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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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ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Chapter leaders, including executives and presidents, met in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss best practices and meet with Congress to address ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s top legislative issues.
The annual National and Chapter Leadership Conference included speakers from Capitol Hill and breakout sessions… Read More
October 8, 2009
Since Congress failed to act prior to the September 30, 2009 deadline, a rescission of $8.7 billion in highway program budget authority required in SAFETEA-LU was implemented. As a result of the rescission, 30 states will lose about $335 million in actual highway funding dollars in FY 2010 and all… Read More
October 8, 2009
This week, House and Senate conferees working on the appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security agreed to an extension of the E-Verify electronic verification system for three years.  Â
Conferees negotiated a simple three-year extension after considering differences on both sides… Read More
October 8, 2009
U.S. EPA's FY2009/2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program is now online at http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html. EPA anticipates awarding a total of approximately $64 million under this announcement, subject to the availability of funds and… Read More
October 8, 2009
 Featured Conference Speaker Congressman Earl Blumenauer
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Highway & Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting will take place on November 13-14 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida at the PGA National Resort. This meeting is the premier national event for contractors and related businesses involved… Read More
October 7, 2009
During the annual National and Chapter Leadership Conference on Capitol Hill, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) and Senator Richard Burr (N.C.) were on hand to discuss some of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s top legislative issues with ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Chapter leaders.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer addresses meeting attendees on October… Read More
October 7, 2009
An ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ advertisement in today's The Hill newspaper calls attention to the dire state of the construction industry and directs readers to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s "Build Now For The Future, A Blueprint for Economic Growth," which was released last week. The Hill reaches more than 21,000 people each day, more than 12,… Read More
October 6, 2009
The national unemployment rate for the construction industry rose to 17.1 percent as another 64,000 construction workers lost their jobs in September, according to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s analysis of new employment data released Friday. With 80 percent of layoffs occurring in nonresidential construction, Ken… Read More
October 6, 2009
Join your ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ colleagues at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., for the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Highway & Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting. This meeting is the premier national event for contractors and related businesses involved in every aspect of highway and utility construction to… Read More
October 6, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ announced the results of a new analysis that found construction safety incidents dropped 38 percent over the last ten years and the construction fatality rate declined 47 percent since 1998, the year the federal government switched to a safety oversight approach known as "collaborative safety… Read More
October 6, 2009