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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
  ѻý & 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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House Approves Legislation to Modernize and Green America’s Schools
On May 14, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation to modernize, upgrade and green America's schools by a vote of 275-155. The 21st Century Green High Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 2187) invests billions of dollars in school repair and renovation… Read More
May 18, 2009
ѻý Nationally Developed Curriculum Updates and New Developments
ѻý of America is working for you developing new programs and updating existing curriculum to bring you the most relevant training programs. In the next year ѻý will be releasing several programs that we want to update you on: BIM Education Program ● Unit 1: BIM 101 An Introduction to Building… Read More
May 16, 2009
2009 ѻý-ASPE Estimating Academy – Announcing New Hotel Rates
ѻý has renegotiated the hotel rates at the Harrah’s Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. The new rates for this event are $69 for May 19 and $49 for May 20 and 21. The Harrah’s is located at the heart of the Strip with over 2,500 rooms and suites, 86,664 square feet of casino space, seven outstanding… Read More
May 15, 2009
Deadline Approaching for the ѻý Building Contractors Conference June 10-13 in Hot Springs, VA
Join the leaders of the top building construction firms, owners, specialty contractors, and service and supply companies at the ѻý Building Contractors Conference June 10-13 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA.  The ѻý Building Contractors Conference will address many important topics, including… Read More
May 15, 2009
Increased Unemployment Taxes Probable for Employers
In addition to the many employer mandates enacted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), new efforts to assist the nation's unemployed have been introduced, potentially causing an increase in state-mandated unemployment taxes for employers.  Because employers are seemingly no… Read More
May 15, 2009
Construction Executive Salaries Rose 4.6% in 2008, Expected to Rise Further in 2009
Construction executive salaries increased an average of 4.6 percent in 2008, according to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly published by PAS, Inc.  Although last year's increase was not as significant as the 5.4 percent increases reported in 2006 and 2007, buying power for those… Read More
May 15, 2009
Deadline Approaching for the ѻý Building Contractors Conference
June 10-13 in Hot Springs, Va. Join the leaders of the top building construction firms, owners, specialty contractors and service and supply companies at the ѻý Building Contractors Conference, June 10-13 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.  The ѻý Building Contractors Conference will address… Read More
May 15, 2009
Prepare Now to Meet EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Requirements
The EPA's new "Renovation, Repair, and Painting" program requires contractors who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities to be certified and to follow specific lead-safe work practices by April 2010.  The agency recently announced that it has begun to review and accredit training… Read More
May 15, 2009
ѻý Chapters Ask EPA for $30 Million to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide
Industry Would Voluntarily Contribute Additional $20M to Support Retrofit Effort In an unprecedented nationwide effort to reduce emissions from construction equipment, 15 ѻý Chapters have asked the EPA for more than $31 million in grant funding to clean up approximately 1,000 diesel machines that… Read More
May 15, 2009
DHS to Focus on Prosecuting Employers Who Hire Illegal Workers
On April 30, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a shift in its workforce enforcement priorities from the prosecution of illegal aliens working in the United States to the prosecution of employers who knowingly hire them.  According to a fact sheet distributed by DHS, only 135… Read More
May 15, 2009

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