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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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On April 22, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America released a plan calling for market-based solutions, incentives and needed investments to deliver environmental improvements in our nation's infrastructure-buildings, transportation, water and land resources and power generation.
The plan-Building a Green Future-outlines… Read More
May 20, 2010
EPA's Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program (RRP) rule was fully implemented on April 22, 2010. Under the current rules, contractors who perform renovations, repairs and/or painting projects in most pre-1978 housing, child-care facilities and schools (i.e., that have, or are assumed to… Read More
May 20, 2010
OSHA's 10 regional administrators have been directed in a memo by OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels to revise how the current penalty calculation system contained in the Field Operations Manual is being used in enforcement proceedings. The administrative penalty changes are scheduled to take… Read More
May 20, 2010
EPA recently finalized its new stormwater rules that will impact nearly every construction and development project in the United States. The so-called Construction and Development Effluent Limitations Guidelines (C&D ELG) rule for the first time imposes an enforceable numeric limit on… Read More
May 20, 2010
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"3937","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full wp-image-295 alignright","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"94","height":"120","alt":""}}]]ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Specialty Contractor Council (SCC) member Tim Sinclair of Pal's Glass/Sinclair Masonry in … Read More
May 19, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ today announced that the Senate climate change bill neglects efforts to cut traffic congestion and breaks a decades-long promise that transportation user fees will be dedicated to financing highway and transit improvements.
On Tuesday, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and transportation partners sent a letter to Senators… Read More
May 19, 2010
Construction contractors continue to be squeezed between rising materials costs and falling output prices, according to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s new analysis of materials costs. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ noted that even as the producer price index leapt in April for key construction components, the amount contractors charge for… Read More
May 18, 2010
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS CAUGHT BETWEEN RISING MATERIALS COSTS AND STAGNANT PRICES FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Analysis of New April Producer Price Index Shows Increasing Pressure on Contractors to Raise Prices to Survive, Construction Economist Notes
Construction contractors continue to be… Read More
May 18, 2010
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) Wednesday unveiled a new approach to climate change legislation they say can achieve the 60 votes necessary to pass the Senate. However, no Republicans have expressed support for the package and today all six west coast Democrats came out… Read More
May 17, 2010
The Summer 2010 BIMForum will focus on the primary principles involved in Lean design and construction and how building information modeling (BIM) can best be integrated into Lean construction practices. Anyone interested in learning more about BIM or developing the knowledge and competency needed… Read More
May 17, 2010