Construction Employment Increases in 41 States, D.C. Year-Over-Year

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Forty-one states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between October 2018 and October 2019, while construction employment increased in 28 states from September to October, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials said that firm’s efforts to increase pay and benefits and do more in-house training appear to be helping them find people to hire despite tight labor conditions.   “Construction employment continues to experience robust growth in most parts of the country,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Many firms appear to be overcoming the challenge … Read more

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AIA Releases Updated Construction Management Contract Documents

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The American Institute of Architects is releasing thirteen new and updated Construction Management documents, including the Construction Manager as Constructor and the Construction Manager as Adviser families. CMcs are brought on in the beginning of the preconstruction phase of a project to provide collaboration and input, which allows for greater efficiency from project inception. They also perform the construction. The AIA Documents Committee received input from representatives of major CMc firms to update the CMc documents. Substantive changes that were made to the CMc documents include greater flexibility to establish the CMc’s preconstruction phase services, and a provision permitting the … Read more

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Ground Broken for New Kaiser Permanente MOB

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Ground was recently broken for Kaiser Permanente’s Hesperia medical office building, located in California. The 54,000-square-foot MOB is scheduled to open in 2021 and will include prefabricated elements including exterior and interior wall panels built to reduce the construction duration, meanwhile delivering quality healthcare to the high desert. Kaiser Permanente’s new three-story Hesperia Medical Office will provide convenient, affordable, high-quality healthcare to members in the High Desert. McCarthy Building Companies is serving as general contractor. Prior to breaking ground on the Kaiser Permanente Hesperia MOB project, McCarthy relocated fourteen endangered Joshua trees, so they would not be impacted by the … Read more

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CIS Sponsors In-House Accredited Training, Assessment

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As an NCCER sponsoring organization, Crane Industry Services, LLC can help companies benefit from accreditation. In addition to sponsoring other crane and rigging training providers, CIS now sponsors Graycor Southern Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia. Under CIS’s NCCER sponsorship, companies have access to training and assessments backed by teams of subject matter experts. The NCCER programs are endorsed by the National Craft Professionals Association. NCCER’s crane operator certifications are ANSI accredited and OSHA recognized, which meets compliance regulations. As a sponsoring organization, CIS offers its clients cost savings and a long list of administrative benefits. Companies … Read more

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Upcoming CPWR Webinar: Lessons from a Contractor

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CPWR is hosting a 30-minute webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Nov. 19, titled Lessons from a Contractor: How to Use and Apply CPWR Resources. In this 30-minute webinar, UCOR Integrated Safety Management Program Lead Libby Gilley will talk about how UCOR has utilized and built off CPWR resources, training programs and campaigns to improve the safety and health of its workers. UCOR is a contractor that provides safe, cost-effective and innovative solutions to support environmental cleanup for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. Some of the CPWR resources the contractor has used include the Foundations … Read more

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