USDOT Expands Local Hire, Workforce Development Initiatives
Effort to Help Rebuild Skilled Workforce “As we invest in world-class infrastructure for Americans, we want to make sure that our investments create jobs for people in the [...]
Women Building Careers in Construction
Framework for the Future The construction industry is a male-dominated field, but women are breaking down barriers and jackhammering through a concrete ceiling for the next generation of [...]
Historic $111B Investment in Water Infrastructure
Drinking Water, Stormwater, Wastewater With the unveiling of President Biden’s ambitious $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan, it’s more than roads, bridges, ports, and transit systems getting attention. [...]
Infrastructure Investment Would Help Employ a Younger Generation of Construction Workers
(Developed from an article by Mark Schwartz published in Forbes to focus on jobs creation in the recovery.) Many of America’s major infrastructure projects were developed between the [...]
Virtual Reality Provides Options for Construction Industry
Technology Offers Benefits, Opportunities in a COVID World The COVID-19 pandemic has become the mother of reinvention for workplaces across the globe. Vaccines provide hope of a return [...]
CA Budget Proposal: Transportation to be a Strong Source of Job Creation
CA Budget Proposal: Transportation to be a Strong Source of Job Creation California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a $227.2 billion state budget proposal for 2021-2022, including $15.4 [...]
South LA Construction Career Academy Prepares Students for In Demand Construction Jobs
Los Angeles Urban League’s Construction Career Academy (CCA) held its first class of the new year this past week with a full house of diverse men and women [...]
LA County Construction Employment Expected to Grow 6% Over Next 5 Years
The construction sector in Los Angeles County will add nearly 9,500 jobs over the next five years, a growth rate of 6%, according to forecast details released Feb. [...]
Economic Forecast Presented by Cal State Fullerton Professor
Anil Puri Looks to 2020 During Conference In terms of political discord, history is not a guide for the economy. For example, when President Richard Nixon resigned from [...]
Art of Business During Aging Construction Industry
Stay Successful by Being Prepared During and after the Great Recession — between 2007 and 2011 — approximately 2 million workers left construction jobs. The industry has not [...]