Hilti has come up with a lot of innovative tools and accessories and this new Adhesive is no different.  Actually this is a first for adhesive Power Tool News Manufacture: Hilti Power Tool News: First Injectable Fast Cure Adhesive Model Number: HIT-HY-150 Max SD   The News Hilti [Read More...]

  Here are the figures for the month of January 2010. Let’s put our tools to use and build, build, and build!! Feb 17 Building Permits - The number of building permits issued in January fell from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 621,000. Permits are [Read More...]

    According to the Commerce Department’s announcement on 1/20/2010,  557,000 new home construction projects broke ground last month, down 4.0 percent from November’s upwardly revised data. Meanwhile, almost 11.0 percent more building permits were filed for last month, [Read More...]

  Building Permits – Building permits increased to a 584,000 annualized pace, the highest level since November 2008, from 551,000 in October. While this marked a 6.0% month-over-month increase, permits are still down 7.3% from year-ago levels.  – Housing starts rose 8.9% from [Read More...]

    The nation’s construction industry should see modest gains next year, according to the WSJ. This could be due to a rise in single family houses, apartment buildings, and highways and bridges. The increase in these areas will offset drops in commercial and manufacturing [Read More...]

Well do you remember 2008 work, expect more of the same in 2009 with some exceptions.  Both residential and non residential is expected to remain weak.  With non residential not sliding as much. Now no one is sure, but some speculate that the government’s stimulus package [Read More...]

Good news at last! New housing starts and permits unexpectedly rebounded in February! The Commerce Dept. said housing starts leaped 22.2% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 583,000 units from 477,000 units in January. This was the biggest percentage rise since January 1990 and also [Read More...]

Now we know the economy and business is slow, but now is the time to get things rolling.  We have two choices, we can sit around and complain or we can prepare for tomorrow.  Here are a couple ideas we can implement and move forward.   Pick your top 5 or 10 clients and have [Read More...]

We thought it would be neat to highlight recent construction news above and beyond just economics. So from time to time we will highlight the latest in the different areas of construction. This time we wanted to talk about equipment.   At the World of Concrete in 2008, Case showed [Read More...]

New-home sales fell to a record low in January. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that sales fell 10.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000. This is the worst number on record since 1963. It was a weaker number that economists had expected, which was 330,000. [Read More...]