The city is preparing to sink another $375,000 into cleaning up the former Construction Machinery Co. site.
Waterloo City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract for that amount with Environmark Corp. of Davenport to complete remediating underground contamination at the former manufacturer at Vinton and Glenwood streets.
“They’ll be removing the underground storage tanks,” [...]

Bad materials used in building construction are the primary reason for loss of property and human lives during an emergency, fire experts reiterated at the Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference organised by Dar Al Sharq at the Diplomatic Club yesterday.
Speaking on the topic ‘The Hidden Risk’ Philip Field, Technical Director of Loss Prevention Certification Board [...]

Cheryl Daniels started noticing the dust and noxious fumes lingering in her Upper West Side apartment house after construction began in the building last fall. Then cracks appeared in the walls. One day, her front door stopped closing properly.
The breaking point came several weeks ago during a rainstorm. Ms. Daniels was awakened by a loud [...]

Construction activity plunged in July by the biggest amount in six months as spending on homes fell for a record 17th straight month.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction spending dropped 0.4 percent in July, compared with June, the weakest showing since a 0.6 percent fall in January.
It was a bigger drop than economists had [...]

Construction services provider Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said Wednesday it received a contract to widen and reconstruct two roadway sections north of Atlanta.
Financial terms weren’t disclosed.