Digging for Dirt
In a comment letter filed on May 17, Associated Builders and Contractors urged President Biden’s U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw an inflationary and flawed proposed rule revising Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts regulations that apply to federal and federally assisted construction […]
CONEXPO-CON/AGG, and the co-located International Fluid Power Exposition (IFPE), slated to return to Las Vegas March 14-18, 2023, have gained a reputation for bringing results to global attendees and exhibitors, and is working to expand that reputation for the 2023 show.
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By René Morkos
For the past two years, the construction industry has been plagued by a whole new level of uncertainty. First, we had the arrival of COVID-19, a pandemic that has radically affected both the ways in which teams work and […]
The not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate dropped 2.6% in March 2022 from a year ago, down from 8.6% to 6%, while 45 states had lower unemployment rates over the same period, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of […]
Annual Event Showcases Skilled Trades in Action, Highlighting Opportunities for Highly Mobile, Rewarding Careers in Construction as Nation Seeks to Shore Up Workforce Shortage More than 175 of the nation’s best electricians, welders, plumbers, carpenters and other craft apprentices and journey-level […]