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Laborers’ prod GOP leaders on highway bill

Details: Published: Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:54; Written by CP Staff

A multi-media campaign from the union representing plant and jobsite workers across the transportation infrastructure value chain spotlights the public safety crisis crumbling bridges, deteriorating roads and struggling transit systems pose. The Laborers’ International Union of North America undertaking is especially targeted at voters positioned to prod U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) into supporting a long-term highway bill that protects investment in transportation systems.

Romney merits ABC nod

Details: Published: Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:53; Written by CP Staff

In perhaps the first such move this campaign season by a major national construction group, Associated Builders and Contractors endorsed Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

HUD releases disaster-proofing building guide

Details: Published: Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:52; Written by CP Staff

Consulting firm Newport Partners in Davidson, Md., recently announced the initial results of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded research project, Safer, Stronger Homes: Protecting Your Risk During a Natural Disaster. The project team created a how-to guide of simple, low-cost mitigation strategies for both builders and homebuyers alike to improve their home performance during natural disasters.

Unions cheer Court's PLA Stance

Details: Published: Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:53; Written by CP Staff

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit, has struck down the state’s “Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act” (Public Act 98) curtailing local government units’ ability to exercise project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction contracts.

Cement Regulatory Relief clears House after NRMCA leadership visit

Details: Published: Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:03; Written by CP Staff

Last month's bipartisan passage of “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011” (H.R. 2681) by the U.S. House of Representatives was overwhelmingly called a triumph by construction industry leaders.

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