To attract a broader and more diverse workforce, companies and unions are courting the LGBTQ+ community and strengthening recruiting and retention efforts.
With diversity and inclusive policies providing quantifiable benefits, construction companies sharpen their focus on LGBTQ+ employee recruitment and retention
DOD Inspector General will probe $400M Corps contract to Fisher Sand and Gravel, which builds private walls and airs TV pitches to President Trump; firm also faces suit in Texas.
Private developer Texas Central announced last month the newest member of its team that will build the high-speed train connecting Houston and North Texas.
A defense bill released by a congressional conference committee Dec. 9 dropped provisions that would have restricted discharges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—a class of chemical compounds known as PFAS—from manufacturers into water supplies and designated PFAS as “hazardous substances” under the federal Superfund law.
Transportation agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration and several state DOTs, are pushing forward with making Building Information Modeling a bid deliverable and binding reference document for projects.
The U.S. Green Building Council recently announced LEED Positive – a vision statement and LEED development roadmap that USGBC hopes will lay the foundation for a “regenerative” built environment.
To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual.
After more than a year of testing construction technology on its mockup jobsite, Oracle Construction & Engineering is planning a major expansion of its Innovation Lab in Deerfield, Ill.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 20-year license extension for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4, making them the first nuclear plants approved to operate for 80 years.
The Ascent 200 high-rise safety screen has a double-height cantilever design and multiple cladding options, including corrugated, perforated, profiled steel sheeting; a fixed and sliding mesh panel that can be adjusted on site; and plastic sheeting.