ABC, BCSP Ink Deal to Promote Construction Safety

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Associated Builders and Contractors and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on improving occupational safety and health at construction workplaces throughout the United States. The partnership is centered on developing effective prevention strategies and technologies, as well as encouraging students and other professionals to choose occupational safety and health as a career and advance their competency in that field. “ABC is committed to an incident- and accident-free workplace, which we advance through research on best practices, education and benchmarking tools—our Safety Training Evaluation Process,” said Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of HSE & … Read more

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Contractors Remain Upbeat, According to ABC’s Latest Construction Confidence Index

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commercial and industrial construction contractors entered 2018 with abundant confidence regarding sales and staffing levels for the next six months, according to the latest Construction Confidence Index released by Associated Builders and Contractors. All three components surveyed—sales, profit margins and staffing levels—remained well above 50 in the diffusion index, signaling ongoing progress. But the average contractor is less confident about profit margins than they were a year ago. The CCI for sales expectations increased from 66.4 in the first half of 2017 to 67.1 The CCI for profit margin expectations fell from 62.4 to 60.7 The CCI … Read more

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JE Dunn Construction Progresses on 1st Full-Time Technical H.S. in Florida’s Pinellas County

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TAMPA, Fla. – JE Dunn Construction is transforming a career and technical education center built 57 years ago into the first full-time technical high school for Pinellas County Schools in Florida. The $13.2-million project, establishing the Pinellas Technical High School at Seminole, involves constructing a 34,335-square-foot, two-story building with classrooms, administrative offices and kitchen and cafeteria areas; renovating 26,250 square feet of existing classroom and administration building and making site improvements to the 42-acre campus, established in 1961. The new “Tech High” will accommodate enrollment growth and, with its new full-day schedule of classes, augment the curriculum to include the … Read more

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ABC, USVBA Agree to Promote Veteran Construction Businesses

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Associated Builders and Contractors and the U.S. Veterans Business Alliance recently signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on expanding the participation of veteran and disabled veteran businesses in the merit shop construction industry. “ABC members are committed to achieving a fully inclusive and culturally competent workforce that is welcoming to all people, where employees and suppliers are limited only by their own potential,” said Michael D. Bellaman, ABC president and CEO. “Qualified veteran and disabled veteran subcontractor and suppliers provide value to building and construction projects and to the economy as a whole, and we support … Read more

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Construction Employers Add 228K Jobs Over Year, Industry Unemployment Rate Lowest Ever for Month

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Construction employment increased by 228,000 jobs over the past year despite a weather-related dip last month and the industry’s unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, the lowest yet for March, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials called for revitalizing and adequately funding career and technical education and training programs to ensure that employment in the high-paying industry would continue to grow. “Construction employment indicators are still signaling strong demand on an annual basis, even though unusually bad weather in several regions probably depressed hiring in March,” said Ken Simonson, … Read more

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