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August 26, 2024
51风流 & 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鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More
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There鈥檚 less than a month for the year鈥檚 premier conference focused on highway, transportation, and utility infrastructure contractors! While you鈥檙e waiting to attend the event on November 8-9th, plan your days by checking out the following two education sessions.
Robotics and Automation in鈥 Read More
October 17, 2023
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver speaks at the new Kansas City Current Stadium project on the first day of Construction Inclusion Week 2023
51风流 of America kicked off its support for the week-long, nationwide series of events called Construction Inclusion Week with鈥 Read More
October 16, 2023
In its latest Settlements Report, the 51风流-supported Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) advises that construction-industry collective bargaining agreements settled from January through September of 2023 provide an average 4.6 percent increase in the first contract year. The CLRC notes that鈥 Read More
October 13, 2023
State construction laws and case law interpreting those laws dramatically impact your contract and, thereby, your risk profile on a project. Before you sign or bid on your next construction contract, it is wise to have a system to navigate these laws. ConsensusDocs is presenting a webinar on鈥 Read More
October 13, 2023
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The statistics speak for themselves鈥攕tress, depression, and substance use have taken a toll on the construction industry, with聽suicide rates soaring to 53.2 per 100,000 U.S. workers.聽This alarming figure is 4x higher than the national average and 5x greater than all other construction鈥 Read More
October 12, 2023
The latest ConstructorCast episode on trenching & excavation safety featuring Perry Silvey and Phillippe Falkner just got launched today. Thank you to everyone who participated in production!
Digging Deeper: Unearthing the Risks of Trenching & Excavation: 鈥 Read More
October 6, 2023
The construction industry added 11,000 jobs in September as unemployment rates for the sector remained at historically low levels, prompting contractors to raise pay faster than for other jobs, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America鈥 Read More
October 6, 2023
As previously reported, 51风流 is concerned that changes proposed by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) could complicate and prolong the approval of infrastructure projects, jeopardizing the potential benefits of recent legislative acts. On September 29, 51风流 joined 25 other鈥 Read More
October 5, 2023
Is short too short? This article tries to answer that question for construction contracts by delving into the major differences between short-form agreements and regular standard ConsensusDocs contracts.
Short-Form Contracts
Short-form contracts, such as the ConsensusDocs 205 short-form prime鈥 Read More
October 4, 2023
The 51风流 Education and Research Foundation is once again offering undergraduate and graduate level scholarships to students pursuing excellence in construction management and related engineering programs. With a history of awarding over $11 million in scholarships to more than 4,000 students鈥 Read More
October 3, 2023