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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 Failure To Invest In Construction 澳门六合彩开奖预测 & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  澳门六合彩开奖预测 & 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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House and Senate Consider Expanding Buy America to Construction Materials
澳门六合彩开奖预测 warns could result in significant delays for infrastructure project delivery Advancing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate include an 澳门六合彩开奖预测-opposed provision that would expand federal-aid highway and transit programs鈥 Buy America requirements to 鈥渃onstruction鈥 Read More
June 10, 2021
澳门六合彩开奖预测 Victory on New OSHA COVID-19 Safety and Health Standard
On June 10, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced that the long-anticipated federal COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will only apply to healthcare settings. This represents a significant change from early reports that the鈥 Read More
June 10, 2021
Biden Administration Proposals For Supply-Chain Relief Will Worsen Workforce Problems While Ignoring Most Promising Solutions
Construction Association Calls for End to Tariffs on Lumber, Steel and Aluminum in Order to Deliver Prompt Relief Instead of Imposing New Restrictions on Hiring, Training, and Work Agreements The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued鈥 Read More
June 8, 2021
Construction Employment Slips By 20,000 In May As Supply-Chain Problems And Record Materials Cost Increases Plague Nonresidential Contractors
Many Construction Firms Also Report Difficulty Finding Qualified Workers to Hire as Some Remain Reluctant to Return to Work amid Child Care Challenges and Elevated Unemployment Supplements Construction employment declined for the third time in the past four months in May as nonresidential鈥 Read More
June 4, 2021
President Calls for More Federal Contracts for Disadvantaged Small Businesses
On June 1, President Biden called for an 鈥渁ll-of-government effort to expand contracting opportunities for underserved small businesses across the country.鈥 Among other initiatives, the goal is to increase the share of contracts going to small, disadvantaged businesses (SDB) by 50 percent by 2026,鈥 Read More
June 2, 2021
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Guidance
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing questions arising under the federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws. The EEOC also posted a new resource for job applicants and employees,鈥 Read More
June 2, 2021
Construction Employment In April Lags Pre-COVID February 2020 Level In 107 Metro Areas Despite Rebound From Winter Weather And Pandemic
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Odessa, Texas Have Worst 14-Month Construction Job Losses; Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Ind. and Sierra Vista-Douglas, Ariz. Lead List of 217 Metros with Job Gains Construction employment decreased from February 2020 鈥 the last month prior to the pandemic 鈥 to鈥 Read More
June 2, 2021
Nonresidential Construction Outlays Drop In April To Two-Year Low As Public And Private Work Declines Amid Supply-chain Woes, Soaring Costs
Construction Officials Say New Infrastructure Funding, Tariff Relief and Measures to Reduce Manufacturing and Delivery Delays for Key Materials Needed to Jump Start Nonresidential Activity Nonresidential construction spending in April declined for the fifth-straight month to a two-year low as鈥 Read More
June 1, 2021
The U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Guidance
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing questions arising under the federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws. The EEOC also posted a new resource for job applicants and employees鈥 Read More
May 28, 2021
Senate Committee Advances Clean Energy Tax Incentive Bill
Expands Renewable Energy & EV Tax Credits; Attaches Labor Requirements On May 26 and in spite of 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 concerns, the Senate Finance Committee passed the Clean Energy for America Act, which would consolidate and expand numerous tax incentives for the construction of energy efficient鈥 Read More
May 27, 2021

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