Destiny USA project in Syracuse, and what will be on his mind when he comes to Las Vegas later in the week for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008.... Read More
Conexpo 2008 roundup
PMJ editor and CJ plant editor Colin Sowman provides a roundup of all the launches and action at Conexpo 2008 in Las Vegas.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: March 10, 2008
Indiana Construx Expo
New products and services for the construction industry were presented at the 10th annual Indiana Construx Expo, held Jan. 23–24 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Presented by Expo Source Inc., the show featured numerous exhibits. AES, LLC Specialty Contractors; Airworx Acquisition, LLC; American Scaffolding; Mid-State Truck Equipment; RCS Contractor Supplies; RSC Equipmen...... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: March 06, 2008
Underground Technology Spotlighted At UCT Conference And Exhibition
The latest in underground construction technology was in the spotlight in Atlanta recently during the 2008 Underground Construction Technology International Conference and Exhibition, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. Among the highlights of the four-day event was a broad lineup of educational sessions and seminars covering a variety of topics of interest to the underground utility c...... Read More
World of Concrete 2008
No fewer than 66 companies from the five states of the Northwest exhibited at the World of Concrete 2008 show, which took place Jan. 22–25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. World of Concrete is the commercial construction industry's largest annual international event. The show featured concrete production equipment, handling tools, trucks, the latest technologies, seminar programs, indo...... Read More
Thousands Attend Expo
Design & Construction Expo was held at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi on February 5–6. The 24th edition of the event for professionals was co-sponsored by the Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) and the Metro Detroit Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). Approximately 5,000 people attended the event.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: February 17, 2008
Smaller Builders Share Survival Strategies
Getting more from less was a common theme expressed by small builders and remodelers who participated in a seminar at the International Builders' Show in Orlando on Thursday that focused on how to weather the housing downturn.... Read More
Ideal Home Show celebrates 100 years of innovation
Next month the 2008 Ideal Home Show will be celebrating 100 years of innovation and inspirational ideas for the home and garden when it opens at Earl’s Court in London. One of the highlights of the show will be an experimental Eco House specially designed to demonstrates how new homes can be zero carbon but [...]... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: February 14, 2008
International Builders' Show 2008 Recap
Hanley Wood's editors and writers were out in full force for this year's International Builders' Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: February 11, 2008
Ecobuild event for sustainable design, construction and built environment
Ecobuild begins at the end of the month at Earl’s Court in London. With Cityscape and Futurbuild happening alongside, Ecobuild is now Europe’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment.... Read More
B.C. construction expo ready to set sail in Vancouver on Feb. 13
Hundreds of products and services for the commercial construction industry will be under one roof at Western Canada’s largest Construction expo.... Read More
Western Canada’s construction expo goes green
The 2008 B.C. Construction Show will include a large contingent of green products, services and seminars.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: February 04, 2008
Construction Challenge Excites Youth About Industry
Nearly 170 bright and eager high-school-aged students descended on Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center January 12th to compete in the Midwest Regional Rally of the first-ever Construction Challenge competition. During the day-long competition, 28 teams of five to seven members matched construction-industry knowledge, creativity and quick wits to answer questions related to the construction indu...... Read More
AGC of Texas Trade Show
According to AGC (Associated General Contractors) of Texas trade show chairman Richard Gresham of Joe Bland Construction in Austin, the live and silent auctions surpassed all other auction totals in the show's 24-year history. The $309,000 raised will benefit the chapter's scholarship and educational programs, including the newly established Kay Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund.... Read More