This week of June 2-6 has been designated National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down week by OSHA to help prevent injuries and deaths due to falls on the job.According to the...
Renewing the Workforce
Construction is a large and complex worldwide industry constantly shaped by new information technologies, advanced materials, environmental policies, regulations and changing building methods. Most importantly, though, construction is shaped by people. Sustaining a strong industry requires attracting and valuing a skilled, career-driven, high quality workforce... who also like to build! How is the construction industry attracting the skilled workforce for future growth market demands? Do prospective candidates see construction as a viable career choice?
Once when I was a kid, my parents had a truckload of dirt dumped onto our driveway. Their intent, and the eventual result, was that the dirt was to be used to level the low...
Summer has arrived, and enthusiastic high school and college students are looking for summer internships. Internships are not a problem if you are paying interns at least minimum...
Memorial Day prompts reflection and appropriately so. We must never forget all of those who gave their lives for our freedom, whether in the two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the...
Earlier this spring I attended an open house at the new Performance Verification Center in La Porte, Texas. The Center has been created by ABC Houston and the Construction...
The Associated General Contractors of America is working through its local chapters to find ways to address the catch-22 of older workers retiring while fewer graduating students...
381 Companies Engage Thousands of Georgia StudentsCharles Crosby owns his own construction company in Atlanta. Every year he carves out three full days to volunteer for the...
As many of you are aware, Construction Career Collaborative, also known as C3, was founded because several leaders in the commercial construction industry decided to step forward...
If you are a skilled crafts worker in the construction industry, boy do we have good news for you. Ken Simonson, chief economist for AGC America, recently spoke to the...
