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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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House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure, Sends Bill to Senate
Last week, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, by a vote of 219 to 212 (8 Republicans supported the bill, and 44 Democrats voted against it).  While elements of the legislation could create jobs by inducing demand for energy efficiency improvements to… Read More
July 2, 2009
51·çÁ÷ Urges EPA Not To Issue Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases under Clean Air Act
51·çÁ÷ of America urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to not issue a final endangerment finding that current concentrations of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere endanger public health and welfare and that new motor vehicles (and engines) contribute to this endangerment.  An… Read More
July 2, 2009
CURT Accepting Workforce Awards Applications
Applications are now being accepted for the Construction Users Roundtable’s 2009 Construction Industry Workforce Development Awards. The awards were developed seven years ago to give significant national recognition for extraordinary, exemplary, and innovative training and education programs that… Read More
July 2, 2009
New Online Resource To Help Contractors Recycle and Reuse Materials
51·çÁ÷'s new online recycling toolkit will help contractors recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris and reuse industrial materials in new construction projects.  51·çÁ÷ worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Industrial Resources Council (IRC) to make this tool… Read More
July 1, 2009
51·çÁ÷ Persuades Supreme Court to Clarify Federal Remedies For Violations of Collective Bargaining Agreements
At 51·çÁ÷'s urging, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamster, a case that arose after that international union prevailed upon one of its locals to go on strike in violation of a newly ratified agreement between the local and the Granite… Read More
July 1, 2009
New Report Finds Deficient Roadways Cause More Than Half of Highway Fatalities
51·çÁ÷'s Brian Deery made a presentation during the news conference, which was attended by several members of the media. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), co-chaired by 51·çÁ÷, today released a new report that shows the $217 billion cost of deficient roadways, far outweighing costs of… Read More
July 1, 2009
51·çÁ÷ Safety & Health Conference
Registration is now open for the next 51·çÁ÷ Safety & Health Conference to be held on July 22-24, 2009, in Washington, D.C.  The hotel cut-off date is June 22, 2009. Join more than 150 industry professionals and participate in the development of regulatory and legislative activity on both a… Read More
July 1, 2009
Focus Four Hazards Safety Training is Coming to the DC Metro Area!
Focus Four Hazards Safety Training is coming to the D.C. metro area on Monday, July 20  and Tuesday, July 21, 2009. For the seventh year in a row, 51·çÁ÷ has partnered with OSHA to offer FREE Susan Harwood Grant training seminars! The Focus Four Hazards in Construction covers falls, electrocutions,… Read More
July 1, 2009
Are You Ready to Contract for Federal Projects? - Webinar
July 9, 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Federal contracting isn't easy and neither are the contracts. The ConsensusDOCS 752 is the first and only standard subcontract agreement for federal construction projects that is compliant with the most recent contracting requirements and practices found in the Federal… Read More
July 1, 2009
Form I-9 Valid After June 30
On June 26, 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that the current Form I-9 will continue to be valid for use beyond its expiration date of June 30, 2009. Although the current form has the expiration date printed… Read More
June 30, 2009

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