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Southland Industries employee admitted to tying the noose at the Utah project, the contractor says.

After two years of coping with lockdowns, social distancing, teleconference learning curves and virus variants, construction and design firms find themselves adapting to yet another pandemic-related challenge—safely returning employees to the office while accommodating a newfound appreciation and desire for the benefits of working remotely.

Proposed changes would be the first major revisions to the law in about 40 years.

Kuwaiti translators hired by a former AECOM business and contractor DynCorp under two large US Army contracts claim in a whistleblower lawsuit that the firms knew of alleged abuses, a case that a US district court judge allowed on March 9 to proceed; the firms now operate as Amentum.

Rodriguez credits his father, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. undocumented and worked as a union laborer, for encouraging him to become a carpenter.

Industry jobless rate also improves on monthly and year-over-year basis, BLS reports.

Learning to build successful teams, communicate effectively and adapt to change are critical skills needed, said participants at ENR conference in Tempe, Ariz. for construction's rising talent.