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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
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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51·çÁ÷ Holds Northwest Regional Meeting with Carpenters and Operating Engineers
51·çÁ÷ held a regional meeting with the National Construction Alliance II (NCAII) on October 2 in Seattle, WA.  Members and chapter staff from collective bargaining chapters in the Northwest attended, along with International Union of Operating Engineers General President Vince Giblin, United… Read More
October 21, 2009
State Construction Employment - September
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 49 STATES & DC IN SEPTEMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AS INDUSTRY AWAITS STIMULUS, RECOVERY Nevada and Arizona Experience Largest Declines and 41 States Experience Double-Digit Job Losses; Only Louisiana Adds Construction Jobs During the Past Year  Construction… Read More
October 21, 2009
51·çÁ÷ Chapters Create State Fair Construction Learning Centers
Chapter Spotlight 51·çÁ÷’s two Nebraska Chapters recently created a Construction Learning Center at the 2009 Nebraska State Fair. Over the course of 10 days, the center offered an entertaining, educational, and hands-on experience for fairgoers of all ages. About a week later, the Kansas… Read More
October 20, 2009
Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) for Construction Materials and Components - September
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX FIGURES SHOW LIMITED-TIME CONSTRUCTION COSTS SALE COMING TO AN END, TOP CONSTRUCTION ECONOMIST SAYS September Data Shows Costs for Most Construction Materials Higher with Copper, Aluminum and Steel Seeing "Significant" Increases  Construction costs, which had been relatively… Read More
October 20, 2009
51·çÁ÷ Meets with NRWA in Louisville at H20 Expo
The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) represents approximately 26,696 public water and wastewater utilities in rural communities across the United States. On October 4, 51·çÁ÷ Staff and M&U Regional Representative Dick Smailes, Contractors Association of West Virginia member, met with NRWA… Read More
October 20, 2009
Buy American Update
51·çÁ÷ has been active in our efforts to ensure that the "Buy American" requirements of the Recovery Act did not seriously delay $6 billion allocated for drinking water and wastewater projects being administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and $1.4 billion allocated for the USDA'… Read More
October 20, 2009
S. 1005 Update
51·çÁ÷ and the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN) Coalition continue to push the Senate to bring S. 1005 Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2009 to the floor of the Senate.  On October 7, the WIN Coalition sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling for action on S.1005. S.1005… Read More
October 20, 2009
What every construction job means for the economy?
When Chris Doris lost his construction job in Reno, it wasn’t just his bank account that took a hit.  As this Reno Gazette Journal story shows, even one lost construction job spells economic troubles for local restaurants, retail, government and financial institutions.  Anyone that wants to… Read More
October 19, 2009
MHC, Reed foresee partial construction upturn; IP, CPI rise for month but lag '08 levels
"The level of construction starts in 2010 is expected to climb 11%," McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) forecasted on Frday, "following the 25% decline predicted for 2009. 'The U.S. construction market in 2010 will be helped by growth for several sectors, following three straight years of decline that… Read More
October 19, 2009
Mark Your Calendar to Attend 51·çÁ÷’s HR Professionals Conference and Training & Development Conference in Atlanta!
Attend 51·çÁ÷’s HR Professionals Conference and Training & Development Conference October 27-29, in Atlanta and learn what you need to know to be successful as an HR or T&D professional in the construction industry.  With expert speakers providing compliance-related guidance for HR… Read More
October 18, 2009

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