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4 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions for 2019

HardHatChat

I recently attended a senior housing conference in Chicago where a panelist discussed the challenge senior housing operators face in hiring and retaining caregivers and other staff given the high hourly wages offered by employers like Amazon. Developers Think Outside the Big Box to Fill Retail Vacancies.

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Retail: Alive and Kicking

Business Facilities

Reports of the death of the retail sector—a fate that was widely assumed to be the outcome of an exponential increase in online purchases of consumer goods—were more than a bit premature. Read: Retail: Alive and Kicking at BusinessFacilities.com.

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OSHA Electronic Records Submission Delayed, But Not for Long

FDR Safety

OSHA recently announced another delay in the deadline for employers to electronically submit their 2016 injury and illness data to the agency. As a brief recap, the revised recordkeeping rule requires employers with 250 or more employees to submit their OSHA 300A Annual Summaries for each separate establishment by December 15.

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Consumer Price Index + 2.9% (Past Twelve Months)

Job Order Contracting

Technical information: (202) 691-7000 • cpi_info@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cpi Media Contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – JUNE 2018 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 June. Consumer Price Index Summary.

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What’s the Best Concrete Moisture Test Method?

GCP Applied Technologies

Mon, 02/19/2018 - 11:22. February 26, 2018. Choosing Flooring for Retail Environments. Retail buildings. What’s the Best Concrete Moisture Test Method? Phillip.fry@gc…. GCP Applied Technologies. This awareness is inspired, in part, by flooring manufacturers that require such testing to qualify for warranty coverage.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates.

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What’s the Best Concrete Moisture Test Method?

GCP Applied Technologies

Mon, 02/19/2018 - 11:22. February 26, 2018. Retail buildings. What’s the Best Concrete Moisture Test Method? Phillip.fry@gc…. GCP Applied Technologies. Flooring installers are increasingly aware of the importance of testing concrete slabs for moisture before installing their flooring. Let’s take a closer look at each in turn.