industry updates
The Verdict is in: One Regulation Does Not Fit All
It’s a well known fact that not all industries are the same, and a single best practice that works well in one business may be completely out of place in another. It was this logic that helped the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) win a case last week with the Court of Appeals for the […]
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AWC Helps Builders Determine Environmental Impacts of Wood
If there’s anything worth doing, it’s worth doing right, and this adage can be applied to when a contractor builds green. Sure, they may aim to cut down on the impacts their projects have on the environment, but what is the point if they use materials that will have more of a negative effect than […]
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Builders to the Rescue!
There’s a saying that goes, “Not all heroes wear capes.” Well, it turns out that some of them do wear hard hats, as recent stories show that construction workers are willing to do their part and help people during tough times. For example, last week in Albert Lea, Minn., ABC 6 News reports that firefighters […]
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Projects Will Have to Be Designed Differently After COVID-19
It has been discussed at length how construction workers have to work differently today, thanks to COVID-19. But one lesser talked-about aspect is how the projects themselves will have to be different. As new spaces are built, architects will have to take into consideration the people within them and how to keep them safe. According […]
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Listen Up! Modern Building Codes Can Prevent Disasters
Listen Up! Modern Building Codes Can Prevent Disasters Growing up, many of us hated being told what to do. Our parents would tell us things like, “No dessert without eating your vegetables” or “Go to bed before 8:30.” But as we grew older, we realized that our parents knew darn well what they were talking about, and those rules […]
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Thinking Huts Aims ‘to Cross the Frontier’ of School Construction
Every day, it seems like a new innovation makes lives easier, particularly for people working in the construction industry. With each one, we wonder how we could have done the job without that new technology in the first place. And 3-D technology may be poised to provide school construction at a much faster, easier rate […]
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Social Media Can Help Builders Recruit the Next Generation
It all seems like a long time ago, but even before the outbreak of COVID-19, construction companies were busy trying to find the next generation of workers. With so much work out there, it seemed like builders were fighting over subcontractors as well as who they could get to replace retirees. Now that builders have […]
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6 Ways to Stay Compliant With Coronavirus Relief Programs
As destructive as the COVID-19 crisis has been to the U.S. construction business, including a record 975,000 jobs lost in April 2020 alone, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), it likely would have been worse had Uncle Sam not stepped in with emergency relief measures like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). With the construction unemployment […]
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ABC Shares its ‘DNA’ With Builders to Improve Safety
When work starts on a job site, there is nothing that builders want less than an accident. Many firms continuously make safety their No. 1 priority, and the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is helping them hone their skills so that their employees never have to suffer these unfortunate incidents. As reported by the South Jersey Observer, […]
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Time for Contractors to Show They ‘CARE’
The tragic murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has had a ripple effect upon the entire world as well as nearly every industry. People are taking the time to listen and take a stand against hatred and discrimination, and the Associated General Contractors of America’s latest initiative will help them do that. The association is […]
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