Stories Tagged as
Construction
A boom in new hotel construction
Jul 21, 2015
From Houston to Miami, cranes are busy erecting new hotels.
Women lag in well-paid blue-collar jobs
Mar 27, 2015
There are programs to train more women for those jobs, but progress is slow.
Women in construction: few and far between
Mar 24, 2015
Women make up fewer than 3 percent of construction workers.
For homebuilders, things are looking up...just a bit
Oct 16, 2014
People are starting to buy homes again but challenges like tight credit remain.
Steel's slow, grinding growth
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 8, 2014
Lisa Goldenberg of Delaware Steel Company shares how the economy feels day-to-day.
As housing recovers, a shortage of skilled workers
Aug 1, 2014
During the housing downturn, construction workers moved to other industries.
Housing's bad month, via the letter 'L'
Apr 1, 2014
Blame the L's: labor, lumber, land, loans... and lousy weather.
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Will laid off construction workers return in housing boom?
Jul 31, 2013
The housing industry is rebounding. But will the many construction workers who lost their jobs in the downturn come back?
Meet Big Bertha, Seattle's ginormous tunnel boring machine
by
Molly Wood
Jul 19, 2013
Big Bertha, named for former city mayor Bertha Knight Landes, will dig up to 100 feet a day and build a massive tunnel under the city for a new freeway.
After being removed, does storm debris have value?
by
Stan Alcorn
May 27, 2013
Amid the destruction from hurricanes and tornados, some debris -- from trees to building materials and metal -- finds new life.