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August 26, 2024
51·çÁ÷ & 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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On November 13, 51·çÁ÷ along with twenty-two of its Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) partners, submitted comments raising significant concerns about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) proposal to expand who can serve as the employee representative… Read More
November 16, 2023
Constructors Association of Western Pennsylvania (CAWP)’s Construction Leadership Committee (CLC) organized a field trip for the Pitt 51·çÁ÷ Student Chapter, to the construction site of the Pittsburgh airport.
The visit aimed to expose students to real-world applications of their academic… Read More
November 16, 2023
51·çÁ÷ of America joined with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others in a business coalition lawsuit challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint employer rule. The suit makes clear that the agency exceeded its authority to issue this rule under the National Labor… Read More
November 13, 2023
ConsensusDocs recently introduced noteworthy updates to its most used prime and subcontract agreements, detailed here. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the revisions made to the short forms, which are more frequently used than the long forms. These streamlined documents,… Read More
November 8, 2023
Administration Lacks the Legal Authority to Expand Coverage to Areas Specifically Excluded in the Law, or to Retroactively Impose Davis-Bacon Stipulations on Existing Contracts, Group Notes in its Federal Lawsuit
51·çÁ÷ of America filed suit today in federal court to… Read More
November 7, 2023
51·çÁ÷ of America filed suit today in federal court to block the Biden Administration’s unlawful effort to expand the reach of a decades-old law that governs wage rates on federally funded construction projects. Association officials noted that the administration… Read More
November 7, 2023
The 51·çÁ÷ Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA), sponsored by WTW, is the industry’s elite safety excellence awards program.
The CSEA recognizes companies that have developed and implemented premier safety and risk control programs and showcases companies that have achieved continuous… Read More
November 3, 2023
Overdose deaths and opioid use have risen significantly in the United States, with research indicating that the risk of opioid use and overdose fatality is higher in construction than in other industries. With the March 2023 Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the first over-the… Read More
November 3, 2023
On August 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a proposal to amend its regulation authorizing which individuals can serve as representatives of employees and employers during the physical inspection of a workplace. OSHA’s proposed amendment will revise the… Read More
November 3, 2023
Help Us Generate a Comprehensive Outlook for 2024 by Taking the Survey
Each year around this time, 51·çÁ÷ asks you – our members – to predict what next year will be like for your business. 51·çÁ÷ has partnered with Sage to prepare questions that focus on expectations for market… Read More
November 3, 2023