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Spat between union and Connecticut DOT drags FIGG into another bridge controversy

Construction Dive

A bill calls for state DOT engineers rather than consultants like FIGG to inspect infrastructure projects while a union in support of it questions the FIU bridge designer's role in the Arrigoni Bridge project as an example.

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Esh secures largest contract in its history

Construction Enquirer

The sites known as Kedward Avenue in Brambles Farm and Union Village in Gresham will provide 250 new homes for affordable rent. Two further schemes in Middlesbrough for Thirteen, worth £42m combined, were announced by Esh Construction earlier in the year.

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The UK Sets the Scene for Mandatory ESG Laws in the Western World

Green Building Law Update

await action by the federal government on mandatory ESG laws, the United Kingdom has become the first European Union country to enact mandatory ESG disclosure laws. As we in the U.S. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog.

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First 3D-Printed Building Facade Coming to Tennessee

Pro Builder

A Chattanooga-based credit union will feature the “world’s first” 3D-printed building facade on its newest branch. The facade comes from 3D-printed building specialist Branch Technology, with the help of the credit union’s contractor, Construction Consultants. First 3D-Printed Building Facade Coming to Tennessee. cbroderick.

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Alberta Injury Rates 10 Times Higher Than Reported

Safety Services Company

This is one of the reasons that unionization provides workers with a significant safety dividend, especially in Alberta, the only jurisdiction in Canada where joint (worker-employer) health and safety committees (JHSCs) are not mandatory for any size of workplace.

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The Wave Will Spread

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In the drive to remain competitive and to free themselves from the encumbrances of labor unions, US manufacturers have been shifting resources to right to work states, where they believe the machine can run better. In right to work states, it is illegal to require that employees join a union or pay union dues to get or keep a job.

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

But that success may owe itself more to he law’s roots in the creation of the City’s Scavengers Protective Union in 1879, than any modern effort at repairing the world. Governments in the U.S. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue).

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