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Project Labor Agreements (PLAs): What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

In early February 2022, President Biden signed an executive order requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal projects over $35 million. What is a project labor agreement? A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Trever White, Group Manager at Toyota Motor North America

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We recently had the chance to interview Trever White , Group Manager - Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering at Toyota Motor North America. Right now, I'm the group manager responsible for a team within our Toyota North America Production Engineering division called Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering, or DIME for short.

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P3 Inks Deal for Detroit-Windsor Bridge Project Financing

ENR Construction

Bridging North America, a partnership of Fluor, ACS Infrastructure Canada and Aecon Group, reached financial close late last month to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the 1.5-mile-long billion concessionaire agreement.

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Construction Issues in Limbo as Nation Awaits Election Results

ENR Construction

Steve Hall, American Council of Engineering Companies senior vice president for advocacy, notes that whoever takes the White House will have to deal with important infrastructure legislation in 2021. ” If Biden wins, another infrastructure package is likely. . ” If Biden wins, another infrastructure package is likely.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

Launched in 2022, the Buy Clean Task Force and initiative was created to harness some of that purchasing power to promote the use of low-carbon, made-in-America construction materials. Since 2015 he has led Kingspan North America’s material health and transparency program.

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The state boasts an excellent transportation infrastructure that makes it a natural and cost-effective location for any business. Chicago Executive Airport links Wheeling to the world—we regularly see international visitors from India to Canada to South America travel through our airport. market as well as international ports.

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Airbus Expanding In Virginia

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Airbus Americas has selected the Airbus facility in Ashburn, VA as the site for its newly consolidated operations with Satair Group, a 100 percent Airbus subsidiary. Terms of the agreement are pending Loudoun County Board of Supervisors action. Source: Loudoun County Department of Economic Development.