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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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Construction Industry Accounts for Less Than One Percent of Green House Gas Emissions
On Earth Day, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ announced that the construction industry emits less than one percent of all U.S. green house gas emissions, according to a new analysis of federal environmental data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  The newly released data shows the relative efficiency of a… Read More
April 23, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½-Supported Legislation Ensuring Green Job Training Funds Are Available to All Contractors Introduced This Week
As part of the enacted Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, an energy and renewable energy worker training program was established through a provision known as the Green Jobs Act.  The Green Jobs Act, as currently written, would limit training grant funding to only entities that coordinate… Read More
April 23, 2009
House Energy and Commerce Committee Begins Climate Change Hearings
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s analysis of climate change legislation shows a significant impact on construction in the form of higher energy prices, higher raw materials prices, potential EPA regulation of land use (including local planning decisions) and transportation planning due to the proposed cap and trade program… Read More
April 23, 2009
Dept. of Interior Publishes Stimulus Project List
The U.S. Department of the Interior has published its complete project list which represents $750 million in stimulus funds.  Projects include, but are not limited to, new buildings, HVAC upgrades, energy efficiency projects, wastewater systems, hiking trails, fencing, photovoltaic systems,… Read More
April 23, 2009
Congress Begins to Examine OSHA Enforcement Efforts
Next week there will be three hearings in both the House and Senate on workplace safety and enforcement efforts by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It is expected that Congress and the Obama Administration will seek various ways of expanding the role of OSHA as well as increase… Read More
April 23, 2009
House Transportation Committee Calls on Contractors to Support House Treatment of Transportation in Budget
Key House Transportation committee leaders called on ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and other groups to unite in supporting the House version of the budget resolution for transportation, which will set the baseline for the reauthorization of the SAFETEA-LU. The House version assumes a $323.9 billion base line for highways… Read More
April 23, 2009
1997 AIA Documents Expire May 31
Make the Switch to ConsensusDOCS! After May 31, the 1997 A-series documents (including the AIA A-201-1997) will no longer be available, and users of AIA's contract documents software will not be able to generate licensed final versions of those documents.  When AIA released its 2007 suite of A-… Read More
April 23, 2009
Recovery Act Emphasizes Summer Employment for Youth
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ members and chapters who are looking for the next generation of workers are encouraged to connect with their state and local workforce investment boards to provide summer jobs for youth. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $1.2 billion for youth activities through the Workforce… Read More
April 23, 2009
San Diego Chapter’s Hillegas Speaks on Career Academy’s Success
Glenn Hillegas, executive vice president of the San Diego ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Training and Trust and former principal of Stanley E. Foster Construction Tech Academy (CTA), was one of four speakers invited to Washington, D.C., recently to discuss San Diego’s high school reform initiative and the experiences of two… Read More
April 23, 2009
EPA Publishes Greenhouse Gas Proposed Rule
On April 10, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would require reporting of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a wide range of sources, including all facilities that produce cement and manufacture lime.  The agency is… Read More
April 22, 2009

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