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August 26, 2024
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â & 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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Tell the President & Congress NOW
CLICK HERE to tell President Trump and Congress to enact legislation this year to protect construction jobs by blocking a surprise federal tax increase of up to 37 percent on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness. If Congress fails to act by the… Read More
December 3, 2020
OFCCP recently announce the release of its new technical assistance guide for small contractors. The guide provides compliance assistance regarding equal employment opportunity obligations for small federal supply and service, construction contractors and subcontractors, as well as and federally… Read More
December 3, 2020
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses, While Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Walla Walla, Wash. Lead in Construction Job Increases
Only 30 percent of the nation’s metro areas added construction jobs in the past year,… Read More
December 2, 2020
Demand For Most Types of Nonresidential Projects Remains Flat Amid COVID-Uncertainty, Dwindling State and Local Budgets and the Lack of New Federal Coronavirus Relief Measures, Putting Jobs at Risk
The construction industry’s fortunes continued to diverge in October, as residential construction… Read More
December 1, 2020
Help Us Generate a Comprehensive Outlook for 2021 by Taking the Survey Today
Each year around this time, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â asks you – our members – to predict what next year will be like for your business. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â has partnered with Sage to prepare questions that focus on expectations for market… Read More
November 30, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that it has launched an education and enforcement initiative in eight Southeastern states to ensure construction companies that work on federal or federally assisted construction projects meet prevailing wage requirements of the… Read More
November 23, 2020
New York and Vermont Post Worst Losses since February as Virginia and South Dakota Add the Most; Maryland Records Worst One-Month Job Losses, While California and Alaska Post Biggest Gains
Construction employment in October remained depressed compared to pre-pandemic levels in three-fourths… Read More
November 23, 2020
Americans considered several significant state and local ballot initiatives this year that would provide public financing for K-12, higher education, and other education facility construction projects. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â and many of its Chapters across the nation generally support increased construction… Read More
November 19, 2020
Provided CMMC Overview for Defense Contractors
On November 16, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â hosted a webinar with Katie Arrington, Chief Information Security Officer for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to provide defense contractors an overview of the upcoming Cybersecurity Maturity Model… Read More
November 19, 2020
Applies to PPP loans of $2 Million or More
Since the last report, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â has learned that the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection program (PPP) loan necessity questionnaire is approved and SBA-mandated for borrowers with PPP loans for $2 million or more. As such, applicable… Read More
November 19, 2020