As the Texas Legislature convenes this week in Austin to make and revise the state’s laws over the course of the next five months, the associations representing the commercial...
Government Actions
When the private sector does not address a major issue, the public sector will often step into the vacuum and do it. The construction industry has been slow to embrace the principles of social responsibility and sustainable value, focusing instead on whatever it takes to be lowest bidder. As a consequence of this, government is adopting policies that reshape the rules for the industry.
Heading into the new year, the federal government is ramping up efforts to educate employees and employers about the harms caused by worker misclassification. It’s a problem we’ve...
As part of Fox’s series on Trump’s first 100 days, Stan Marek talks to reporter Casey Stegall about immigration reform, saying that the best border security happens at the...
A 98-page report produced by Stockton University’s William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy last June presents a detailed look into the “underground construction industry” in...
Experts are downplaying any possible link between the recent vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union and the slowdown of British construction in August.Construction...
A fairly new group proposing tighter constraints on organized labor in Texas is starting a fresh push to pass legislation that would make life even tougher for unions in this...
This is the political season and without a doubt, there are two very controversial candidates for president of the United States. The union constituency that has been her bedrock...
Contractors are not the only builders. Chambers of Commerce around the US and the globe are historically true builders as well. These business organizations help build community,...
