Construction Enquirer

JUNE 28, 2023

A freedom of information request made by the Unite union discovered that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook only 7,647 unannounced inspections in 2022/23 – a 2% decline on the previous year when there were 7,793 inspections. The number of surprise construction site safety visits has fallen to a record low.

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Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

will invest approximately $80 million to expand operations in Union City, TN. Tyson plans to add 25,000 square feet and new production lines to its Union City plant, effectively doubling its output capabilities at the facility. Tyson’s Union City complex supplies chicken for a national foodservice customer. T yson Foods, Inc.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 31, 2023

Contractors signed up to the National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry set out the final two-year offer to the 7,000-strong workforce last month This followed an extra 75p a hour cost of living increase agreed six months ago between unions and contractors. The employers’ latest two-year offer includes a 8.5%

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 8, 2022

In this article, we’re looking at the IIJA and its impact on opportunities for women in the industry. The White House states that it will drive the creation of union jobs and help grow the economy in a sustainable way that makes sure all people, including under-represented communities get ahead for decades to come.

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Construction Junkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

No matter the industry, robots are highly efficient at performing repetitive tasks. We’ve seen that firsthand in the construction industry in recent years with the emergence of bricklaying , rebar-tying , and overhead drilling robots. The crews that Canvas employs to work with the machine are also union workers.

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Construction Law Monitor

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Programs designed to prevent workplace injury and illness are well established in countries like Canada, Australia, Norway, Japan, Korea and all the 27 member states of he European Union. Reduced Employer Liability. In addition 15 states in the United States, including California, require such programs. percent in injury claims.

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Contractor Magazine

JUNE 9, 2014

Employers complain about the skills gap they see in prospective employees and apprenticeship programs could prepare future employees to fill open jobs. Unfortunately for our industry, two-thirds of apprenticeship positions are in the construction industry, which turns young people off. between 2003 and 2013. Why the resistance?

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Constructlaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Well, for the construction industry, it may never return to “normal.” COVID-19 may have permanently changed the landscape of the construction industry in many ways. Here are just a few issues that the pandemic has brought to the forefront of our industry. When is it going to return to “normal”?

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The ETS covers employers with 100 or more employees – firm or company-wide – and provides options for compliance. Employers must pay employees for the time it takes to get vaccinated and recover from any side effects that prevent them from working. What are the fines? What are the details? Can state OSHA regulators override this?

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

Engineering construction roles at EDF’s seven power stations – Hartlepool, Torness, Heysham 1 and 2, Dungeness, Hunterston Hinkley Point B and Sizewell B -n will in future be covered by the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI) guaranteeing the workers’ pay and conditions.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Employer and construction industry groups plan to challenge the rule in court.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 22, 2013

In the decision to invest capital at some place and at some time, the human factor, the human resources needed, will almost always plays a key role regardless of the industry. In right to work states, it is illegal to require that employees join a union or pay union dues to get or keep a job. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Building valuable long-term skills The European Union has earmarked 2023 as the European Year of Skills. Meanwhile, the construction industry is anxious to bridge the skills gap and inject fresh energy into an ageing workforce. The need for young talent in construction The skills shortage will undoubtedly worsen if it’s not addressed.

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Pro Builder

JULY 9, 2021

How ConstructReach is taking aim at the construction industry's labor shortage and workforce diversity. Louis-based workforce development organization also helps employers become more proactive with recruitment by presenting career paths, developing curricula, and connecting with future interns and new employees. . ConstructReach.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 16, 2016

In Wisconsin, these strategies include industry cluster development rooted in unique technical knowledge and specialized supply-chain strengths. More than 200 companies with ties to the water industry call Wisconsin home, employing over 37,000 people and generating $5.7 Water Technology. billion in annual sales.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 15, 2014

Over the past several years, OSHA has increased citations to employers for failure to guard or adequately guard machinery and equipment, which suggests that the agency has forgotten or pays no attention to its previous guidance. Employers, not government, responsible for determining need for PPE. Journey to Risk Elimination Seminars.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. Although growth is expected to slow, commercial aerospace companies continue to be optimistic about the future, industry experts say. 12 percent of Tech’s engineering majors enter the aerospace/defense industry.

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DebunkTheBIM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

A piece of ‘our pie’ to anyone wanting to make a difference to the way the global AEC industry operates, without taking a major personal risk themselves. As well, I like most of the people operating with me, within the industry. Who wants to be the smartest player in the dumbest industry on earth? Let’s lift the game!

