Public-Private Partnership Measure Dies in Calif. Committee- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In a sign of what some believe may be the growing strength of opponents to public-private partnerships, a bill that would have made it easier for the partnerships to take shape has died in a California leg
Publication Date: 24 April , 2008
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Democrat Contenders Vie for Labor’s Support - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Democratic Party remains divided over its candidate for president, but the two battling contenders were greeted with enthusiasm at the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Dept.’s ann
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Seek Unions' Blessing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
While the Democratic Party remains divided over its candidate for the presidential elections in November, construction unions weighed in on the debate during the three-day Building and Construction Trades
Publication Date: 17 April , 2008
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Online Construction-Degree Programs Gain, But Some Educators Worry About Content - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
As construction professionals struggle to balance shifting industry markets, not to mention their own workplaces and home lives, finding time to bolster or change career directions is tougher than ever. Ma
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Shifting Union Alliances Trigger Move to End NCA - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The National Construction Alliance, the alternative labor group formed in 2006 by three unions that broke away from the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Dept., will dissolve by month's end, says
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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New Orleans Corps Office Authorized To Ramp-Up Hiring - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for 150 to 250 engineers over the next five years. It is cutting bureaucracy and adding perks to entice qualified candidates to help
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Bush Names Schaumber As NLRB Chairman- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush on March 18 designated the National Labor Relations Board's sole Republican member, Peter C. Schaumber, to be the board's chairman.
Publication Date: 20 March , 2008
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Laborers Returning to Trades But Total Harmony Still Elusive - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Civil Engineers Unveil Updated Road Map For Profession’s Future Knowledge Journey - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
But academics and practitioners who long have labored on the effort now believe the result is historic a new road map to successful civil engineering practice in a more complex world that expects faster and better results. While some worry about
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Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Five Minutes with Dick Heinen, Executive Director of the Christian Labour Association of Canada- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Christian Labour Association of Canada has 43,000 members and is playing a growing role in industrial construction, including work at the oilsands in Alberta. That has upset some unions because they see CLAC as overly friendly with employers
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Publication Date: 25 February , 2008
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Efforts Showcase How More Girls and Women Can Gain From and Contribute To Engineering - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Even after decades of effort to increase the number of women in construction industry firms, advocates still lament lack of progress despite often higher math and science test scores among girls.
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Schoolkids Share in Louisiana Infrastructure Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
As Louisiana builds its roads, rails and bridges, including those damaged in 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, it is inviting children to watch. The new public-awareness program is intended to excite yo
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Construction Industry Faces Ethical Challenges, Exec Says - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Unless the construction work force changes behavior patterns, an industry executive warns, the field will have trouble filling its ranks in the years to come. Keynoting the first in a series of American In
Publication Date: 12 February , 2008
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Creating Opportunities to Build Diversity and Competence - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
If the students in attendance at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, La., are a typical sample, the I'M GREAT training program has succeeded in doing what the industry has been trying to do for ye
Publication Date: 14 December , 2007
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Post-Katrina Worker Recruitment Program Along Gulf Coast Is Off to a ‘GREAT’ Start - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Tim Horst is neither a juggler nor a matchmaker by trade. Yet the president of Bechtel Group unit Becon Construction Co. and newly named program manager for one of the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast&rsquo
Publication Date: 12 December , 2007
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Government Appeals 'No-Match' Injunction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Dept. of Justice Dec. 4 filed an appeal to a federal district court's injunction against the Dept. of Homeland Security's "no-match rule," firing the latest salvo in a battle between the governmen
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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Walsh Agrees to Pay $130,000 Over Sexual Harassment Claim - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Walsh Construction Co. agreed to pay a $130,000 settlement to a female laborer who in 2003 reported that she had been sexually harassed by another employee while working at the Millenium Park project in Ch
Publication Date: 04 December , 2007
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Homeland Security Dept. To Revise 'No Match' Rule - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security will temporarily abandon its efforts to enforce its regulation cracking down on employers that systematically hire illegal immigrants and develop a new proposal that the
Publication Date: 26 November , 2007
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City-Funded Craft Training Becomes True Bronx Tale - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 14 November , 2007
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Survey Finds Competent Managers in Short Supply - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
More companies see training and development as a high return investment, according to a survey done by the Engineering and Construction Contracting Association, a group that brings together owners, contrac
Publication Date: 10 October , 2007
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Masonry Trades Open First National Training Facility- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Union bricklayers from all parts of the U.S. and at all levels of expertise will be able to access more craft training at a $30-million complex inaugurated last month by the International Union of Bricklay
Publication Date: 03 October , 2007
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Firms Must Adjust Strategy To Attract and Retain Staff - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Design and construction firms are in for a shock when the long-predicted dearth of qualified job candidates impacts them, but few are doing the right things to recruit new employees or retain valued ones a
Publication Date: 12 September, 2007
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High Schoolers Are Engineering Early Birds- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With an ever-growing demand for new engineers, future employers are revving up career interest for students just clearing middle school. In a high-profile effort that will launch this week, three nonprofit
Publication Date: 12 September, 2007
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Day Laborers' Group To Help LIUNA With Organizing, Recruitment - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Can recruitment of day laborers energize union organizing of residential construction workers?
