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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development. Home builders, trade associations, NGOs, and other groups are aggressively ramping up skilled construction labor training programs to bring more workers into the industry. Houston, and Phoenix by 2024. . The Construction Industry's Gender Gap.

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Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Construction Business Development

Carol Hagen

LinkedIn has become the place for networking with the construction, architecture and engineering industries. profiles world wide in the construction industry as of April 18, 2012 – there are more people to connect with everyday than we can ever approach for business development opportunities. A/E/C Industry Networking Group.

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Construction facing safety challenges as work picks up

FDR Safety

The resurgence of the construction industry is, of course, good news, but it also comes with challenges on the safety front, including shortages of experienced workers and managers. One indicator of those challenges may be an increase in the construction industry’s fatality rate from 9.1 Bureau of Labor Statistics. in 2006.).

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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile

Carol Hagen

” These are compelling statistics. The Phoenix Construction Peer Exchange on February 24th. While I am co-hosting the Phoenix Construction Peer Exchange, this event is traveling to other cities throughout the United States. 70% estimate an improvement of at least 3x, and 29% see an improvement of 10x or more.”

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Using data to design the sports venue of the future

BD+C

If I can pull up statistics on my phone that are overlaid on top of the action on the field, that’s an enriching experience,” he said. There’s an old quote in the design industry that stadiums are modern-day cathedrals because they are symbolic of the communities in which they were built,” said Johnson.

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Federal Construction Contractors and the OFCCP Audit

Carol Hagen

The Phoenix District office of OFCCP shared that the most common record keeping error (found in 42 of 50 contractor’s evaluations in western states) is not following the Subcontractor Award Notification 41 CFR 60-4.2(d)(3) Phoenix District Office: (602) 514-7074. San Francisco Regional Office: (415) 625-7800.

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States For Most Construction Jobs

Constructonomics

Source: AGC of America , from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. To help individuals in the construction industry understand what kinds of jobs are being created–and the skills needed to land them–I recently caught up with Ken Simonson, Chief Economist at AGC. Source: McGraw Hill Construction, 2012. Natural Gas Extraction.