HEADLINES ADDED: June 27, 2008

AGC Asks Congress to Invest in Flood Control

 |  from Electrical Construction & Maintenance  |  Read the Full Article

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Arlington, Va., recently called on Congress to provide an appropriation of at least $6.8 billion for the Corps of Engineers Civil Works program in fiscal year 2009.... Read More

NAED Joins ConsensusDOCS

 |  from Electrical Construction & Maintenance  |  Read the Full Article

The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), St. Louis, recently joined forces with other construction organizations — led by Arlington, Va.-based Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Atlanta-based Construction Owners Association of America (COAA) — in support of ConsensusDOCS... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: June 25, 2008

CCA sets up P3 task force

 |  from Green Building - Journal of Commerce  |  Read the Full Article

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is setting up a task force to ensure its members are up to speed on public-private partnerships, also known as P3s.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: June 16, 2008

Harper salutes graduates of Sarnia, Ontario apprenticeship program

 |  from Trade Contracting - Journal of Commerce  |  Read the Full Article

The Sarnia Construction Association (SCA) recently had the highest-ranking Canadian official possible attend its annual construction association graduation when Prime Minister Stephen Harper walked through the banquet hall doors.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: June 09, 2008

Related’s Time Warner Center Seeks -EB, Named 2008 BOMA Office Building of the Year

 |  from greenbuildingsNYC  |  Read the Full Article

Back in late April, the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Building Owners and Managers Association named the Related Companies’ Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle its 2008 Office Building of the Year (for buildings larger than 1 million square feet). Related is currently seeking a LEED-EB rating for the 80-story, 2.8 million-square foot tower, which was completed back in 2004. In order to confer the award, BOMA ranked buildings on a scale of 1-80 based on categories that included environmental and energy management, emergency preparedness, and tenant relations. There are fifteen... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: June 04, 2008

HBA: government's quest for zero carbon homes 'deluded'

 |  from Contract Journal - News  |  Read the Full Article

The House Builders Association (HBA) has branded the government “deluded” in its pursuit of zero carbon homes.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: June 02, 2008

Wisconsin Underground Contractors Ally With OSHA

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

This spring, the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association (WUCA) and the Wisconsin offices of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signed a two-year, statewide alliance to work together to make underground construction safer. OSHA, long known and feared as the enforcer of federal safety rules, has recently added forming co-operative alliances as another method o...... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: May 26, 2008

The Power of PAC

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

The Association of General Contractors of Missouri (AGC MO) held their Annual Convention April 3–4, 2008, at the Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel in Branson, Missouri. There was a full agenda including: U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, 2009 Missouri House Speaker-Elect Ron Richard, Col. Setiiff of the Army Corps of Engineers, informative sessions, a golf outing, demonstrations, and a ...... Read More

CCA backs changes to Employment Insurance rate-setting process

 |  from Trade Contracting - Journal of Commerce  |  Read the Full Article

The Canadian Construction Association supports proposed changes to the Employment Insurance rate-setting process that encourage more independent management.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: May 19, 2008

Alabama Road Builders Hall Of Fame Inducts New Members

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

The Alabama Road Builders Hall of Fame recently inducted six individuals and one company as new members. The Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama Road Builders Association board of directors "to honor, preserve and perpetuate the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of individuals and companies that have brought significant recognition to the state of Alabama in the field of transpo...... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: April 30, 2008

Homebuilders Association’s New Green Building Program: Blue Skies Ahead?

 |  from Womble Carlyle Construction Industry Blog  |  Read the Full Article

In a February 20, 2008, article, Engineering News-Record reports that the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is working with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to introduce a new voluntary and flexible green building program that will apply to both new home construction and remodeling projects. According to a home builder in Austin, Texas, "houses will be scored on a point system using a ‘Turbo Tax’ approach after being inspected by third-party verifiers trained by the NAHB Research Center."NAHB plans to publish the new ANSI green-building standard in... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: April 25, 2008

Shifting Union Alliances Trigger Move to End NCA

 |  from Top Stories from ENR.com  |  Read the Full Article

The National Construction Alliance, the alternative labor group formed in 2006 by three unions that broke away from the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Dept., will dissolve by month's end, says a spokesman for one of the unions, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE).... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: April 22, 2008

Partnerships in Action

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

The value and benefit of Minnesota OSHA partnerships began with the Construction Health and Safety Excellence (CHASE) program in February 2003. The oldest partnership was developed between Minnesota OSHA and the non-profit construction advocacy organization, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC).... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: April 10, 2008

Unions make presentation to House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

 |  from Trade Contracting - Journal of Commerce  |  Read the Full Article

The British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council (BCYT-BCTC) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local (IBEW) Union 424 Edmonton made a seven-minute presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: March 25, 2008

National Association Of Realtors Reports 2.9% Increase In Existing Home Sales

 |  from Construction Jobs Blog  |  Read the Full Article

Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that sales of existing homes increased in February, offering a ray of hope to the besieged residential market.  NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun commented on the data, saying “the latest reading on home sales further confirms stabilizing trends.” February saw existing home sales increase 2.9 percent and break the 5 million unit pace (seasonally adjusted annual rate).  While sales are still down significantly from first quarter 2007, Yun says “the relationship between home prices, interest rates and income has improved to the... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: March 22, 2008

CT ABC Awards Dinner

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut held the 6th annual Excellence in Construction Awards ceremony and dinner on January 24, 2008. More than 700 attended the event at the Aquaturf ...... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: March 06, 2008

MUCA Celebrates 30 Years

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

The annual fall meeting of the Minnesota Utility Contractors Association included a variety of seminars to help contractors understand business principles, legal rights and updates in the industry. In 2007, MUCA celebrated its 30 years of service to the underground utility industry and designed the conference to reflect its expanding role in contractors' daily operations.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: January 28, 2008

HVCA-ECA merger goes to member survey

 |  from Contract Journal - News  |  Read the Full Article

The proposed convergence of the Heating & Ventilating Contractors Association (HVCA) and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) has moved a step closer.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: December 04, 2007

The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

 |  from FastCompany.com > All Topics  |  Read the Full Article

In this excerpt from the book Forces for Good, authors Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant share what makes a nonprofit effective.... Read More

HEADLINES ADDED: October 25, 2007

New NARI groups could be a boon for small firms

 |  from Jonathan Sweet - Remodeling Notes  |  Read the Full Article

Some cool news out of the NARI fall board meetings. The group is starting a new peer networking program aimed at smaller firms with sales in the $250,000 to $750,000 range. It was designed to complement, rather …... Read More

Developing African-American Business Ownership

 |  from Associated Construction Publications Top Headlines  |  Read the Full Article

The African-American Trucking Association of Construction Contractors in Detroit is training African-Americans to become successful business owners in the construction trucking business. The association also provides smaller trucking firms the opportunity to pool their resources with other trucking firms in order to bid on larger projects and have buying power when purchasing equipment.... Read More