On March 3, 2016, The Port Authority of New York opened the new transportation hub at the World Trade Center to the public and to the 100,000 riders who use the center daily. The structure, named the "Oculus” is a soaring tribute to the tragedy of 911 and serves as a gateway, transportation, and...
This Week's Second Look
Reshaping the Industry
Three actions are necessary to build a thriving, profitable and durable construction industry:
- Acceptance. Recognize current situations and challenges and accept they are real.
- Leadership. Embrace core values and principles as innovators and leaders.
- Solutions. Collaborate among owners, contractors and workforce for solutions.
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series which will span three generations of craft workers who have enhanced career opportunities for themselves and others through participation in the workforce development program at Jacobs.Mason Sloan, Pipefitter Foreman at Jacobs, currently works...
A new program with an impressive success rate is underway at Alvin Community College, where veterans are receiving training to get good-paying jobs in the petrochemical industry as pipefitters and welders.Teresa Grace is the Grant Coordinator for the Petrochem Veterans Initiative Grant. She told...
Google, the 17 year old giant company best known for its search engines and which most of us use daily on our smart phones, laptops and tablets, has gotten its driver’s license for its driverless cars at a younger age than its human counterparts. According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic...
Six men have been arrested and charged with racketeering and fraud charges after allegedly paying employees of a Florida construction company through shell companies in an attempt to avoid paying more than $12 million in workers’ compensation premiums and more than $3 million in federal payroll...
Regulators are getting serious in North Carolina about dealing with companies that shirk their responsibility to carry workers’ compensation coverage on those who toil on their jobsites. So far, the state has issued $1 million in fines with more to come. The News and Observer in Raleigh took an in-...
Unless you were watching the budget process in Congress late in 2015, you probably missed a small piece of the legislation passed by the House, Senate, and signed by the President that lifted a 40-year ban on the export of US crude oil. The lifting of the ban is great news for the industrial...
Pat Kiley presented Kiley Advisors, LLC’s Houston Economic Forecast, How Long Will the Momentum Continue? with special focus on the Construction, Real Estate, Oil & Gas, and Finance sectors at the annual Adams and Reese, LLP Crawfish Boil held on May 7, 2015 at the Goode Company’s Armadillo...
Hi there. The Chamberlin Man here.Dallas Love Field, a city-owned public airport in the heart of Dallas, Texas, serves seven million passengers a year providing a vital link for the economy of Dallas, the region and the nation. The airport has come a long way since it was established by the U...