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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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Upcoming Webinar Will Examine ‘Winning’ Diesel Retrofit Grant Applications, Lessons Learned
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a total of $156 million in clean diesel grants in an extremely fierce national grant competition authorized by the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA - part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) and funded by the American Recovery and… Read More
August 26, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Chapters to Invest Nearly $3.7 Million to Cut Diesel Emissions
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of Kentucky and Constructors Association of Western Pennsylvania (CAWP) have won $2 million and $925,000 respectively in federal grants under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program.  In addition, the Chapters have leveraged more than $… Read More
August 26, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Urges EPA to Decline California Request to Impose Billions in Diesel Retrofit Costs on Devastated U.S. Construction Industry
Construction companies nationwide will suffer significant financial losses and more construction workers will lose their jobs if the federal government allows California to proceed with plans to impose retroactive emissions standards on diesel construction equipment, warned ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ in an August 10… Read More
August 26, 2009
Negotiating Skills for Contractors
San Diego, California - September 29-30 - Manchester Grand Hyatt   Many negotiators fail to realize that successful negotiating is a talent - a talent that can be improved by learning the right skills. Negotiating doesn't mean tricks and intimidation. The ability to successfully negotiate is a… Read More
August 26, 2009
Construction Safety Incidents Drop 38 Percent
Ray Crase, safety director for Wieland Daveco, a member of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Shreveport Chapter, demonstrates fall protection gear for local media during Tuesday's event. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ announced the results of a new analysis that found construction safety incidents dropped 38 percent over the last ten years and the… Read More
August 25, 2009
State construction job losses remain widespread; PPI tumbles; MHC, Reed starts rise
Seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment fell in 29 states in July and rose in 21 states and the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. North Carolina had the largest percentage drop, -0.7%; followed by Mississippi, -0.6%; Nevada and New Mexico, -0.5%… Read More
August 24, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Submits Comments on Proposed Rule Encouraging Federal Agencies to Consider PLAs
The proposed rule implementing President Obama's executive order encouraging federal contracting agencies to consider imposing project labor agreements (PLAs) on large-scale construction projects fails to substantiate the asserted rationales for mandatory PLAs, fails to require an adequate analysis… Read More
August 24, 2009
Construction Employment Continues Steep Decline
In response to new federal employment data released Friday, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ called for federal and state officials to move faster in allocating the estimated $135 billion in stimulus-funded construction programs.  ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s analysis of the data found that 47 states saw declines in construction employment, while… Read More
August 24, 2009
Register Today for the 2009 Fall BIMForum and ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ BIM Education Program Courses
Join us for three BIM-filled days in Philadelphia for the Fall BIMForum and the breakout courses of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Building Information Modeling Education Program October 7-9 The BIMForum has quickly become the can't-miss event for those interested in the application of virtual design and construction for… Read More
August 24, 2009
The First and Only Industry Standard Subsubcontract - ConsensusDOCS 725
As an ongoing leader in construction industry contract documents, ConsensusDOCS has done it again!  In June 2009, ConsensusDOCS, the unique collaboration of 22 leading industry associations, released its new subsubcontract agreement - the ConsensusDOCS 725.  It is now easier for subcontractors to… Read More
August 24, 2009

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