AGC Awards 2019 Diverse Business of the Year Award to Ujamaa Construction

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Chicago, Illinois’ Ujamaa Construction was named as the 2019 Diverse Business of the Year award winner by the Associated General Contractors of America, association officials announced. The association also awarded Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Awards to Austin Commercial, Shoemaker Construction Company, Central Builders, United Rentals and the AGC of Missouri. “These awards recognize firms that have established outstanding programs that have helped make the construction industry a more diverse, inclusive and better sector in which to work,” said Eddie Stewart, the association’s president and president and CEO of Caddell Construction in Montgomery, Alabama. “By making our industry more diverse, we … Read more

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Construction Employment Increases in 218 Metros from March 2018 to March 2019

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Construction employment grew in 218, or 61 percent, out of 358 metro areas between March 2018 and March 2019, declined in 83 (23 percent) and was unchanged in 57, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Meanwhile, new federal data on construction spending showed mixed results, as a steep decline in single-family homebuilding offset increases in multifamily and nonresidential construction. Association officials said the continuing demand for most construction underscores the need for federal enactment of immigration reforms to boost the supply of workers. “Fewer metros than in recent months … Read more

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Encore Electric Wins Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards Grand Prize

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Encore Electric was honored for having the nation’s best construction safety and wellness plan in 2018 by the Associated General Contractors of America. The association, which oversees the Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards, an annual ranking of construction safety programs, noted that 57 other companies were also selected as winners for the quality of their safety programs. “Construction firms have many important obligations to meet in completing projects, but their most fundamental commitment is to ensure the safety of their workers,” said Eddie Stewart, the association’s president, and president and CEO of Caddell Construction in Montgomery, Alabama. “These … Read more

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Construction Employment Increases in 38 States from March 2018 Year Over Year

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Thirty-eight states added construction jobs between March 2018 and March 2019, while construction employment increased in 29 states between February and March, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials said the widespread gains show demand for workers remains strong and urged federal officials to enact immigration reforms to boost the supply of qualified workers. “Although construction has added jobs in many states at a higher rate than the private sector as a whole in the past year, the record number of job openings at the end of February shows contractors … Read more

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Haselden Wins National Safety Excellence Award

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Haselden Construction recently won the Associated General Contractors of America Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Award. The company, which at the time of application had more than 500 employees who worked more than one million man hours on jobsites in Colorado and Wyoming in 2018, competed against construction companies nationwide of similar or larger size. Finalists presented to a panel of industry and safety experts, and winners were announced at the AGC Annual Convention, held earlier this month. The AGC Construction Safety Excellence Award is considered the industry’s leading safety award for general and specialty contractors, service providers and … Read more

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