Washington, D.C.— The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) held a signing ceremony on May 17, 2010 to finalize OSHA’s formal recognition of the NCCER Crane Operator Certification Program. The ceremony was held in the Department of Labor Building in Washington, D.C. at 3:30 p.m. Attendees of the event included the following key industry leaders representing Washington, D.C and the construction industry: Ted Blanton, President, North American Crane Bureau; Scott Cooper, Vice President, Government Relations, American National Standards Institute; Steve Greene, Vice-President, NCCER; Tim Johnson, Director of Government Outreach, NCCER; David Michaels, US Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA; Bill Parsons, Acting Director for OSHA’s Directorate of Construction; Kirk Pickerel, President/CEO, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.; Steve Sandherr, President/CEO, Associated General Contractors of America; and Don Whyte, President, NCCER.
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DALLAS -- Balfour Beatty Construction was selected to provide preconstruction services and manage construction of the new headquarters for NPR, the internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. Located in a business improvement district of Washington, D.C., the headquarters will transform a historic warehouse into a sustainable 330,000-square-foot office building to meet the needs of the multimedia organization.
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The small March increase was due to a pickup in institutional spending, probably stimulus plan funded, offset by continuing declines in developer financed projects. The stimulus building construction will be more than offset this year by declining state and municipal budgets for schools and public buildings. Expect nonresidential construction spending to slip slightly lower into the fall. The largest risk of decline is for municipal spending, now being cut quickly after a plunge in property tax receipts.
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Effort meant to lower construction fatalities
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a pilot program seeking to partner with building inspectors in 11 American cities to reduce injuries and fatalities at construction sites.
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has sent letters to the mayors of the selected cities,* proposing that OSHA work with and train local building inspectors on hazards associated with the four leading causes of death at construction sites. Under this program, building inspectors would notify OSHA when they observe, during the course of their work, unsafe work conditions. OSHA, in turn, would send a federal agency compliance officer to that workplace for a safety inspection.
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Business Conditions Slowly Improving
Washington, D.C. -- May 19, 2010 -- For the third straight month the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has gone up. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the April ABI rating was 48.4, up from a reading of 46.1 the previous month. Although this score reflects a continued decline in demand for design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings), it is the highest score since January 2008 when revenue at architecture firms headed into recession. The new projects inquiry index was 59.6.
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Analysis of New April Producer Price Index Shows Increasing Pressure on Contractors to Raise Prices to Survive, Construction Economist Notes
Construction contractors continue to be squeezed between rising materials costs and falling output prices according to a new analysis of materials costs conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America. The association noted that even as the producer price index leapt in April for key construction components, the amount contractors charge for construction services remains depressed.
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DETROIT– Walbridge, a Detroit-based full-service construction service provider, was awarded first place in the Associated General Contractors of America 2009 Construction Safety and Excellence Awards. Walbridge’s safety performance was ranked best in the nation in the Building Division, 1 million- 4 million hours worked category. Winners were announced March 19 during the AGC Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida.
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