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Executive News

NAVFAC Elevates Rear Adm. Lore Aguayo to Lead Major Command

July 29, 2021

Ex-NAVFAC chief of staff becomes Atlantic region commander; POWER Engineers CEOs shift as Bret Moffett departs the firm, and more

Can Clean Energy Provide Well Paying Construction Jobs?

Sen. Joe Manchin and advocates push for infrastructure funds

Pam McFarland

July 27, 2021

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The energy bill is expected to be rolled into the larger $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill package.

Building Trades

NLRB Says Scabby the Rat, Other Inflatables, Can Remain at Secondary Boycott Protest Sites

Jeff Yoders

July 26, 2021

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The union protests were ruled protected speech by the National Labor Relations Board last week.

Construction Workforce

DOL Proposes Rule Setting $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Contractor groups say regulation would have little impact on construction.

Tom Ichniowski

July 23, 2021

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Proposal would implement Biden executive order signed in April.

Five Minutes With Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor

Johanna Knapschaefer

July 22, 2021

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Stefan Pryor was appointed Rhode Island’s first Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo (D) and confirmed unanimously by the state Senate in 2015.

Leading construction workers comp losses

Construction Safety

Lifting and Related Injuries Now Second on Workers' Compensation Cost List

Richard Korman

July 21, 2021

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Liberty Mutual index shows exertion as the cause of greatest insurer losses.

Construction Safety

Crane in Fatal Canada Collapse Removed as Union Seeks Safety Changes

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

July 20, 2021

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No cause yet disclosed amid government probe of July 12 disaster in downtown area of Kelowna, B.C., that killed four workers on site and an engineer in a damaged adjacent building.

ENR Top List

2021 Top 200 Environmental Firms: Market is Whirlwind of Change

July 14, 2021

Pandemic and energy transition usher in new needs for firms' expertise as reality finally sets in on the globe's ecological fragility. See which firms made this year's list.