Executives discussed building big with limited resources at the Western Winter Workshop infrastructure project delivery event in California earlier this month.
On $100-million city-funded Massachusetts project, the firms failed to accurately report participation of woman- and minority-owned businesses, state Attorney General Maura Healey alleged in a False Claims Act suit.
Big companies, tech firms, STEM schools support race component to insure needed workforce diversity and skills; 18 state opponents and conservative court majority pose challenge
Manufacturers, tech firms and other businesses, and STEM schools, support race component to insure workforce diversity and employee skills, but 18 state opponents and conservative court majority challenge
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and others tell construction attendees at record turnout for Tradeswomen Build Nations conference that investment in women is critical to U.S. competitiveness.
The heads of six state DOTs have signed on to the Equity in Infrastructure Project's pledge to increase the share of prime contracts that go to disadvantaged businesses.
Building for the worldwide energy transition and its applications will require recruiting, training and retraining millions of workers—a challenge as competition grows for industry talent and added funding brings new mandates