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Craft Competitions: SkillsUSA is the Olympics for Construction Trades

Jonathan Barnes

Scott Lewis

October 26, 2016

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SkillsUSA is a virtual Olympics of career skills.

Craft Competitions: Masons Race to Finish Line at Bricklayer 500

Jeff Rubenstone

October 26, 2016

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The Spec Mix competition has been a staple at World of Concrete in Las Vegas for the past 14 years.

Craft Competitions: Group's Event Now Is in Third Decade of Showcasing Skills

Debra K. Rubin

October 26, 2016

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Contest is a "rite of passage," says Chuck Goodrich, president of contractor Gaylor Electric and Associated Builders and Contractors chair-elect

Craft Competitions: Plumbers' Union Tests Young Competitors

Jonathan Barnes

October 26, 2016

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The annual apprentice competition held by the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada—known as the UA—displays the skills of the newest generation of union members while helping the union leadership to gauge the new plumbers’ prowess.

Legal

Federal Court Blocks Contractor 'Blacklisting' Regulation

Pam Hunter McFarland

October 25, 2016

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Court issues preliminary injunction, saying rule would cause 'irreparable harm' to federal contractors and subcontractors.

Top 600 Specialty Contractors Had a Good Year

Markets are growing, margins are up, and specialty contractors increasingly are being acknowledged as partners on projects

Gary J. Tulacz

October 19, 2016

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The construction market has been growing steadily for the past six years, and, for large specialty contractors, things are looking up.

Execs Share Best Ways To Ply Changing Global Markets

Bechtel CEO says AEC firms must compete harder with Silicon Valley for the best technical talent.

Debra K. Rubin

Janice L. Tuchman

October 19, 2016

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With low oil prices still a nagging factor in the global economy, construction executives and researchers shared strategies for project delivery and business success in markets that are increasingly difficult to predict and more controlled by tightening costs.

AECOM Exec Is Atkins Unit CEO; Quake Expert Ray Clough Dies

October 19, 2016

U.K.-based design firm Atkins names industry veteran George Nash to run its North America unit, replacing exec who resigned; U. of California-Berkeley academic taught and researched for multiple decades.

Libertarians' Hope Gary Johnson Has Construction Roots

Presidential candidate started a SW mechanical contracting firm that worked for Intel.

John Guzzon

Debra K. Rubin

October 19, 2016

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Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate for president, started a New Mexico mechanical contracting firm in the 1970s whose later sale made him a millionaire.

Politics

Industry Weighs in With Cash in U.S. Campaigns

Construction unions, trade groups and companies focus more attention on congressional races

Pam Hunter McFarland

Debra K. Rubin

October 19, 2016

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In an election in which the two presidential candidates are presenting starkly different views about governing approaches, many construction groups are keeping low profiles in the top contest, focusing attention—and resources—on congressional races.