Articles Tagged with ''COVID-19''

Walls & Ceilings Publisher Jill Bloom, Editor John Wyatt and Associate Editor Hannah Belloli were joined by President of United Contractor Services, LLC., Chip Sciullo along with Executive Vice President/COO Ben Arnotti. Mason Karnas, vice president of Lone Sun Builders, also joined the conversation. 

Construction employment increased from May to June in 31 states and the District of Columbia, but the gains may have stalled, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today and a compilation of weekly jobsite hours by construction technology firm Procore. 

It’s no secret that trade industries have been dealing with a shortage of labor causing issues with project delays and quality of work. That being said, High Performance Insulation Professionals is working to connect contractors with qualified labor using the High Performance Recruiter.

Cotney Construction Law CEO Trent Cotney checked in with WC Publisher Jill Bloom and Roofing Contractor Editorial Director Rick Damato and broke down Virginia’s move to become the first state with new, hard-and-fast rules pertaining to COVID-19 in the workplace. 

Due to the State of California's shutdown on Monday, July 13, 2020, reverting back to Phase 1 with no reopening date on the horizon, STAFDA is forced to cancel its November 8-10 Convention & Trade Show in Anaheim at the Anaheim Convention Center. 

ln today's unprecedented time of canceled industry meetings, STAFDA is making the equally unprecedented offer to distributors only in
the construction/industrial channel whose organization's annual meeting was canceled to attend STAFDA's upcoming November 8-10 Anaheim Convention & Trade Show for this year onlv.

It’s no secret these are unprecedented times. And by the way, don’t you wish you had a dollar for every time you heard that word? Or how about “the new normal?”

Cotney Construction Law CEO Trent Cotney checked in with Roofing Contractor Editor Art Aisner and Editorial Director Rick Damato to share the latest on what contractors need to know to stay in business during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction employment increased in 329 out of 358 metro areas between April and May as a new survey finds that two-thirds of highway construction firms had at least one crash in the past year at highway work zones they operate.

According to the study called “Hidden Tribes: A Study in the America’s Polarized Landscape” (by the international group More in Common), experts concluded Americans can be placed into one of seven categories based on their beliefs. From far left to far right, there are progressive activists, traditional liberals, passive liberals, the politically disengaged, moderates, traditional conservatives and devoted conservatives.