- 1. Mixer driver recruitment survey: New-hire ranks rise, vacancies persist
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... on the survey and ongoing Workforce Development Committee initiatives can be obtained from Vice President, Education Eileen Dickson, 240/485-1164, [email protected] ...
- Created on 09 September 2019
- 2. Proposed apprenticeship enlists associations, sidesteps construction
- (Government Affairs)
- ... careers, the administration has opted to exclude one of the largest single sectors of the economy from what is supposed to be their signature workforce initiative.” “Given the massive skills gap in the ...
- Created on 01 August 2019
- 3. PRODUCERS - JUNE 2019
- (Briefs)
- ... workforce development initiatives. This is vitally important to us, as is our commitment to superior safety and environmental performance and supplying essential infrastructure materials used throughout ...
- Created on 18 July 2019
- 4. Hardscape North America management adds pavilion, opens registration
- (News Scope)
- ... covering such topics as workforce development, growing your business with tech tools, and how to approach women customers and provide solution-based hardscape projects. A new, in-depth business management ...
- Created on 15 July 2019
- 5. Mason Contractors stack recruitment points 10 high
- (News Scope)
- The Mason Contractors Association of America Marketing and Workforce Development Committees are targeting high school students in a two-minute video loaded with candid perspectives from member employees ...
- Created on 15 July 2019
- 6. Survey finds best practices net contractors nearly seven-fold safety gain
- (News Scope)
- ... programs and toolbox safety talks, confirms that high-performing members have safer construction jobsites,” says Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment and Workforce Development Greg Sizemore. “This ...
- Created on 15 July 2019
- 7. Union-endorsed apprenticeship program proposal rattles AGC, ABC
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... of the economy from what is supposed to be their signature workforce initiative. “While there are multiple paths into the industry, the fact is that it remains too difficult for many firms and their ...
- Created on 09 July 2019
- 8. Associations poised for authoritative role in apprenticeship programs
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... s and job creators searching for skilled job seekers, apprenticeship expansion will continue to close the skills gap and strengthen the greatest workforce in the world." Stepped up workforce developme ...
- Created on 25 June 2019
- 9. NRMCA seeks Driver Recruitment Survey responses by month’s end
- (Concrete Currents)
- Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff The NRMCA Workforce Development Committee is encouraging producer participation in one of its top annual deliverables: ...
- Created on 24 June 2019
- 10. YourPCI
- (Features)
- ... for projects daily, but when we come together for Institute work, we refocus to better the industry.” Like many PCI peers, Wallis is especially mindful of the extent workforce recruitment, development ...
- Created on 14 May 2019
- 11. ORGANIZATIONS - APRIL 2019
- (Briefs)
- ... and there is support from both women and men to break free from stereotypes and promote diversity in the construction workforce.” At a Bureau of Labor Statistics-measured 9 percent, she adds, women’s limited ...
- Created on 06 May 2019
- 12. Six-figure grant advances Vulcan Diversity & Inclusion Council goals
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... g on our long-term diversity and inclusion and workforce development initiatives. This is vitally important to us, as is our commitment to superior safety and environmental performance and supplying essenti ...
- Created on 06 May 2019
- 13. ORGANIZATIONS - MARCH 2019
- (Briefs)
- ... safety, workforce development and promotion, she adds. “CPAC has worked diligently for many years to create a stronger pumping industry in Canada,” notes CPAC director Daryl Dika of Reach Construction ...
- Created on 23 April 2019
- 14. Honoring contractors’ competitive drive
- (Editorial)
- Job seekers were flooded with positive labor market signals in 2018, wage spikes, widespread openings, workforce development initiatives, and employer training commitments from President Trump’s Pledge ...
- Created on 12 February 2019
- 15. Beck, Con-Tech, Kenworth and Mack ensure robust CIM Auction payload
- (News Scope)
- ... to gain real-world industry experience, rendering a workforce that is qualified to fill in the gaps caused by the labor shortage. While thousands of construction jobs are added each month, industry recruiting ...
- Created on 19 January 2019
- 16. Florida, Michigan policies merit construction stakeholder attention
- (Government Affairs)
- ... states on (from left) Project Labor Agreement Mandates, Prevailing Wage, Right to Work, Public-Private Partnerships, Workforce Development, Career & Technical Education, and Job Growth Rate. The ...
- Created on 19 January 2019
- 17. ICPI rolls out workforce development program
- (News Scope)
- Expedited by the Board of Directors, ICPI has launched a workforce development program in response to wide-spread contractor needs for new and better skilled employees. It includes a new Hardscape Installer/Contractor ...
- Created on 02 January 2019
- 18. Florida leads ABC Merit Shop index as Michigan climbs, California swoons
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... Project Labor Agreement Mandates; Prevailing Wage, Right to Work, Public-Private Partnerships, Workforce Development, Career & Technical Education and Job Growth Rate criteria. ABC bases the annual ranking ...
- Created on 14 December 2018
- 19. NRMCA survey measures minor decline in mixer driver pool
- (News Scope)
- Results from the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Workforce Development Committee’s 2018 Mixer Driver Recruitment and Retention Survey confirm increased pressure on ready mixed producers to maintain ...
- Created on 27 November 2018
- 20. Safety incentives: Legal and logical
- (Editorial)
- ... (U.S. Concrete) and Safety, Environmental and Operations Committee Chairman David Williams’ (Chaney Enterprises) participation in a Pledge to America’s Workers event at the White House. The workforce ...
- Created on 27 November 2018