Suncoast Reinforcing Placers

09/20/2024

IW General President Eric Dean explains why the Iron Workers union is all-in on endorsing Kamala Harris for President over Donald Trump.

Iron Workers International General President Eric Dean speaks about what went into the union's strong endorsement of Harris for election for President

09/13/2024

Owners and developers keep stacking projects for next year -- a good sign for ironworkers and other construction trades.

Ahead of next year’s anticipated stronger market conditions, August activity by owners and developers continued to prime the planning queue

09/06/2024

After a big slowdown during Covid, higher education construction is back in a big way --

Messer’s Construction's Nick Proffitt sees burgeoning demand in the higher education construction sector, from dormitories to laboratories.

08/30/2024

This is a big one, that hopefully leads to more big ones, for our friends at Kiewit.

On Thursday, Aug. 29, the Maryland Transportation Authority Board approved a $73 million design-build contract to Kiewit Infrastructure Co. for Phase 1 of the complete design and construction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement,

08/23/2024

Despite the slight uptick, input prices are up just 1.1 percent for the year.

Construction materials prices increased 0.4% in July compared to the previous month, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors

08/09/2024

Getting it done: We share a second round of coverage of impressive rodbuster work going on across North America, from the August edition of The Ironworker --

The Rise of Rebar: We share stories of rodbusters at work across the continent from the August edition of The Ironworker magazine

08/02/2024

As major projects go up across America, there's some serious rodbusting going on. The Ironworker magazine dedicates almost is full August edition to recognizing rebar workers; We take a look at the first few today in the story below.

Note: Most of the new edition of The Ironworker magazine is devoted to the current boom in steel reinforcing jobs across North America. It is filled with profiles of major projects underway across the continent, where rodbusters are at work, building vast facilities.

07/26/2024

Another union gets in line behind Harris before she officially has the nomination.

The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers proudly announces its endorsement of Kamala Harris for President of the United States. As Vice President, Harris has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the values and needs of working people, earning....

07/19/2024

These fed dollars are starting to result in real training program increases, including in Columbus --

The Registered Apprenticeship program in certain U.S. industries is getting another boost from the White House, with more announcements of workforce development investments

07/12/2024

A Texas-based steelmaker plans to locate a facility to manufacture reinforcing steel, or rebar, in Akron -- with the help of an Ohio grant.

07/05/2024

Economists are calling it a boring jobs report. But the drop in open jobs amid a still-tight labor market has been a trend for construction throughout 2024.

Construction counted 339,000 job openings on the last day of May, down about 0.6%, from the end of the previous month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday, July 2.

06/21/2024

Beer time Friday

06/21/2024

Busy days continue ... Latest 'backlog' remains above 8 months. --

ABC report that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.3 months in May, according to an ABC member survey conducted May 20 to June 4.

06/07/2024

Dip? What dip?

Economists say the drop is likely among home builders, which means the shortage is ongoing for most commercial contractors.

05/31/2024

The union is striking while the iron is hot!

Conditions are right for harvesting victories - for recruiting and organizing new shop members and their employers.

05/24/2024

You can attend this conference from a laptop --

Registration is open for the fourth 24 Hours of Concrete Knowledge, a free, virtual conference organized by the American Concrete Institute