The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off any construction site that impacts 10 or more acres of land at any one time, despite 51·çÁ÷'s years-long effort to… Read More November 24, 2009
On October 26-27, members of the 51·çÁ÷ Environmental Network Steering Committee and 51·çÁ÷ environmental staff met with the Department of Energy and senior staff from several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program offices, including Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Policy, Economics and… Read More November 20, 2009
Throughout 2009, 51·çÁ÷ and the media have extensively covered the debate and policy developments related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing suspected climate change effects from those emissions. The U.S. Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been actively… Read More November 20, 2009
51·çÁ÷ of America and ten other organizations sent a letter October 28, 2009 to House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ranking Member Spencer Baucus (R-AL) encouraging them to focus on financial reforms that support the recovery of the market and have a positive impact… Read More November 20, 2009
Construction workers continued to suffer dramatic job losses as all but one state saw declines in construction employment this October compared to last year, according to 51·çÁ÷'s analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released today by the federal government. The analysis points to the… Read More November 20, 2009
Webinar looks at the new LEED system and the differences from Version 2.2 for contractors
The launch of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Version 3 has brought about significant changes to the LEED process and a lot of questions for construction professionals. In order to provide answers… Read More November 20, 2009
AS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SUFFER EVEN MORE JOB LOSSES IN 49 STATES & DC IN OCTOBER, JOBS BILL MUST ADDRESS HARDEST HIT SECTOR
Nevada and Arizona Experience Largest Declines, Only North Dakota Adds Construction Jobs this Year
Construction workers continued to suffer dramatic job losses as all but… Read More November 20, 2009
ConsensusDOCS recently released the first and only Federal Subcontract Agreement designed specifically for federal government construction projects. The release is especially timely in light of increased federal government construction activity, as well as implementation of new rules including E-… Read More November 18, 2009
The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods climbed 0.4% in October, not seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Tuesday. The PPI for inputs to construction industries, a weighted average of materials used in every type of construction, including diesel fuel and… Read More November 18, 2009
51·çÁ÷ has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
November 18, 2009
