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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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Results from Construction Pre-apprenticeship Survey
The Aspen Institute’s Workforce Strategies Initiative recently published the findings of its nationwide survey of pre-apprenticeship programs in the construction trades. Based on responses from 260 programs nationwide, the report presents information about program size, services offered,… Read More
November 2, 2009
Stimulus-Funded Projects Save and Add Jobs for Construction Workers
Bob Schafer (right), vice president of Ranger Construction, talks with reporter John McCarthy from Florida Today following the event. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and the Florida East Coast Chapter announced Friday that a $20.5 million stimulus-funded project to widen I-95 in Palm Bay, Fla., is helping member company… Read More
November 2, 2009
DHS Rescinds No-Match Rule
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule rescinding the so-called "No-Match rule" first issued in August 2007 and supplemented in October 2008.  The final rule is the same as the proposed rule issued in August 2009. The rescinded rule addressed the legal obligations of an… Read More
November 2, 2009
Avoid Being Blindsided by the AIA A201 – An ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Webinar
November 9, 2009 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST For the first time in more than 50 years, the AIA A201 General Terms and Conditions document was not endorsed by ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½. If using the A201, the 2007 edition is now mandated. The substantial risk shift to contractors (general and specialty) and other parties… Read More
November 1, 2009
Highway Program Extended to December 18
With the October 30th deadline having arrived on the first thirty day extension of SAFETEA-LU authorization and no action on separate extension legislation, the House and the Senate included language in the Continuing Resolution needed to fund most of the Federal government to continue highway and… Read More
October 30, 2009
Senate Environment Committee Holds Hearings on Climate Legislation
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week conducted three days of legislative hearings with over 50 witnesses providing testimony on S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, introduced by EPW Chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). The bill… Read More
October 30, 2009
DOT To Rewrite Rules On Trucker Driving Hours
After more than nine years of rulemaking and lawsuits, the Obama Administration has agreed to settle the long-standing legal dispute with safety groups and the Teamsters union over the truck driver hours of service (HOS) rules. Under the terms of the agreement, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety… Read More
October 30, 2009
Assistance With PCB Exposure Available from EPA
On September 25, the EPA issued a press release offering guidance to school administrators and building owners to lessen exposure to PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) found in caulk of old buildings constructed or renovated between 1950 and 1978.  PCBs have long been banned, but still pose a… Read More
October 30, 2009
Attend ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Building to LEED®-NC Course at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo
November 11-13, 2009 - Phoenix, Arizona ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s acclaimed Building to LEED-NC: Overview and the Impact on Construction Practices course examines LEED for New Construction with a focus on the means and methods of construction. This course will be featured on Tuesday, November 10, as part of… Read More
October 30, 2009
New MEP Document for 3D and BIM Technology
The Specialty Contractor’s Subforum of the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ BIMForum has created the MEP Spatial Coordination Team Requirements for Building Information Modeling.  This document provides guidance to companies and individuals involved in 3D MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection) spatial… Read More
October 29, 2009

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