May 16, 2019 | Announcements
Source: Bloomberg Law Labor report The Labor Department’s contractor watchdog is encouraging employers to sponsor apprenticeship programs to both create a pipeline of skilled workers and “increase outreach and recruitment efforts” to fulfill equal...
Apr 30, 2019 | Announcements
Business Journal News Network, By Eric Reinhardt, Date: 4/29/2019 7:00 PM KIRKWOOD, N.Y. — Smith Falls, Ontario–based Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE:CGC) has “secured” a 308,000-square-foot facility on a 48-acre property in Kirkwood, describing it...
Apr 15, 2019 | Announcements
Business Journal News Network By Eric Reinhardt Date: 4/15/2019 4:55 PM Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) expects to spend an estimated $64 million this year in New York through the remodeling of 13 stores. Of those stores, 10 are located in Central and upstate...
Apr 11, 2019 | Announcements
Credit: Bloomberg Law Construction Labor Posted April 9, 2019, 2:51 PM New York City employers wouldn’t be allowed to require job candidates to submit to drug testing for marijuana as a condition of hiring, under a bill approved by the City Council. The bill...
Apr 5, 2019 | Announcements
A new analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research reports that between 2017 and 2018, the number of women working in construction trades increased by 17.6 percent, rising to 276,000, according to www.forconstructionpros.com. This is nearly five...
Mar 26, 2019 | Announcements
As published in the “Buffalo News” By Tom Precious Published March 25, 2019: ALBANY – County executives from across the state sounded alarms Monday that local property taxpayers and services will suffer unless key changes are made in state...
Mar 11, 2019 | Announcements
From the New York Post By Carl Campanile March 10, 2019 | 8:30pm Council Speaker Corey Johnson has targeted a sacred cow in his plan to reform the MTA: New York’s much-maligned Scaffold Law, which critics say boosts insurance costs for...
Feb 27, 2019 | Announcements
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – More and more women are shattering the glass ceiling and making their mark in the male dominated construction industry. “Times are changing. It’s not just a man’s world anymore,” Tanay Matthews, of...
Feb 22, 2019 | Announcements
The New York State Register just published Executive Order (EO) 192, which effectively grants agencies and the Governor permanent debarment power. The notice in the Register was the first (and so far, only) public acknowledgement that the Governor had signed the...
Feb 14, 2019 | Announcements
BNA Construction Labor News — Feb. 13, By Jacklyn Wille A Pennsylvania concrete company can’t force the union that formerly represented its workers to foot a $680,698 withdrawal liability assessment from the union-connected pension plan, the Third...
Feb 6, 2019 | Announcements
As puplished by WGRZ Buffalo: BUFFALO, N.Y. — Western New York business leaders are not happy with the business climate they’re getting from Albany. The Buffalo Niagara Partnership held a discussion Tuesday morning, when Siena College gave the results...
Feb 5, 2019 | Announcements
As published in Concrete Construction READY-MIX RETURNS Plenty of companies are building new stores and renovating existing locations. By Pierre Villere Adobe Stock /crewcut Brick-and-mortar retailers thrive by filling gaps not easily replaced by online...
