On Sept. 12, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 attended the unveiling of a final rule to repeal the 2015 definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 has criticized the federal overreach in the 2015 WOTUS rule, which treated many traditionally state waters as federal -- triggering federal approvals and permits for construction projects.
On Monday August 19, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit seeking to overturn the district court鈥檚 decision from March that reinstated the EEOC鈥檚 revised EEO-1 Component 2 form. On Monday, August 26, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 鈥攚ith the help of its Construction Advocacy Fund鈥攋oined 13 other associations on an amici brief that explains to the court the problems employers have with the new EEO-1 form; a narrative that was not included in the parties鈥 briefs.
On August 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board reversed precedent and rebalanced the rights of property owners versus the Section 7 rights of employees in a labor dispute. In Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation d/b/a Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, the Board held that a property owner not involved in an underlying labor dispute may prohibit leafletting and similar protected activity by off-duty employees of a licensee or contractor performing work on the property owner鈥檚 premises. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) guarantees employees the right to engage in concerted activities (i.e., to act together) for mutual aid or protection.
The Trump administration has finalized the first steps in 澳门六合彩开奖预测 supported changes to streamline and modernize the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, which can be unpredictable and add delay and cost to the permitting and construction of infrastructure projects.
In mid-August, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 prepared written recommendations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the agency works to review and revise the decade-old Compensatory Mitigation Rule, which addresses mitigation requirements for Clean Water Act (CWA) permits. 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 recommendations focus on how the Corps could reduce mitigation uncertainty and inconsistency in the process, increase mitigation banking capacity, and help alleviate some of the delays on projects related to the CWA permit approvals. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 also encourages the Corps to provide for alternative, programmatic, and multipurpose options for mitigation.
On August 26, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 of America submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 proposed rule to establish a new system for government approval of apprenticeship programs that would operate in parallel with the existing registered apprenticeship system. The new system would provide for recognition of 鈥淚ndustry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs鈥 through an expedited and streamlined process. The proposed rule states that the construction industry would not 鈥渋nitially鈥 be eligible to participate in the new system.
On August 23, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a notice seeking public comment on two 鈥渋nterim鈥 policies: one to limit environmental impact statements to a maximum of 150 pages 鈥 with a recommendation that they 鈥渘ot exceed鈥 75 pages 鈥 and the other to coordinate those federal reviews under the 鈥淥ne Federal Decision鈥 executive order with a goal of completing them within two years. Both directives are intended to speed up the environmental review process for transportation projects.
On 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 latest podcast episode, we speak with two industry experts on how construction firms can best prepare for and handle the aftermath of a crisis. We discuss the logistical implications of crisis preparedness as well the imperative to address the psychological and emotional repercussions of job site accidents. Additional resources and customizable tools 鈥 developed by our guest speakers Tyler Henson with J.E. Dunn Construction and Patricia Kagerer with Gallagher 鈥 are available on 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 website here.
!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var r=e.createElement("script");r.async=1,r.id=s,r.src=i,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an industry-wide survey released today by Autodesk and the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the industry was taking a range of steps to address the situation but called on federal officials to takes steps to assist those industry efforts.
澳门六合彩开奖预测 of America鈥檚 Union Contractors Committee will hold its next conference call on September 10 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.