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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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Deal of the Decade

Business Facilities

The RFP appears to be Boeing’s trump card aimed at breaking a long-running dispute with the Machinists union in Everett, WA, Boeing’s long-time production hub and current home to its 777 assembly line. Industry analysts view the RFP as a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock and bring the union back to the bargaining table.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

Meanwhile, Pro Builder ’s 2023 Housing Forecast Survey found builders are relying on a wide range of sources to help refill the labor pool, putting themselves at the top of the list and followed closely by state or local HBAs, independent recruiting services or programs, trade partners, and local labor unions, in that order.

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2013 Interpretations of OSHA Regulations

Safety Services Company

Possible systems include a fabricated wood rail, and a c-clamp guardrail system. May workers designate someone with a union without a collective bargaining agreement at their workplace, or with a community organizations act as their personal representative for OSHA. plus or minus 3 in.) June 4, 2013.

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Texas Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI): The Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI) was enacted in 2015 by the 84th Legislature with a goal to bring the best and brightest distinguished researchers in the world to Texas.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

SL Tennessee will begin construction in August 2014 with a goal of being fully operational by April 2015. The Salt Lake City area is a leading hub for advanced aerospace manufacturing and composites fabrication. Fabrication of outdoor products and sporting goods from composites also is an emerging growth sector in the state.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

Business Facilities

The Parish is an economic powerhouse, driven by the area’s world class metal fabrication and shipbuilding, oil and gas services, process chemicals industries and a leader in emerging high-tech fields including robotics, machining, metal fabrication and a vast agricultural economy. Mary Parish. The Port of West St.