SAN ANTONIO—Crews have found the body of a fourth person who died in an explosion at a San Antonio construction company and investigators worked Monday to determine the cause and origin of the blast. The blast happened late Friday at K-Bar Services and could be heard miles away, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Responders immediately…

SAN ANTONIO—Authorities on Sunday continued investigating the cause of an explosion that killed three people at a San Antonio construction company. The explosion happened at around 11:30 p.m. Friday at K-Bar Services. Authorities initially found one person who died at the scene. Investigators later announced that two more people were killed in the blast. Authorities…

In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer, and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to…

Over the past five months, I’ve watched the dream of some neighbors I have yet to meet start to take shape on my own street. It started just after the snow melted when two men arrived with a giant machine that wrestles logs and chain saws. Their job was to cut down and haul away…

Fewer old tyres may end up in landfill after a team from the University of South Australia (UniSA) tested and verified the structural integrity of earth-packed-tyre walls, opening up new opportunities for the reuse of end-of-life tyres in the construction industry. Although such walls have been used in niche construction projects for many years, robust…

BOSTON—Firefighters in Boston worked for more than three hours to rescue an injured construction worker after part of a historic power plant collapsed Wednesday while being redeveloped. Fire Commissioner Jack Dempsey told reporters the worker sustained life-threatening injuries when a wall collapsed and landed on his legs and lower body. Two other workers were quickly…

The cost of construction and development in Rancho Santa Margarita will rise 7 percent due to inflation. The Rancho Santa Margarita City Council unanimously approved on April 27 a 7 percent increase the prices of city planning services—including permits for restaurants, bars, clinics, beauty or barber shops, offices, factories, and schools. The increase is based…

WASHINGTON—U.S. construction spending barely rose in March as a moderate increase in outlays on private projects was partially offset by a further decline in public spending. The Commerce Department said on Monday that construction spending edged up 0.1 percent after increasing 0.5 percent in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast construction spending would accelerate 0.7 percent….

New Zealand’s (NZ) annual inflation rate has reached its highest level in over 30 years at 6.9 percent, Stats NZ has revealed. “The 6.9 percent increase follows an annual increase of 5.9 percent in the December 2021 quarter, the previous largest annual movement since the 7.6 percent increase in the June 1990 quarter,” Stats NZ said….

WASHINGTON—U.S. single-family homebuilding and permits tumbled in March as soaring mortgage rates increased costs, but residential construction remains underpinned by a severe shortage of houses. The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday also showed a record backlog of homes approved for construction, but yet to be started. It followed on the heels of news…