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Non-union employees may have union rep accompany OSHA inspector

FDR Safety

Non-union employees can select anyone, including representatives of a union, to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their worksite, according to a recent interpretation letter issued by OSHA. The letter , released April 5, but dated Feb. The letter , released April 5, but dated Feb.

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How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

HardHatChat

Pursuing those jobs meant we would have had to use shoddy subcontractors or non-union labor where union labor would have been best. And if you’re not in a union town, like Miami, then align yourself with the best vendors. And yet, when we work in union markets like Chicago, Boston, New York and St.

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Suit challenges union participation in OSHA walk-arounds

FDR Safety

OSHA’s policy of allowing union representatives to accompany agency compliance officers in walk-around inspections of worksites, even if the union doesn’t represent company employees, is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The NFIB lawsuit, filed in U.S.

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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

HardHatChat

We saw drawings for new Chicago restaurant projects, retail construction work, office renovations, school construction and learning center additions – you name it, we saw it. Due to our 20,000-plus national network of subcontractors, we can build a commercial construction project with union or a non-union labor.

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Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: First Tech Federal Credit Union Oregon Corporate Office

ENR Construction

Though built as one of the largest mass timber projects in the country, the 156,000-sq-ft First Tech Federal Credit Union corporate office was erected in a relatively short time.

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Union Square’s first ground-up development in two decades completes

BD+C

300 Grant Avenue, a 70.000-sf mixed-use project, has been completed, making it the first new ground-up development in San Francisco’s Union Square in over 20 years. The project includes approximately 28,100 sf of retail and 41,500 sf of Class A office space.

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Blue Federal Credit Union World Headquarters: Best Project Office/Retail/ Mixed-Use

ENR Construction

The Blue Federal Credit Union World Headquarters development in Cheyenne covers more than eight acres, spans five buildings and features Class A office space, retail and commercial suites. .

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