Autodesk announced on August 31 that it has released AutoCAD 2011 for Macintosh, along with AutoCAD WS, a mobile app that will allow users to share their AutoCAD designs in the field using iPhones, iPads, and iTouches.

Construction's unemployment rate moved down slightly in August but remains highest among all industries.

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that the posting of stationary banners by members of a construction union at a secondary employer?s workplace does not violate the nation?s labor laws.

One of the world?s largest architectural firms, the Scotland-based RMJM, is losing three key executives, in addition to losing two others within the past 10 months.

Associated Builders and Contractors, a national organization representing 25,000 construction firms, has rolled out a green certification for its members.

Richard Meier revealed last night that his design plans for a new home for actor Rowan Atkinson in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)in Oxfordshire, England were approved by the South Oxfordshire District Council. This will be Meier's first built work in Great Britain.

A combative President Barack Obama is promising to put Americans back to work rebuilding roads, railways and runways, and is blaming Republicans for opposing his efforts to stimulate the economy.

Civil engineers and other researchers working under a $90,000 National Science Foundation grant are studying the Great Inca Road of South America for clues to help modern society build roads, bridges and other infrastructure that last longer and have a less harmful impact on the environment.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has begun collecting energy- and water-use data from LEED-certified buildings, and is promising preliminary performance reports for building owners participating in its Building Performance Partnership (BPP) by November 2010.

Hoping to attract cargo traffic from an expanded Panama Canal in 2014, the Port of Miami is taking steps to refurbish a dormant 4.4-mile rail corridor linking the port with the Hialeah Intermodal Railyard, operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad.

The recovery in the construction materials market stalled in May, reversed significantly in June and fell slightly more in July. Materials orders dropped 4.3% in the last three months causing a 3.6% fall in manufacturers’ shipments and a 0.5% decline in prices. Production has adjusted slowly, rising 0.3% which has boosted inventories 1.6% and pushed the inventory/sales ratio for manufacturers from an average plus reading of 1.31 back to 1.37, the same level as a year ago, says Reed Construction Data chief economist Jim Haughey.

Today?s jobs market report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics may provide a much needed spark of confidence for the U.S. economy, especially its workers and

According to North America?s four major stock market indices, equity prices have been moving sideways for almost a year. There was a spurt in April 2010, when 52-week highs were recorded, but there have been mainly double-digit percentage declines since then, taking index levels back to where they were in October-November 2009. The exception on the plus side has been the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE), which has benefited from a firming up of some commodity prices and, most recently, a takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan by BHP Billiton of Australia.