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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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ѻý's Open Shop Committee will meet during ѻý’s 92nd Annual Convention on March 21 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting will feature an update on labor law matters relevant to open-shop contractors and a roundtable discussion of local developments, covering such topics as project labor agreements, card check… Read More
December 1, 2010
The Deficit Commission's decision to recommend a 15 cent increase to the federal gas tax will protect taxpayers and help cut the deficit, while providing a needed boost for U.S. businesses, shippers and consumers.
ѻý's chief executive officer, Stephen E. Sandherr, released a statement in response… Read More
December 1, 2010
The current economic recession will mean big shifts for the construction industry, including new rate structures, more meaningful partnerships, and bigger projects. The recession has opened the door for innovation and has forced industry professionals in a new direction. Reports state that this… Read More
December 1, 2010
ConsensusDOCS are the only standard contracts that give contractors the contractual right to project financing information throughout the life of the project – not just at the beginning.
The ConsensusDOCS 200, Standard Agreement and General Conditions Between Owner and Contractor, expressly states… Read More
November 30, 2010
ѻý’s upcoming webinar, “The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts: The Ins and Outs of Federal Prevailing Wage Law,” has been pre-approved to offer three general recertification credits by the HR Certification Institute (HRCI), the internationally recognized leader in human resource certification. … Read More
November 30, 2010
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce kicked off its “Invest in Water” series of regional events last week at the New Jersey American Water Company. The summit on Aging Water Infrastructure was held with the Somerset County Business Partnership on November 23.
In a packed room of water stakeholders,… Read More
November 29, 2010
On November 5, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a direct final rulemaking to formally stay the numeric limit and associated monitoring requirements for turbidity in the “effluent limitation guidelines” rule (ELG) for stormwater runoff from “… Read More
November 29, 2010
On November 17, 2010, three federal government agencies, together, issued an amendment to the interim final regulations of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, allowing group health plans to switch insurance companies and still maintain their grandfathered status. Prior to the amendment… Read More
November 29, 2010
ѻý posted a new Recruitment and Retention database that establishes a baseline of crafts recruitment and retention programs across the United States.
The work is the product of Professors Thomas Mills and Christine Fiori at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, who were awarded… Read More
November 29, 2010
McGraw-Hill Construction forecast predicts an 8 percent increase in the value of new construction projects for 2011. While activity will still be a far cry from where it was in 2006, construction sectors are predicted to rebound slowly, including both single and multi-family housing. The commercial… Read More
November 29, 2010