article thumbnail

Major Pipeline Firm Aegion Corp. Agrees to $963M Private Equity Buy

ENR Construction

The purchaser has made several industry acquisitions since 2017.

Equity 64
article thumbnail

The US Homeownership Rate Is Increasing, but Along With It, a Racial Gap Is Widening

Pro Builder

By comparison, the White American homeownership rate grew by nearly 3 percentage points over the last decade and has remained around 70% since 2017. From 2011 to 2021, the Black homeownership rate increased by less than half of 1 percentage point, rising from 43.6%

US 52
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Oberhelman to Retire as Caterpillar Chairman/CEO

Construction Equipment

Jim Umpleby will succeed him as CEO, effective January 1, 2017. Dave Calhoun, a current member of the Caterpillar Board, will assume the role of nonexecutive chairman of the board upon Oberhelman’s retirement on March 31, 2017. Umpleby is currently group president responsible for energy & transportation.

Equity 48
article thumbnail

Financial Difficulties Drag U.S. Household Formation Down

Pro Builder

First, massive amounts of savings and equity were lost in the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent foreclosure crisis, impacting the ability of both older generations to retire and younger ones to shield their children from substantial college debt.

Income 52
article thumbnail

Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

While that means there’s still some work to be done in terms of pay equity, it also means construction could be an appealing career for many women. And the Iron Workers, in April 2017, became the first building trades union to offer up to eight months of paid maternity leave. percent of what men do.

article thumbnail

Top 10 Tiles Companies in India 2020

CivilJungle

Top 5 Tiles Company in India Revenue Comparison 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. Revenue 2017. Debt to equity. Debt to equity. Debt to equity. – Debt to equity. Debt to equity. Also, Read: Top 10 Construction Companies in UAE. Tiles Company in India. Revenue 2020. Revenue 2019. Revenue 2018. Market Cap.

Debt 52
article thumbnail

USGBC Wants You to Comment on the Next Version of LEED

Green Building Law Update

have been criticized for not going far enough to address, and will almost certainly find their way into the next generation rating system, it is social equity and matters of occupant health. This may also be an ideal time to comment given the 2017 announcement that the technical content “in the 2018 IgCC powered by 189.1,”.

Green 120