The largest federal construction procurement agency outside the Department of Transportation, GSA has established a new position in the course of transferring the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings from Public Buildings Service to Governmentwide Policy
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Contempt Orders Issued Against Osha-Cited Masonry Contractors
After failing to comply with court orders enforcing Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) citations, Brian Andre, former owner of Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork (AT&B), Andre Stone and Mason Work Inc. (AS&MW), and Regina Shaw, owner of AS&MW, were issued contempt of court orders by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Read MoreBoral Usa Appointment Brings Kane Full Circle From Pioneer Days
Mike Kane, perhaps the past decade’s best-traveled North American construction materials executive, has been named president of Atlanta-based Boral USA, responsible for Boral Bricks, clay masonry market leader; Boral Construction Materials, with Colorado and Oklahoma ready mixed, concrete block and aggregate operations; Boral Material Technologies, number two U.S. fly ash marketer; and, MonierLifetile, concrete and clay roof tile market leader, managed in 50/50 joint venture with Lafarge Group
Read MoreU.S. Concrete Moves To Improve Liquidity, Debt Financing
U.S. Concrete has engaged financial and legal advisers to help assess alternatives to strengthen its balance sheet, to include addressing the company’s 8 3/8 percent subordinated notes due April 2014
Read MoreNrmca Calls For Modest Bump In DriversÌ Hours Of Service Short-Haul Logbook Exemption
NRMCA is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to raise the number of on-duty hours without logging within the exemption from 12 to 14 hours, keeping it consistent with the 14 hours of drivers’ on-duty time rule
Read MoreTechnology Disables Cell Phone Functions In Mobile Trucks
Following U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood’s ban on text messaging while driving, mobile software developer United Efficiency has announced tXtBlocker, equipped to disable texting and other communications functions upon determining the presence of a cell phone in a moving vehicle
Read MoreCranesville’s Osha Troubles Continue With Block Plant’s $45,000 Fine
On the heels of a late-2009 fine for its aggregate division’s Scotia, N.Y. bagging plant that may amount to more than $500,000, Cranesville Block Co. is once again on the receiving end of proposed OSHA penalties, totaling $45,500, for alleged “repeat and serious violations of safety and health standards” at its Kingston, N.Y., operation
Read MorePca Backs Study Detailing Epa-Proposed RulesÌ Devastating Effects On Cement Makers, Users
PCA applauded a recently released Maguire Energy Institute study, which projects bruising capacity and employment fallout among the consequences of a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cement industry rule
Read MorePca Sustainable Leadership Awards Recognize Philly Mayor Among Advocates Of Icf Construction, Pervious Concrete
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter ranked among public officials garnering recognition in the most recent PCA Sustainable Leadership Awards program for use of insulating concrete forms for urban housing, pervious concrete, or full-depth reclamation with concrete in road construction
Read MoreContractors Underestimate Volume Of 2010 Stimulus-Funded Work
On the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, an analysis of stimulus data shows the law will deliver more construction jobs than initially estimated, helping boost transportation spending
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