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Test Your Construction Industry Knowledge!

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Q2: Between 2016 and 2025, open positions in the construction industry will increase by…? Q3: What percentage of the construction labor force are union workers? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), open positions in the construction industry will increase by approximately 12% between 2016 and 2025. Denver Airport.

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Former Indiana Iron Workers' Union Agent Receives Four-Year Sentence for Jobsite Attack

ENR Construction

Former union business agent Thomas Williamson, 70, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for a 2016 extortion attempt and violent beating of a non-union contractor.

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Former Indiana Iron Workers Union Officials Plead Guilty to Violent Extortion

ENR Construction

Local's former president and ex-business agent plead guilty to extortion in 2016 of nonunion construction crew working on a church project.

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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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LEED v4 Costs Demystified

Green Building Law Update

With the November 1, 2016 deadline approaching when new LEED projects must register under the new LEED version 4, the real estate industry has been uncertain about the first costs and benefits of LEED v4 building. The uncertainty has been fermenting since the summer of 2102 when the vote on “LEED 2012” (now called LEED v4) was first delayed.

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Will the U.S. Follow Europe’s Lead in Promoting BIM Use at the State Level?

Construction Dive

have progressed on this front compared to their counterparts in the European Parliament, which last month approved a directive enabling all 28 European member states to encourage, specify, or mandate the use of BIM for publicly funded construction and building projects in the European Union by 2016. Read more.'

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How to Build a Stadium in 3 Minutes and 23 Seconds

Construction Dive

Under construction with completion scheduled for the fall of 2016, this aerial-view time lapse video, courtesy of Earthcam, shows progress of the stadium and adjacent structures from the Summer 2014 start of demolition thru September 2015.

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