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Management
LaHood Announces $363 Million in Grants for State Highway Projects
U.S. Department of Transportation
Money from 12 grant programs was distributed to applicants from all 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Workforce
Concrete Industry Associations Partner to Form Certification Consortium
Concrete Industry Certification Consortium
Consortium is a non-profit clearinghouse dedicated to raising industry awareness of certifications aimed at improving quality and safety in concrete construction
The Concrete Industry Certification Consortium logo.
Management
Atlanta Voters Reject 1% Sales Tax for Transportation
Defeat of the 10-year, 1% sales tax leaves the Atlanta region's traffic congestion problem with no visible remedy
Safety
Save the Date: IAPAs and IPAF Summit on March 26, 2013 in Miami
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
This is the first time the IPAF Summit and IAPAs are being held in the US, and there is an excellent line-up of top speakers for the Summit conference.
The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) and the IPAF Summit conference will be held on March 26, 2013 at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel in Miami, FL.
Safety
IPAF Reports 17 Fatal Accidents Involving Aerial Work Platforms in the First Half of 2012
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
Causes of global work-platform fatalities were fairly evenly spread: electrocution (4), overturn (4), mechanical related (4), fall from platform (4) and entrapment (1).
Safety
OSHA Modifies Enforcement of Rules for Cranes Operating Near Power Lines
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Rules regarding work with proximity alarms or insulating links will have to wait until there are devices accepted by a nationally recognized testing lab
Safety
TransCanada Receives Key Permit to Begin Gulf Coast Section of Keystone XL Pipeline
Construction could start in days on southern portion of the pipeline to transport lower-cost US crude oil to refineries in Texas
Infrastructure
LaHood Launches Historic Expansion of Infrastructure Finance Fund
The new surface transportation bill provided $1.7 billion for TIFIA credit assistance, making it the largest transportation infrastructure finance fund in DOT history
Management
Pavement Layers Proposal Creation Tool
Pavement Layers, LLC
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Safety
Bechtel Logs 12 Million Hours at Hanford without a Lost-Day Injury
Bechtel Corp.
Bechtel project passes two years without a days-away-from-work injury
Management
Equipment Finance Sector's Monthly Leasing and Finance Index Shows Positive Economic Activity
Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation
The June Monthly Leasing and Finance Index shows new business volume up 10% year-over-year, up 29% month-to-month and up 14% year-to-date while the volume of financed equipment in June was the greatest for any single month since December 2008
This chart shows a year-over-year comparision of new business volume (in billions).
Management
New Online Construction Career Center Connects Employers and Job Seekers
The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
The Build Your Future campaign has introduced its online Career Center as a comprehensive resource to provide tools for employers and job seekers in the construction industry
The new construction industry Career Center is designed to connect employers looking to hired skilled workers with job seekers who possess those skills and are searching for jobs in the industry.
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