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Type: News
Section: Business > Business Services > Legal Services
Safety Equipment - Other
Report: Over-Reliance on Tech is a Growing Safety Risk
Pie Insurance
Pie Insurance released its 2025 State of Workplace Safety Report of over 1,000 small business owners and decision-makers across construction and field service leaders throughout the U.S.
April 27, 2025
Personal Protection Equipment
Making Sure Concrete Contractors Are the Safest in Construction
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
Along with the Safety & Risk Management Council, the American Society of Concrete Contractors Education, Research & Development Foundation has launched a website to fight brain injuries and fatalities in concrete contractors: HarthatstoHelmets.com
March 20, 2023
Business
Employee vs. Independent Contractor Classification Rule Change Under Consideration
The U.S. Department of Labor is considering enacting a rule that would provide guidance on who's an employee and who's an independent contractor.
October 13, 2022
Construction Technology
Harvard Grants License to Scale a Charges-in-Minutes Lithium-metal Battery
Harvard’s Office of Technology Development has granted an exclusive technology license to Adden Energy, Inc., a startup developing solid-state battery systems for use in future electric vehicles.
September 19, 2022
Business
Associated Builders and Contractors Issues Statement About Biden Labor Agreements
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
ABC has issued a response to a proposed rule, Federal Acquisition Regulation: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, implementing President Biden’s Executive Order 14063.
August 18, 2022
Cranes
OSHA Releases New Compliance Directive for Cranes, Derricks
National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO)
This directive replaces the 2014 compliance directive CPL 02-01-057 and addresses the changes in the crane rule that OSHA made in 2018.
June 10, 2022
Business
Supreme Court Puts Biden COVID Vaccination/Testing Mandate on Hold
In two contrary decisions on workplace vaccination standards, the high court offers clarity on the kinds of actions the federal government can and cannot take to protect workers in a pandemic. Labor organizations have committed to pursuing those options.
January 13, 2022
Business
Supreme Court to Act Urgently Next Week on COVID Vaccination Mandate Cases
The OSHA emergency standard currently requires employers of 100 or more to either vaccinate or test workers starting in January. Justices will reconvene early in January to hear oral arguments and decide whether to block the regulation.
December 23, 2021
Construction Technology
ABC Releases Its Annual Scorecard Construction Business Climate by State: Florida Takes Top Spot
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
How does your hometown state rank?
December 21, 2021
Business
Appeals Court Overturns Stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Standard and It's Headed to the Supreme Court
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals last week dissolved the stay against enforcement of OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test requirement for employers of more than 100, OSHA changed its deadlines and final appeals went to the High Court
December 20, 2021
Business
OSHA Releases COVID Vaccination & Testing Emergency Standard and Appeals Court Stays It
Starting on Jan. 4, businesses with more than 100 employees must require workers to either get vaccinated or be tested for COVID-19 weekly. Here's what's happening in the legal battle and what the standard requires.
November 4, 2021
Business
Construction Saw Double-digit Declines in Hiring and Projects in Q4 and Full-year 2020
Viewpoint Construction Software
Viewpoint’s Quarterly Construction Metrics Index shows hiring was down 30% and contract values fell 25% in 2020 compared to 2019.
March 25, 2021
Training & Education
Protecting Your Construction Company in the Age of COVID Webinar for Contractors
The webinar series, “Protecting Your Construction Company in the Age of COVID,” is free to industry professionals who register in advance, and unfolds on April 14 and May 12, 2021.
March 25, 2021
Business
Construction Associations Call Pro-Union Legislation Passed in House “Anti-worker, Anti-privacy and Anti-recovery”
The Associated General Contractors of America and Associated Builders and Contractors issued statements condemning House passage of the PRO Act, which they claim will hurt the workers it’s intended to help.
March 10, 2021
Business
Data-Driven Strategy’s Potential to Alleviate Effects of Possible COVID-19 Mandates
Aclaimant, an insight-driven workflow solution for safety and risk management, provides insight into data-driven strategies that could prevent the effect of potential COVID-19 mandates in the construction industry.
December 14, 2020
Construction Update
10 Hottest Construction Stories This Week: No Business As Usual for 2021 Financial Plans
Most-read construction stories include a test of pavement fog seal, strategies to avoid pandemic contract disputes, top US cities for construction work, the latest coronavirus relief funding for transportation, state and local governments
December 10, 2020
Training & Education
Webinar Aims to Help Contractors Maintain Profitability Post-Pandemic
Avrio Solutions
On Dec. 1, 2020, the BCA Insurance Group, Avrio Solutions and TD Bank will host a webinar series to help contractors navigate the future of construction post-pandemic. Their aim is to provide information to help contractors find continued success.
November 20, 2020
Labor & Workforce Development
EEOC Sues Contractor CCC Group for Racial Harassment
Black employees at construction company’s Ravena, NY, worksite were persistently subjected to racist insults and a noose, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges
August 28, 2020
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