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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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Are you or your company facing federal prevailing wage laws for the first time? With the downturn in the availability of commercial work, many construction contractors are bidding on federal and federally-assisted work, and having to comply with the Davis Bacon and Related Acts for the first time.… Read More
December 1, 2009
51·çÁ÷ recently held its joint 2009 HR Professionals and Training & Development Conference in Atlanta. More than 175 people attended to learn, share best practices, network and take home practical solutions to HR and training problems.
Attorney Bert Brannan addresses conference attendees during… Read More
December 1, 2009
On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (2010 NDAA), which expands the recently-enacted exigency and caregiver leave provisions for military families under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The law took effect immediately.
Just last… Read More
December 1, 2009
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is calling on employers to enact a written policy that prohibits employees from using a phone or messaging device while driving. Resources for developing such a policy are available on the Secretary's blog.
The Drive Against Distraction program is aimed at… Read More
December 1, 2009
The 51·çÁ÷ of America Specialty Contractors Council (SCC) has released a two-page "Best Practices Guidance for Retainage" document. Developed by the SCC Executive Committee with input from the more than 1,000 51·çÁ÷ specialty contractor members who responded to an 51·çÁ÷ retainage survey in late 2008, this… Read More
December 1, 2009
Only five out of 337 metropolitan areas saw an increase in construction employment between October 2008 and October 2009, according to 51·çÁ÷'s analysis of metropolitan area employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meanwhile, construction employment nationally tumbled by 1.1 million jobs… Read More
November 30, 2009
ONLY FIVE OUT OF THE NATION'S LARGEST 337 COMMUNITIES SEE ANNUAL INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT THIS OCTOBER
 1,900 Construction Jobs Added in Those Five Areas While 1.1 Million Workers Lose Jobs Nationwide As Employment Picture Continues to Deteriorate
ARLINGTON, VA - Only five out of 337… Read More
November 30, 2009
On Nov. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Construction and Development Effluent Limitations Guidelines (C&D ELG) rule. EPA has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off… Read More
November 30, 2009
The value of new construction starts climbed 12% in October, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) reported on Friday, based on data it compiled. "The upward push came from double-digit gains for nonresidential building and nonbuilding construction (public… Read More
November 25, 2009
The return to standard time at the beginning of November brings this old mnemonic to mind. It also seems to apply, in another sense, to the latest construction spending data.
McGraw-Hill Construction reported on November 20 that nonresidential building in October sprang ahead 19 percent at a… Read More
November 24, 2009