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Glass and glazing activity making positive turnaround
The USGlass News Network
The value of architectural glass-related spending in nonresidential construction edged up in October. Spending increased by close to a half-percent year-over-year on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to Key Media & Research (KMR), a leading information provider to the glass industry.
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Home price growth is finally decelerating — and it's just the start
Fortune
Exhausted. Frustrated. Stretched. Those are all reasonable emotions for home shoppers to be feeling right now. After all, home prices rose faster this year than any period in tabulated U.S. history: Between August 2020 and August 2021, U.S. home prices notched a 19.8% gain — the largest uptick on record, and well above the 12-month peak (14.1%) in the lead-up to the 2008 housing crash.
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How data from construction wearables can benefit your construction business
For Construction Pros
Construction sites are inherently hazardous environments. To mitigate job-related risks, however, companies industry wide are increasingly turning to advanced safety technologies. The tech that’s on the rise: wearables. Smart, wearable technology on construction sites can increase productivity, prevent injury and keep workers aware of situational hazards and their health.
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What you don't know can hurt you: The PPE you're overlooking
The USGlass News Network
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential in many workplace environments. But what body parts are you not covering — that you should — when preparing to handle glass?
“We use PPE for every single employee who handles glass,” says Nathaniel Winkelmann, a certified safety professional and corporate safety director for Hartung Glass in Tukwila, Wash.
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.AWDI DOOR & WINDOW DIRECTORY
Construction spending rebounds in october with growth in most public and private nonresidential types offsetting decline in residential work
The Construction Association
Total construction spending edged higher in October, as gains in public and private project types outmatched decreases in single- and multifamily residential outlays, according to a new analysis of federal construction spending data the Associated General Contractors of America released today. Officials noted that public sector investments would likely rise in the near future because of the recently-passed infrastructure bill, but cautioned that labor shortages and supply chain problems were posing significant challenges for the industry.
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Lumber soars to 6-month high as buyers scurry to find wood
Bloomberg
Strong building demand and renewed supply challenges have sent lumber prices surging to the highest in six months.
Lumber futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange jumped 4.4% to a six-month high of $1,069.30 per 1,000 board feet Friday. This extends a 68% rally that began in mid-November, when flooding in Canada’s westernmost province damaged major highways and rail tracks.
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