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Month: May 2016

Sweeping agency actions show White House all in on codes & standards-driven resiliency

Concrete News

Sources: White House Briefing Room; CP staff

“Building codes set the baseline for the safe design and construction of our homes, schools, and workplaces, providing the minimum requirements to adequately safeguard the health, safety and welfare of occupants,” the Obama administration noted in a statement on the Conference on Resilient Building Codes. The White House-hosted, May 10 event saw announcement of actions across federal agencies overseeing or influencing building and nonbuilding construction:

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Resilient Building Codes host recognizes NCMA, AGC, AIA deliverables

Concrete News

Sources: White House Briefing Room; CP staff

Along with the federal agency actions stemming from the Conference on Resilient Building Codes, the White House cited related measures unfolding at the National Concrete Masonry Association and Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, plus architectural, engineering and construction peer groups.

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RMC Foundation releases LEED v4 Material Ingredient Reporting Guidance

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Sources: Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education Foundation, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff

In collaboration with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association and architectural/engineering giant Arup North America Ltd., RMC Foundation has funded development of NRMCA Ingredient Reporting Guidance, detailing how concrete producers can contribute toward the LEED v4 Materials and Resources: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients credit.

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OSHA applies behavioral economics via injury reporting rule’s public disclosure provisions

Concrete News

Sources: Occupational Safety and Health Administration; CP staff

OSHA aims to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers and the public about workplace hazards through a final injury- and illness-reporting rule. Effective August 10 with phased implementation carrying into 2017, it requires a) all establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation to electronically submit OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301 injury and illness information; and, b) establishments with 20-249 employees in certain industries to electronically submit Form 300A information.

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Awaiting FTC and EC word, Heidelberg maps initial Italcementi integration plan

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To advance a proposed merger with mid-year target, HeidelbergCement AG Chairman Dr. Bernd Scheifele reviewed moves to restructure Italcementi S.p.A. operations, principally at Bergamo, Italy, headquarters and affecting upward of 400 employees through 2020; consolidate global research and development activities at Italcementi’s ultra-modern i.Lab, a Bergamo facility dedicated in 2013; and, maintain the Italcementi brand plus home base plants and industrial network.

 
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ABC leads coalition suing agency over union-biased ‘persuader’ rule

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A lawsuit Associated Builders & Contractors and other national or state groups have filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenges the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final “persuader rule.” Officially titled Interpretation of the “Advice” Exemption, it revises the definition of what activities constitute “advice” and expands circumstances under which public reporting is required per the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.

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