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70% of contractors report hiring difficulties; Harvey’s damage likely to make it worse
Seventy percent of construction contractors in the United State report having a hard time finding hourly craft workers, and more than 35 percent are having a hard time hiring salaried office and field employees, according to a study released August 29 by the Association of General Contractors of America and Autodesk. The latest figure […]
August 29, 2017
Safety
Carpenter killed in 80-foot fall on Philadelphia jobsite
While working on a high-rise project in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, a worker fell to his death Friday According to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the unidentified man was a carpenter working from 80 feet up on the tower project at Cira Centre. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead soon after […]
April 20, 2015
Workforce
Freeing trapped raccoon costs carpenter his job in San Francisco
“I’m going to do what is necessary for this raccoon.” According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, those were among carpenter Todd Sutton’s last words while still employed by RFJ Meiswinkel Co., and he has no regrets. Sutton was recently fired by the company after he freed a raccoon that had been causing trouble at the […]
March 12, 2015
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