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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
  ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ & 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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Construction Employment - May
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DROPS AGAIN AS 35,000 WORKERS LOSE JOBS IN MAY, WHILE SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYS ABOVE 20 PERCENT Stimulus Gains Largely Offset By Depressed Private, State and Local Construction Demand  Construction employment declined in May as 35,000 workers lost jobs, offsetting… Read More
June 4, 2010
EPA Releases Updated Clean Water Needs Survey to Congress
The U.S. EPA unveiled is 2008 Clean Watershed Needs Survey (CWNS).  The report identifies projected investment needs in excess of $298.1 billion for clean water infrastructure over the next 20 years for individual states. This total represents a 17 percent increase over EPA's 2004 study.  Combined… Read More
June 4, 2010
Construction Employment Drops Again, 35,000 Workers Lose Jobs in May
Construction employment declined in May as 35,000 workers lost jobs, offsetting most of the increases the industry experienced in March and April, according to a new analysis of federal employment figures by ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½. Meanwhile, the construction unemployment rate was at 20.1 percent, more than twice the… Read More
June 4, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Action Requested – Senate to Vote June 10 on Resolution to Block EPA from Using Clean Air Act to Stop Construction Projects
The U.S. Senate will vote Thursday, June 10 on a resolution that would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.  ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ is concerned that Clean Air Act regulation of greenhouse gases would delay or stop construction projects… Read More
June 3, 2010
EPA Releases Updated Clean Water Needs Survey to Congress
Today the U.S. EPA unveiled is 2008 Clean Watershed Needs Survey (CWNS).  The report identifies projected investment needs in excess of $298.1 billion for clean water infrastructure over the next 20 years for individual states.  This total represents a 17 percent increase over EPA's 2004 study. … Read More
June 3, 2010
Voters Choose Candidates in Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico
Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to select their party's candidates in Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico. In Alabama's 1st District, no Republican candidate received 50 percent of the vote, and Marth Roby and Rick Barber, the top two contenders to challenge Democrat Bobby Bright in November,… Read More
June 3, 2010
Department of Transportation Announces $600 Million in TIGER II Grants
On May 28, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the availability of $600 million in TIGER II grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects.  According to DOT, TIGER II grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a significant impact on the… Read More
June 3, 2010
Construction spending, materials orders rose in April; state trends remain bleak
Construction spending increased 2.7% in April, the largest one-month percentage gain in a decade, to $869 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the total was 10.5% lower than a year earlier. Public construction climbed 2.4% for the month… Read More
June 3, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Sets the Record Straight on Multiemployer Pension Relief
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ last week signed a letter with over 30 business groups to express concern about misinformation circulating regarding multiemployer defined benefit plan relief proposals before Congress.  Recent press stories have referred to the Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act being debated in the House, and… Read More
June 3, 2010
OSHA to Partner with Local Building Inspectors to Increase Enforcement in Construction
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a pilot program seeking to partner with building inspectors in 11 cities to reduce injuries and fatalities at construction sites.  The pilot program was initially announced during the April 14 - 15,… Read More
June 3, 2010

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