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Beyond Driver Exoneration: How Dash Cams Reduce Exposure to Nuclear Verdicts

Construction Business Owner

A 2020 American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) study* found: From 2015 to 2019, there were nearly 300 verdicts over $1 million; and From 2010 to 2018, the number of verdicts over $10 million nearly doubled, and the dollar amount of awards grew 51.7% 4) Share safety improvements.

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Nevada governor signs prevailing wage, union bills

Construction Dive

Steve Sisolak said the new laws will "right anti-worker wrongs" imposed by the state's 2015 Republican-controlled legislature. Democrat Gov.

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Are Union Jobs Safer?

Construction Equipment

New York City counted 12 construction fatalities in 2015, a 50-percent increase over the previous year. To better understand what is causing the increase in construction accidents - besides the overall building boom in the city - politicians and labor groups want to track incidents by the kind of jobsite, union or nonunion.

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ARTBA CEO Reacts to State of the Union Speech

Construction Equipment

American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President & CEO Pete Ruane released the following statement regarding the State of the Union address: “Since the beginning of the year, Republican and Democratic congressional leaders in the House and Senate have frequently referred to a highway bill as one of their 2015 priorities.

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Gilbane to Break Ground on Navy Federal Credit Union HQ Expansion

Construction Superintendent Magazine

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Gilbane Building Company was awarded the Navy Federal Credit Union headquarters campus expansion project, designed by J3 Design Collective, in April of 2015 and is getting ready to break ground this fall. This expansion is expected to add 600 new jobs to Navy Federal Credit Union in Fairfax County.

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Q2 Construction Labor Costs $28.13/Hour

Job Order Contracting

The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, job openings and labor turnover, union membership and representation, gross job gains and losses, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

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EPDs are Among the Hottest Topics in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

locations, ISO 14025 was created to play a role in “regional eco-label programmes, such as the European Union Integrated Product Policy” That observed, ISO 14025 is becoming the early benchmark for EPDs (possibly because Europe is ahead of the U.S. The new versions of IgCC 2015 and ASHRAE 189.1-2015 in this arena?).

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