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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  ѻý & 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’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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Senate Passes ѻý-Backed Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Bill
Would Provide $35 Billion in the Nation’s Water Infrastructure On April 29, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed (89-2) the bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S.914). The act authorizes more than $35 billion for the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) grant… Read More
May 6, 2021
ѻý Meets with White House on OSHA COVID-19 Standard
On April 30, ѻý and its coalition partners met with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to raise concerns about and question the need for a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) 14 months into the pandemic. ѻý… Read More
May 6, 2021
U.S. EPA Small Business Process for New Rulemaking on a Flame Retardant Found in Insulation Board
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working on a new rule related to hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), a flame retardant chemical that was used from the 1980s until 2017 as an additive to polystyrene to make insulation boards for construction.  An EPA risk assessment showed that there is… Read More
May 6, 2021
U.S. EPA and Congress Renew Efforts to Address Forever Chemicals
On April 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formation of a new agency council to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  In the memo, EPA Administrator Michael Regan also reiterated the agency’s commitment to the 2019 PFAS Action Plan.  The… Read More
May 6, 2021
Nonresidential Construction Outlays Drop In March For Fourth-Straight Month As Weak Demand, Supply-chain Woes Make Further Declines Likely
Construction Officials Say New Infrastructure Investments, Tariff Relief for Key Construction Materials are Needed to Help Contractors Cope with Continued Economic Impacts of the Pandemic Nonresidential construction spending fell to a two-year low in March as contractors struggled with… Read More
May 3, 2021
EEOC Opens 2019 & 2020 EEO-1 Data Collection
After delaying the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collections on May 8, 2020, in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is now open. The EEO-1 is an… Read More
April 29, 2021
President Issues E.O. Raising Minimum Wage
$15 on Federal Contracts Beginning in 2022 On Apr. 21, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to employees working on federal contracts.  The increase builds on a 2014 EO signed by President Barack Obama that previously raised… Read More
April 29, 2021
President Unveils “Human” Infrastructure Plan
Would Increase Taxes on Individuals, on Capital Gains & at Death On April 28, President Biden released his $2 trillion American Families Plan to expand federal spending on childcare, community college and paid leave programs. The plan, as outlined in a White House fact sheet, would be financed… Read More
April 29, 2021
Complete the 2021 HCSS & ѻý Highway Work Zone Safety Survey and Help Protect Highway Workers
ѻý of America and our survey partner, HCSS are asking all highway and transportation members involved in highway construction work to evaluate the state of highway work zone safety by completing this annual survey. We want to collect information on the number, severity, impacts and potential… Read More
April 29, 2021
OSHA Moves to Finalize COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
ѻý to Meet with White House On April 26, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) submitted its draft COVID-19 ETS to the White House for final review. The review process generally takes a few weeks to no more than 90 days. Given the pressure the White House is under from… Read More
April 29, 2021

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