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Single-family home construction dips slightly in October
CEPro
After experiencing a slight downturn in housing production in September, single-family housing starts continued to dip in October, down a total of 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.52 million units according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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How technology is positioning construction to overcome market challenges
For Construction Pros
Despite a booming construction market, the industry has experienced unique challenges and has had to adapt quickly to a variety of sudden changes brought upon by the pandemic. Such challenges include global supply chain issues and a glaring shortage of skilled labor.
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Where the housing market is going in 2022 as told by 7 leading forecast models
Fortune
A perfect storm. That's the best way to describe the red-hot housing market we've seen from coast-to-coast during the pandemic. It was spurred by a combination of recession-induced low mortgage rates, remote work allowing buyers to sprawl further away from their workplace, and a demographic wave of first-time millennial homebuyers entering into the market.
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How 3D houses are changing the housing industry
Reality Biz News
As 3D house construction becomes reality, early indications are these houses might be built in half the time and for half the cost. The 3D-printed housing industry is still very early in its development. Although new 3D houses are coming on the market and being sold, you should expect a lot of future experimenting with new techniques, materials, methods, and hardware.
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Former OSHA leadership believes more to be done for construction site safety
WEAR-TV
There is a renewed call for change Tuesday for construction site safety requirements.
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests nearly half of all deaths at construction sites from 2003 to 2010 were from a worker hit by a vehicle. And nearly a third of the deaths were from a vehicle backing up.
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.AWDI DOOR & WINDOW DIRECTORY
OSHA's COVID vaccination standard faces stiff legal challenge as stakes rise
For Construction Pros
On November 12, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its stay pending judicial review of the OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard in a lawsuit by several private companies and other groups challenging the ETS. The Fifth Circuit entered a long opinion in which it issued a preliminary stay of the law pending litigation.
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Glass manufacturer records significant increase in revenues
The USGlass News Network
NSG Group, parent company to Pilkington, saw a 25% increase in architectural glass revenues in the most recent quarter compared to the same period last year, according to its latest financial report.
NSG reports sales in this segment totaled $544 million in its second-quarter fiscal year 2022, which represents the months of July-September 2021.
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