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Put a Plan in Place to Get Your Construction Business Back in Operation

GB Financial Services, LLC

Jumping back into business without careful planning could put you back out of it quickly.

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Construction Grade

April US Housing Starts Fall to Five-Year Low

US housing construction fell significantly lower than forecast in the first full month of COVID-19 pandemic response, but the builders are already showing signs of resilience

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Training & Education

Pandemic Offers Real World Experience for Trade Students

With in-person classes cancelled due to the Coronavirus, students in the trades are being launched in to the workforce

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Five Steps to Ease Worker Concerns About Returning to Work Amid COVID-19

As the government allows more companies and industries to reopen, construction workers are starting to return back to work. Take these steps to ease any anxiety your employees may have

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Lighting, Alarms

Milwaukee Tool USB Rechargeable BEACON Hard Hat Light

Milwaukee Tool Corp.

Makes wearers visible in all directions by combining hands-free task lighting with a BEACON personal safety light that wraps around the backside of hard hats

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Construction Safety

U.S. Department of Labor Offers $11.5 Million In Worker Safety and Health Training Grants

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

The grants will fund training and education to help workers and employers identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards, including the coronavirus

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Lift Construction Labor Productivity with a Time-Tracking App Using Face Recognition

Contractors pay an average of 4.5 extra hours of pay per employee, per week due to inaccurate information through time theft

A time tracking app with face recognition removes the guesswork from clocking in and out.

Elon Musk's Boring Machine Breaks Through to Complete Vegas Convention Center Tunneling

Here's how the project adapted Tesla autonomous electric vehicles to deliver high-speed boring at low cost

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State DOTs Would Get $15B in House Phase 4 COVID-19 Bill

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

AASHTO projects DOTs will need nearly $50B to continue operations in the face of drastic falloffs in motor fuel tax revenues, toll road receipts, and other funding sources resulting from coronavirus response

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Construction News

Treasury Confirms Paycheck Protection Loans Under $2M are in “Good Faith”

New Treasury Department guidance provides safe harbor for firms that received loans of less than $2 million, clarifies repayment from firms that received more and don’t meet good-faith standard

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Veta 6 Construction Management Software

The Transtec Group, Inc.

This free map-based intelligent construction data management software tool enables contractors and highway agencies to analyze and report data collected from intelligent compaction rollers and paver‐mounted thermal profilers

Labor & Workforce Development

Tradeworthy Jobs Offering Free Use of Construction Recruiting App

As the nation marches towards a reopen date, Tradeworthy Jobs is offering industry employers free access to an app that directly connects employers with job seekers

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