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Engineering and construction education programs and issues-college and university, K-12; STEM; worker shortages;; craft and professional training and compensation; immigration issues; Dept. of Labor workforce regulation, data and trends; organized labor; open shop; diversity; federal contractor compliance; pensions liability; global migrant workers; worker abuse; whistleblowers; workplace culture; worker misclassification; employee and workforce management

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Biden's Davis-Bacon Wage Overreach

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Richard Korman
May 25, 2022
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Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.


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Workforce and Leadership

Women Cite Infrastructure Law, Energy Transition as Key Career Growth Catalysts

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Emell D. Adolphus
May 19, 2022
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To boost women's career tracks as industry sectors grow, attendees shared creative approaches at ENR's Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference, held earlier this month.
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Ontario Craft Strike Could Delay Hundreds of Projects Across Province

More than 25,000 union workers, mostly carpenters, have walked off the job this month
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 13, 2022
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More than 25,000 union carpenters and other trades walked off jobsites across province in the largest wave of labor unrest since the late 1980s.


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Meet the Top 20 Under 40

May 12, 2022
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Selected as rising industry stars, ENR’s 2022 National Top 20 Under 40 have their eyes set on the future and see a sense of urgency to embrace innovative solutions for industry challenges.


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The Top 20 Under 40: A Meeting of Minds

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May 12, 2022
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The occasion was a starting point to shape grand ideas into groundbreaking solutions, and there was no shortage of ground to cover when ENR’s 2022 National Top 20 Under 40 assembled in Tempe, Ariz., for a conference and a conversation on the industry’s top issues.

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Tech Focus

Apps Offer Innovative Sourcing for Materials and Labor

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Jeff Yoders
May 11, 2022
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Materials supply chain disruptions and the mass retirement of older workers in the skilled trades—a trend that actually began in the 2010s—have forced preconstruction professionals and estimators to be more resourceful than ever. 


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Safety & Health

Suffolk Stands Down After Consecutive Serious Boston Site Injuries

City's largest contractor voluntarily stops work in wake of two accidents in two days
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 6, 2022
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After two serious safety incidents in consecutive days, Boston area’s largest contractor voluntarily issued a safety stand down on projects ending May 6. 


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Construction Jobs

Specialty Contractor Workforce Decline Dampens Construction's April Job Numbers

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Tom Ichniowski
May 6, 2022
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Construction's unemployment rate of 4.6% was the lowest ever recorded for the month of April, according to AGC.


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Boston Catwalk Collapse Injures Three Workers

Incident is the latest in a serious of construction accidents in the city
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 4, 2022
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The collapse of a catwalk in a defunct, 124-year-old power plant building in Boston injured three workers.


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ENR Top 500 Design Firms: Execs Share Challenges, Successes

Top of mind are inflation, staffing, supply shortages and schedule delays
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May 2, 2022
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Conversations with executives of ENR’s 2022 Top 500 Design Firms reveal inflation, staffing, supply shortages and schedule delays are top of mind.


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