On Feb. 4, President Biden signed an executive order that will make the federal government require project labor agreements before awarding contracts at least $35 million or more.
In one iconic Joni Mitchell hit, paradise was paved and turned into a parking lot. Recently, in Cincinnati, the reverse occurred, when a parking lot was torn up and turned into – well, maybe not paradise, but at least a very handsome apartment building that some are crediting with helping to transform a previously underutilized area of the city.
The construction industry is traditionally focused on family—whether it’s a multi-generational building firm or supplier, or a crew who becomes like family working side by side each day.
Contractors Association Prepares Updated Construction Inflation Alert as Tight Labor Market, Soaring Materials Costs, and Supply Chain Disruptions Threaten to Delay Projects and Undercut Further Job Gains
Construction employment dipped by 5,000 jobs between December and January even though hourly pay rose at a record pace in the past year, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard issued on Nov. 5, 2021, to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers with 100 or more employees from workplace exposure to coronavirus.
The BELDON family of construction services has launched Ozbee team software, a cloud-based contracting business solution that utilizes the industry-standard Salesforce platform to seamlessly integrate all aspects of project and customer relationship management from lead to completion.
Are you a contractor bidding on a job in a new state or city outside your home jurisdiction? Have you evaluated the state and local tax obligations—and opportunities—based on the project location? If the answer is no, your company’s chance to win the bid and stretch your profit margins could be negatively impacted.