The General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) Construction Leadership Council (CLC) made a huge effort to give back to Philadelphians in need during the 2019 holiday season.
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, the CLC Steering Committee and the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (EAS Carpenters) visited the Campout for Hunger, a local radio station’s week-long event that collects food for Philabundance, a hunger relief charity serving the Philadelphia Region. Philabundance serves over 90,000 low-income Philadelphians.
The Leadership Development Council wrapped up 2019 with a donation of $1,200 and several toys (pictured below) to the Violence Prevention Center Southwestern Illinois. The Violence Prevention Center’s mission is empowering over 1,600 individuals each year to recover from the trauma of domestic abuse and find their way to a life free of violence. Their programs offer the promise of safety and anonymity and they pledge to protect and support all those seeking refuge from abuse the highest quality services.
Texas and Maine Have Biggest Number and Percent of Annual Job Gains, Ohio and Wyoming Have Largest Annual Losses; Texas and Iowa Have Largest Monthly Gains While Nevada and West Virginia Have Largest Monthly Declines
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of America and ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of San Antonio successfully delivered the brand new second edition of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app’s Project Manager Development Program courses January 20th through the 24th to a sold-out class held at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of San Antonio. Delivery of this course highlights the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of San Antonio’s commitment to educating and engaging their members. The updated curriculum directly addresses the core business of General Contractors, Specialty Contractors, and all trade partners. The class consisted of a mix of all three contractor types and everyone benefitted from instruction from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app chapter instructors from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of Wisconsin, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of Houston and The Arizona Builder’s Alliance.
Survey Finds Optimism about 2020 along with Even Tighter Labor Supply as Construction Unemployment Sets Record December Low; Association Calls for Government to Boost Career Opportunities, Immigration
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For the eleventh year in a row, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of America has been named as one of the nation’s top lobbying operations by Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill. The publication’s annual ranking of top lobbyists lists ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app CEO Steve Sandherr as a top lobbyist. Sandherr said the listing is a really an acknowledgement of the quality of the association’s government relations team, noting that the team secured $7.6 billion in federal highway funding that Congress had planned to cut, a disaster aid package with billions of dollars dedicated to rebuilding impacted communities, and regulatory reforms to lower the bureaucratic burden on the industry, among other accomplishments this year.
Industry Continues to Add Workers Faster and Pay Higher Wages than Overall Economy as Association Officials Call on Congress and the White House to Pass the JOBS Act, Boost Funding for Career Training
Every year, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of America’s Student Chapter members and faculty gather together at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app’s Annual Convention to connect with chapters across the nation, share ideas, become exposed to industry trends, issues and technological developments and experience the excitement of entering this important industry! Make sure your student chapter members join us again this year for our annual Student Chapter meeting where we will recognize the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app Education and Research Foundation award winners, hear presentations by the 2019 Outstanding Student Chapter Contest winners and participate in Student Chapter best practices roundtable discussions. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app of America also offers students the chance to participate in the Bill Ratz Memorial Topgolf Tournament with the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app Education and Research Foundation. Student and faculty registration rates can be found on the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½app Convention website. To obtain dates and times for student sessions at Convention and to get your students registered please contact paige.packard@agc.org.
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa Have Largest Gains; New York City and Fairbanks, Alaska Lag the Most as Industry Calls for Measures to Boost Supply of Qualified Workers