The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being...
A California court case will determine whether a construction subcontractor can be held “strictly liable” for installing material on a project that complied with specifications that the subcontractor did not write, and that was approved...
The U.S. Green Building Council announced June 30, 2015, the availability of a new path forward for California project developers seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification. Starting July 1, nonresidential...
On Center’s Software’s 2015 Construction Industry Survey found significant activity surrounding movement to cloud technologies, with integration, collaboration, communication and error reduction cited as critical drivers. Fully 31 percent of respondents indicated they were planning...
Zweig Group’s “2015 Merger & Acquisition Survey of A/E/P and Environmental Consulting Firms” finds that the number of firms in the industry considering merger and acquisition activity is on the rise. The survey...
A new report released March 26 by the Construction Industry Safety Coalition found that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposed silica standards for U.S. construction industry will cost the industry $5 billion per year—roughly...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to further tighten ozone standards could result in the loss of more than 45,000 construction jobs each year, slow the nation’s economy and impede vital infrastructure investments, says the Portland...
The Construction Industry Safety Coalition, which includes AWCI, offered comments to OSHA regarding the pending Silica Rule in an effort to prevent the rule from imposing overly burdensome provisions on the construction industry. CISC staff...
The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, announced that this year’s National Small Business Week will be held May 4–8, 2015. This year’s theme will be “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small.”...
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