Publication Date: 29 August , 2007
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State Engineer License Boards Reject Effort To Rescind 2006 'B+30' Exam Rule - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
An effort pushed by several state engineering licensing boards to rescind a requirement passed last year that B.S.-degreed engineers must have 30 extra credit hours before taking license exams was defeated
Publication Date: 29 August , 2007
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New York Universities Renew Engineering Ties In Bid To Boost Student Numbers and Research - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Three years after breaking off merger talks, Manhattan-based New York University and Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, have agreed to give marriage a second chance. The planned link, set for a vote as earl
Publication Date: 22 August , 2007
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New Immigration Regs Crack Down on Employers- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Department of Homeland Security August 10 announced a series of measures aimed at beefing up enforcement of existing immigration laws and cracking down on employers that willingly and systematically hi
Publication Date: 10 August , 2007
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New Orleans Unions Plant Seeds for Growth With First Preapprentice Training Program- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Hoping to boost its visability in an open shop stronghold and bolster numbers and skill levels of a badly needed craft workforce, the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Dept. is bringing its
Publication Date: 25 July , 2007
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Senate Offers Compromise Aimed at Immigration Reform- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Senate lawmakers announced May 17 that they had struck a deal that could break the current impasse that is preventing immigration reform from moving forward. But many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle r
Publication Date: 18 July , 2007
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Canadian Strike Halts Projects, Including $930-Million Toyota Plant - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Construction has halted on scores commercial, industrial, hospital and school projects in Ontario as members of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) remain off their jobs. Twelve unio
Publication Date: 19 June , 2007
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Leaders Probe New Solutions For Industry's Labor Shortfall - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Construction leaders met in early June with sharpened determination to resolve two key challenges facing the industry today: workforce shortages and reconstruction of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. They le
Publication Date: 13 June , 2007
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Preapprentice Program Makes Progress in New York - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A New York City-based pre-apprenticeship program for public high school students and adult residents of city housing projects has attracted attention from a national owners group—and may even get a f
Publication Date: 04 June , 2007
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Preservationist Architect Kuhn Dies of Heart Attack - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Denis Glen Kuhn, a respected leader of Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, New York City, died of a heart attack on May 10. He was 65.
Publication Date: 18 May , 2007
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AGC Settles with 3 Northwest Unions; Seattle Operating Engineers Hold Out - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Collective bargaining in the Northwest seems to be off to a smooth start, with five-year agreements signed May 14 between the Associated General Contractors of Washington and regional carpenters and cement
Publication Date: 17 May , 2007
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Design-Builder Peter Filanc Dies of Cancer at Age 54 - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Peter Filanc, CEO of J.R. Filanc Construction Co., an Escondido, Calif., design-build and engineering firm, died of cancer May 9. He was 54.
Publication Date: 17 May , 2007
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Winning the 'War for Talent' is Key Challenge in Growing Industry, Says New FMI Report- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In a new twist on a familiar subject, FMI Corp. has for the first time broadened its traditional analysis of construction firm training practices to focus on the more critical challenge of talent developme
Publication Date: 16 May , 2007
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Deadline Looms for Pact Between AGC and 5 Unions- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The collective bargaining between the Associated General Contractors of Washington and five trade unions expires at the end of the month, and both sides hoping to avoid a conflict such as the concrete work
Publication Date: 15 May , 2007
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Program Offers Florida High School Students Successful Model for Industry Career Training - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Acclaimed as a training model to spur construction careers, the Community High Okaloosa Institute for Career Education (CHOICE) in northwest Florida is attracting state and national attention. It prepares
Publication Date: 18 April , 2007
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Firms Try Everything To Fill Staffing Gaps- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With markets, revenue and backlog surging for engineering and construction firms, employers are in hot pursuit of staff—both craft and professional—to fill all of the orders. And with worker sh
Publication Date: 18 April , 2007
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ABC's Meyer Stresses Worker Training, Rebukes Employee Free Choice Bill - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Training the150,000 to 200,000 new workers needed in the U.S. by 2014 has made workforce recruitment and development the single greatest challenge facing the construction industry, says Missouri contracto
Publication Date: 09 April , 2007
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Training the150,000 to 200,000 new workers needed in the U.S. by 2014 has made workforce recruitment and development the single greatest challenge facing the construction industry, says Missouri contractor
Publication Date: 03 April , 2007
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Missouri DOT Joins Labor and Management to Build Road Project's Diverse Craft Force - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Missouri Dept. of Transportation and a union-management group in St. Louis have embarked on a new effort set to bolster craft labor on the $535-million program to rebuild Interstate-64 in the city&rsqu
