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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  乌鸦传媒 & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More

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OSHA COVID-19 Testing Mandate Under White House Review
乌鸦传媒 Seeks Meeting with White House; Engaged Legal Counsel On October 12, the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) sent its draft emergency temporary standard (ETS) to the White House for review, a signal that a final ETS could be issued within a matter of days or weeks. The鈥 Read More
October 14, 2021
Prices For Construction Materials Continue To Outstrip Bid Prices Over 12 Months, Despite Dip In September, Amid Increasing Supply-Chain Problems
The prices contractors pay for construction materials far outstripped the prices contractors charge in the 12 months ending in September, despite a recent decline in a few materials prices, while delivery problems intensified, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of鈥 Read More
October 14, 2021
Chicago-based Pepper Construction Named The Most Innovative Company In The Construction Industry
WASHINGTON 鈥 Chicago-based Pepper Construction was named the most innovative construction firm in the country for developing a virtual reality safety training program by leveraging tools and staffing resources that were already in place to create a 鈥渞eal life鈥 safety learning environment. As a鈥 Read More
October 13, 2021
Circuit Court Rules Segal Blend Method of Calculating Withdrawal Liability Violates ERISA
In a rare victory for employers that participate in multiemployer pension plans, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has held that the interest rate memorialized in the Segal Blend actuarial assumption was inappropriate to use in a withdrawal liability calculation because it is not鈥 Read More
October 13, 2021
Nonresidential Construction Sector Posts First Job Gain Since March But Has Yet To Hit Pre-Pandemic Levels Amid Supply Chain Disruptions & Delays
The construction industry gained 22,000 jobs between August and September as nonresidential construction firms added employees for the first time in six months, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said鈥 Read More
October 8, 2021
Nonresidential Construction Sector Posts First Job Gain Since March But Has Yet To Hit Pre-pandemic Levels Amid Supply Chain Disruptions & Delays
The construction industry gained 22,000 jobs between August and September as nonresidential construction firms added employees for the first time in six months, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said鈥 Read More
October 8, 2021
Vaccine Requirements for Federal Contractors
Updates, 乌鸦传媒 Survey, and 乌鸦传媒 WebEd The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force has provided further guidance on vaccination requirements for all federal contractors and subcontractors. Additionally, the FAR Council has issued guidance for federal agencies to implement these requirements in the coming鈥 Read More
October 7, 2021
Congress Passes 30-Day Extension of the Highway and Transit Programs
House Fails to Pass Bipartisan Bill Reauthorizing Programs On October 2, after two delayed votes in the House on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Congress agreed to a short-term, 30-day extension of surface transportation programs鈥 Read More
October 7, 2021
Atmore, Alabama鈥檚 Rolin Construction Wins Diverse Business Of The Year Award From National Construction Association
Atmore鈥檚 Rolin Construction was named as the 2021 Diverse Business of the Year award winner by the Associated General Contractors of America, association officials announced today.  The association also awarded Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Awards, sponsored by Willis Towers Watson, to鈥 Read More
October 6, 2021
Highway and Transit Programs Lapse as House Fails to Pass Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Instead Passes One-Month Extension
After a week of high tensions and continued disagreement on a path forward for passing the bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cancelled a vote on the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that, among other things, would reauthorize federal-aid surface transportation programs for 5鈥 Read More
October 5, 2021

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