Hope Grows in Equipment Sector for 2017 Dig Out

The prospect of an infrastructure-focused, business-friendly administration in Washington, D.C., may bode well for the construction industry, analysts say, but opinions are mixed as to whether it will lift sales of equipment out of a two-year-long slump.

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Construction Confidence Gets a Trump Bump

Over the past two years, construction industry executives have observed that, after the 2007-10 recession, the market’s long recovery seemed to be running out of steam.
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ARTBA Hopes to Certify Thousands for Safety Training

By training a cross section of construction team members and testing their knowledge in a safety certification program, leaders of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association believe they can put a dent in the 48,600 injuries and deaths that take place in highway work zones each year.
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ARTBA Hopes to Train Thousands in Safety

By training a cross section of construction team members and testing their knowledge in a safety certification program, leaders of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association believe they can put a dent in the 48,600 injuries and deaths that take place in highway work zones each year.
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Kuwait funds power station work in Ivory Coast

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development will offer the government of Ivory Coast a soft loan of $27.8m for the construction of a power plant in Adzope
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