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Business Facilities

JULY 15, 2014

The food processing industry works to convert raw materials, such as grains, dairy products and meats, to processed food. Much of the foods found in grocery stores have been processed, and the industry remains one of the largest in the United States. Overall, the food processing industry is largely necessary in today’s society.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 26, 2016

. . Members of the Building Trades Employers Association (BTEA), an industry group representing 27 trade union contractor associations in New York City, filed an Article 78 petition Tuesday against the Department of Buildings in New York City and Commissioner Richard D.

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Pro Builder

MAY 4, 2021

The industry has one of the highest suicide rates among its workers, with more dying by suicide each day than all workplace-related fatalities combined. . Both resources are available to members as well as anyone in the construction industry—including friends and family, free of charge on nahb.org.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 3, 2020

The agency has focused its attention on virus transmission hazards in the health-care industry, according to OSHA data. Construction work has continued across much of the nation, as the federal government deemed it an essential industry. In the first week of March, OSHA conducted about 395 construction inspections. Read More.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A specialist in construction for the utility industry, Intren is playing a key role in ComEd’s accelerated efforts to refurbish and replace underground residential cable, which is reducing the number and length of power outages. Great Lakes Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce ComEd Employment Intren smart grid Union'

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 5, 2023

Electricians are set for a 7% wage rise from 2024 after a new pay deal was hammered out by electrical contractors and union Unite under the JIB collective agreement. The two-year deal for the industry also includes a 5% uptick in rates from 2025.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 16, 2013

A showdown between the United Auto Workers and Volkswagen at VW’s $1-billion assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN could have profound implications for the future of the union, the plant and labor relations in the U.S. to offer a compromise to the autoworkers union. to offer a compromise to the autoworkers union.

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Tennessee Union South Carolina Alabama 53

Construction Marketing Ideas

APRIL 5, 2014

These conversations can touch to the core of our industry and (more significantly to marketers) provide advantages or disadvantages to individual sectors or (in the most corrupt format) businesses. It seems the compulsory trade proponents waited until the employer representative became the board’s chair, then put forward their motion.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 7, 2017

government and employers to secure the industry’s migrant workforce as the government negotiates with officials in Brussels over the country’s withdrawal from the European Union in March 2019. Seven construction bodies have jointly called on the U.K.

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Industrial Negotiation Union Security 28

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

These incentives will make Florida more competitive in attracting manufacturing companies and expanding the industry in the state. Ranked 5 th in the nation for high-tech employment by TechAmerica’s Cyberstates report, Florida boasts more than 270,000 high-tech workers. Navy Federal Credit Union. Florida ranks 3rd in the U.S.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Georgia Power’s economic development organization is a one-stop source for business and industrial development. Industry reports, as well as information about wage rates, incentives, unionization, taxes, transportation and quality of life can be found on the organization’s website.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

These investigations are typically triggered by an accident at the workplace, an employee complaint or an OSHA initiated industry specific safety blitz. If a company has a union representative they also take part in the investigation. They have a right to contest the time OSHA allows the employer for correcting a hazard.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 1, 2014

When jobs stopped getting created (and in many areas employment was still hemorrhaging), we introduced the concept of growth potential as a key measure in our flagship rankings categories. Mercedes’ decision was a game-changer: the German automaker’s arrival opened the door for other industrial giants to come to Alabama.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 20, 2022

(NASDAQ: ADSK) today launched the next phase in its effort to upskill current construction workers and help the industry engage the next generation of prospective recruits. Construction Master Class provides online tutorials from industry leaders that are free to everyone.

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Construction Law Monitor

MARCH 29, 2012

28,899, authored by Council Vice President Granderson that requires that contractors and subcontractors with city construction contracts of more than $50,000 report to the City Attorney any current company violations of federal, state and municipal laws that govern labor and employment.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 24, 2017

The Union Parish project will retain 1,092 existing jobs and create 50 new jobs. In addition, Foster Farm will receive a $500,000 Modernization Tax Credit, and the company is expected to utilize the Industrial Tax Exemption Program. The investment will extensively modernize and upgrade the facility’s cut-up and deboning departments.

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Louisiana Union Employment California 41

Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Industry leaders hope to fight harassment in order to bolster the number of women in construction as the industry battles with labor shortages. Meanwhile, much of the construction industry was deemed essential, sparing it from mass layoffs. We are struggling with labor shortages with one hand tied behind our back.”.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Industry leaders hope to fight harassment in order to bolster the number of women in construction as the industry battles with labor shortages. Meanwhile, much of the construction industry was deemed essential, sparing it from mass layoffs. We are struggling with labor shortages with one hand tied behind our back.”.

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Discrimination Construction United States Union 52

Safety Services Company

APRIL 4, 2013

This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. Accidents & Fatalities General Industry' For more information, visit [link].

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