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Over 1000 high school juniors and seniors interested in construction as a career from 35 schools around the Dallas/Fort Worth area interacted with 81 construction companies during the 2019 Build Your Future Construction Career Day hosted by Construction Education Foundation.
Reshaping the Construction Industry
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Two weeks after the CMEF seminar for military veterans, Jena Segura, an Army Veteran, was hired by Turner Industries, one of the employers she met at the event. She has now started her next career as a Pipefitter Helper Level 2 and is excited to continue growing as a professional.
June 03, 2019
This time of year, ENR releases its list of the Top 400 Contractors in the US at a seminar that includes several panels comprised of the leaders of those top contractors. They...
May 31, 2019
With Hurricane season approaching, it is important to make sure your business and family are prepared. It is not uncommon for people to find them themselves unprepared when...
May 30, 2019
We have followed the issues at Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco since structural cracks were discovered and the newly opened 1.2 million square foot facility was closed...
May 29, 2019
One of the few licensed trades in Texas will no longer be regulated after lawmakers in Austin failed to extend the life of the state agency that oversees plumbers. The Texas State...
May 28, 2019
Two construction company operators submitted altered payroll records to SCIF in order to pay a reduced premium on the company’s workers’compensation insurance. In addition, Gloria Vera failed to disclose and concealed employees’ on-the-job injuries that entitled them to workers’ compensation; while her brother, Enrique Vera, underpaid employees the required prevailing wage as a contractor for a student housing renovation project at UCLA.
May 27, 2019
The "value of new construction starts in April fell 15% [at] a seasonally adjusted annual rate, pulling back following the 16% hike that was reported in March," Dodge Data & Analytics reported on Wednesday.
May 24, 2019
Kollaer explains in detail why saving a buck or two at the expense of your employees might not be the best business decision.
May 23, 2019
Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from April 2018 to April 2019 in 43 states and declined in seven states and the District of Columbia, an AGC analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday showed.
May 22, 2019
