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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 releases full report from its first-ever workforce summit which includes a lengthy catalog of steps firms, educators and ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America chapters are taking to address workforce shortages. It also includes 22 new recommendations summit participants crafted, to help overcome the recruiting,… Read More
January 26, 2022
Construction employment in December remained below levels reached just before the start of the pandemic in more than half the states as firms struggled to find enough workers to hire, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors… Read More
January 25, 2022
Jeff Christianson is a graduate of Washington State University with a BS in Construction Management and holds a MS in Civil Engineering degree from University of Maryland. He joined Exxel Pacific, Inc. in 2003 and is currently a Senior Superintendent overseeing multiple projects in the greater… Read More
January 21, 2022
On January 19, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, along with the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance (SWACCA), submitted comprehensive comments to OSHA reiterating the construction industry’s success in protecting workers throughout the pandemic,… Read More
January 20, 2022
Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Supplemental
On January 19, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Civil Works studies, projects, and programs that will be implemented by the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan… Read More
January 20, 2022
On January 14, the Federal Highway Administration launched the Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection, and Construction Program created in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The program represents the single largest dedicated bridge investment since… Read More
January 20, 2022
According to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly (CCQ) published by PAS, Inc., construction support staff wages are to rise by an average 3.6%. The prediction is based on data gathered from over 199 companies in the 18th edition of PAS’s Construction Support Staff Salary Survey. This is… Read More
January 20, 2022
January 25 and 27, 2022
Register here for an ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and FMI hosted two-part webinar series on the implementation of the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and how it will affect the 2022 highway, transportation, utility, and direct… Read More
January 20, 2022
On January 13, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) No. 2022-1 clarifying the requirements of Executive Order (EO) 14026 that increases the hourly minimum wage for certain federal contractors to $15 effective January 30, 2022.
The FAB… Read More
January 20, 2022
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, in conjunction with the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and four fellow CDW-member trade associations, submitted an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board in a case that could result in broader remedies for unlawfully discharged employees. The Board invited… Read More
January 20, 2022