Publication Date: 26 March , 2007
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New Immigration Laws Put Burden on Employers - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Labor shortages may hit contractors harder in Colorado than in other states because of tough new laws cracking down on companies employing illegal immigrants. “The state of Colorado is now the toughe
Publication Date: 11 March , 2007
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UK-based Team Launches "My Space for Engineers" - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A new networking web site for engineers, claimed as the world's first, will launch March 9 at the start of the U.K.'s National Science and Engineering Week. Aiming to enlist 40,000 participants,
Publication Date: 08 March , 2007
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California Loses Apprentice Review - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
California’s state apprenticeship council no longer has authority to approve state apprenticeship programs with any federal funding, following a Jan. 31 decision by the U.S. Dept. of Labor that uphel
Publication Date: 05 March , 2007
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House Approves Bill to Ease Organizing - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In a victory for labor unions, the House has passed a bill that would make it easier for them to organize nonunion companies. The bill, the Employee Free Choice Act, was approved on March 1 by a 241-135 vo
Publication Date: 01 March , 2007
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Industry Task Force Takes Big Step Ahead In Assessing What Civil Engineers Must Know - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Developing an educational road map for the practice of civil engineering in a more complex future world has occupied a team of industry academics and practitioners for most of the past four years. They now
Publication Date: 19 February , 2007
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New Chief for Plasterers' and Cement Masons' Union - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Patrick D. Finley has become the new general president of the plasterers' and cement masons' union. Finley has been general secretary-treasurer of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International
Publication Date: 10 January , 2007
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For Once in a Construction Lifetime, Women Rule - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Forget about men in yellow hardhats hollering at women passing by the jobsite at a $40-million library project in Fontana, California.
Publication Date: 13 October , 2006
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Industry Execs Convene in D.C. To Tackle 'People Gap' Crisis -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Representatives of a cross-section of construction sectors all facing a common problem—current and looming work force gaps—met recently to come up with solutions to what many predict could be t
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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Report Cites Bias against Women in Engineering Academia - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Even as more girls take up science and engineering and women gain a larger share of degrees in the field, they are bumping up against a glass ceiling in taking up academic careers, says a report by the Nat
Publication Date: 25 September, 2006
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Impact of Seattle Union Strike Pact May Be Felt Next Year - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Operating engineers at four concrete plants in King County, Wash. ended their 25-day strike Aug. 25 when they ratified a contract providing for a $3.95-an-hour raise over three years and the right to strik
Publication Date: 04 September, 2006
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AFL-CIO To Spend Record $40 Million in Election Push - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The AFL-CIO plans to spend $40 million to turn out the vote in key congressional and gubernatorial races this election cycle, a record amount for the labor organization in a mid-term election. The AFL-CIO
Publication Date: 31 August , 2006
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Seattle Strike Simmers On as School Openings are Jeopardized - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The concrete strike in Seattle entered its fourth week, putting in jeopardy the openings of countless time-sensitive projects, including schools. No new talks are scheduled between the striking operating e
Publication Date: 23 August , 2006
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Unions Vote to Battle On - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Despite rising concerns over sagging membership and squabbles within the labor movement, several unions have voted to stand behind existing leadership. At recent conventions held by the ironworkers, plumbe
Publication Date: 20 August , 2006
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Industry Demand Produces Banner Year for Class of 2006 - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Richard Jackson, a senior construction management major, describes his impending degree as a “hot ticket.” With extra time spent on his capstone project, he doesn’t graduate from Wentwort
Publication Date: 07 August , 2006
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Senate Approves Pension Measure But Spikes Wage Hike, Tax Relief - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Senate blocked action Aug. 3 on the House-passed Family Prosperity Act, the so-called "trifecta" bill that bundled a minimum wage hike, estate tax relief and an extension of about 20 tax refo
Publication Date: 04 August , 2006
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NEW Ad Campaign Aims To Attract 'A Few Good Women' - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Femi Agani came to New York City in 1983 to pursue a career as a fashion designer. Inspired by her three children, she opened a children’s clothing boutique in Brooklyn. Then reality set in. Agani fe
Publication Date: 10 July , 2006
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PBS&J Works Through Woes Of $36-Million Embezzlement - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Tampa-based PBS&J is engaged in a costly effort to repay about 12 to 15 state departments of transportation for reimbursed overhead expenses that were inflated as part of an alleged embezzlement schem
Publication Date: 03 July , 2006
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PBS&J Still Struggling with Aftermath of $36-Million Fraud - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Tampa-based PBS&J is engaged in a costly effort to repay about 12 to 15 state departments of transportation for reimbursed overhead costs that were inflated as part of an alleged embezzlement scheme ru
Publication Date: 27 June , 2006
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