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Workforce

Construction expected to near pre-recession employment highs by 2022

Construction employment will likely grow by 29 percent between 2012 and 2022, according to a report by the CPWR Data Center. According to the center, that would put the number of construction workers in the U.S. at 11.5 million, just under the industry record set in 2007 before the recession took hold. Funded by NIOSH and using […]

March 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT partners with college on Highway Construction Pre-Apprenticeship certification

The Arizona Department of Transportation is partnering with Gateway Community College to offer a Highway Construction Pre-Apprenticeship certification program beginning March 23. The program is being offered through ADOT’s Business Engagement and Compliance Office and is funded through the Federal Highway Administration. The program ends May 7. “This outreach program has a specific purpose to […]

March 17, 2015

Workforce

Skull found on Louisville construction site sparks search for more remains

Work has slowed on a Louisville, Kentucky, jobsite where construction workers recently gained a bit more company as police and volunteers are combing the area after a skull was found on the jobsite early last week. According to a report from WHAS TV, workers excavating a site for a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood found the skull March […]

March 16, 2015

Workforce

Skilled worker shortage in Omaha problematic for several major construction projects, delaying smaller ones

The Omaha area is in the midst of a major construction boom that its local workforce simply isn’t equipped to handle. According to a report from the Omaha World-Herald, a $400 million data center expansion in Council Bluffs has required the services of 2,000 construction workers alone and it’s unclear just when the project will be […]

March 10, 2015

Workforce

Construction adds 29,000 jobs in February

U.S construction firms added 29,000 workers to their payrolls in February, extending the industry’s streak of employment gains to 14 months. The industry now employs 6.353 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The new data also revised the employment figure for January upward from the previously reported 6.314 million, to 6.324 million. The revision […]

March 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

USDOT launches local hiring pilot program

The U.S. Department of Transportation is introducing a one-year pilot program through the Federal Highway Administration that allows local hiring provisions as part of contracting requirements. The program, called Local Hire, is a result of a clarification by the Department of Justice of FHWA’s bidding statute that will allow such a provision as long as […]

March 4, 2015

Workforce

Legislation to recalculate prevailing construction wage passes in West Virginia

While Indiana appears to be on the way to repealing its common construction wage entirely, lawmakers in West Virginia have passed legislation that will recalculate how the wage is set. With a 56-39 vote, West Virginia’s House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 361, according to a report from WTRF TV. The bill will go back to […]

March 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Fahrner Asphalt, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce team up to offer road construction training in Wisconsin

Fahrner Asphalt Sealers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW) have partnered to offer road construction and repair job training, according to a report by the Milwaukee Business Journal. “The HCCW is excited about this new partnership with Fahrner that will train and develop underutilized workers to address the shortage of skilled labor in the […]

March 1, 2015

Workforce

Construction workers’ butt-dial to boss rats them out for jobsite burglary

Two construction workers in Key West, Florida, have been arrested and charged with felony grand theft after stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools from one of their company’s jobsites. And cracking the case took very little detective work. According to a report from CBS Miami, Stacey Valenzuela, the owner of Concrete Solutions, received a phone call […]

February 25, 2015

Workforce

Indiana House votes to repeal state’s common construction wage

The Indiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that would repeal a state law that sets baseline wages for construction workers on certain public projects. According to a report from the Indianapolis Star, House Republicans squeaked the bill through Monday, accounting for all the yeas in a 55-41 vote. The bill now moves on to the Senate. […]

February 24, 2015

Workforce

Career night aims at signing up more Cleveland-area women for construction apprenticeships

With the area’s number of women working in construction and the the trades dead even with the national average of 3 percent, trade groups in Northeast Ohio are looking to change that. The Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council’s Tradeswomen Committee will host a career night on Tuesday, February 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Plumbers […]

February 22, 2015

Safety

Crane operator killed by falling steel beam in Oregon

A crane operator in Portland, Oregon, was killed earlier this week when a steel beam fell on top of his machine’s cab. According to a report from The Oregonian, Christopher Pierson, 40, was aiding the construction of a retaining wall. Pierson was lifting a steel beam by its end when the beam “detached and sliced into the cab,” […]

February 19, 2015