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PSMJ’s Director of A/E Industry Surveys Featured in ASHRAE Journal

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The February issue of ASHRAE Journal , the leading source for engineers in the heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning industries, features original analysis on A/E compensation by PSMJ’s own Kate Allen, P.E., To participate in PSMJ’s A/ E Industry Surveys: 2014 Management Compensation Survey, Click Here.

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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

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These exits weren’t just about compensation, either. I think the construction industry is on the verge of gaining traction” to meet its workforce needs, says Scott Thorson, COO of Oakwood Homes , headquartered in Denver, whose training-to-placement academy offers one such blueprint (see “Workforce Development Programs,” page 40).

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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To attract applicants, Turning Leaf recently raised its entry-level compensation to $17 per hour. Since sweetening its compensation, Turning Leaf advertised for a senior project manager and got eight qualified candidates. . And on Aug. 1, the company started offering a group health care plan to its employees. .

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. In 2016, U.S.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

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Selective Insurance recently released the results of a 10-year study of workplace injury trends , based on 110,000 workers’ compensation claims between 2011 and 2021. “There’s a gap in the management of risk and safety in construction,” he says. Photo: Tom Merton/Caia Image / stock.adobe.com.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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The locations KP considered were Denver, CO and Atlanta, GA. Locally, jobs at Novo Nordisk’s new production site—spanning manufacturing, administrative, technical services and support personnel—will average $68,420 in annual compensation, nearly twice Johnston County’s overall annual wage level. (Source: georgia.org).

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FEATURE STORY: Workforce Development Programs – The Recipe For Success

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Early on in 2009, Louisiana convinced Gardner Denver Inc.—a They were so impressed by what FastStart could do to improve the efficiency of their operations, that Gardner Denver closed a much larger Wisconsin plant and kept the Louisiana plant open—expanding it to about 300 jobs, including contract workers.

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