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US Department of Labor, Texas Panhandle Construction Industry Group To Continue Alliance To Protect Workers’ Safety, Health

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Panhandle of Texas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors in Amarillo renewed a three-year alliance designed to educate employers and employees on construction hazards. The alliance focuses on reducing and preventing falls, electrocution, struck-by and caught-in-between hazards by…

AGC and Partners Organized Nationwide Campaign To Urge All Construction Workers To Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The Associated General Contractors of America and other groups have partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), spending the week of April 19th (COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week in Construction) urging construction workers to get their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they are able. As part of the…

Five Benefits of Starting During the Early Phases With Permitting

By Helen Callier, Contributing Writer Raise your hand if you have read my articles before. Okay, I see your hands. Now, keep your hands up if you know one of my tenets for building permitting is “Get started early.” Great! Thank you for your participation, and read below. Building permitting can be one of…

RRC Gives Coal Mining Reclamation Award to Dos Republicas for Work at Eagle Pass Mine

By Subcontractors USA News Provider A coal mining operation near the Texas-Mexico border was commended for its environmental restoration after shutting down operations. RRC’s commissioners recently recognized Dos Republicas Resource Co. with the agency’s 2021 Texas Coal Mining Reclamation Award. Dos Republicas’ 6,348-acre Eagle Pass Mine, which has held a Railroad Commission permit since 2000,…

130 Years Young, RRC Looks to the Future

By Subcontractors USA News Provider It’s easy to not fully grasp just how much the world has changed since a 19th-century legislature created the Railroad Commission of Texas to provide order and predictability to a rapidly expanding railroad industry that controlled the flow of goods. When the RRC opened its doors on April 3, 1891,…

Neste, NuStar Expand Renewable Fuel Hub in Northern California

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Neste and NuStar Energy L.P. recently announced that supply trucks are now able to load Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at the NuStar-operated Selby Terminal near San Francisco, California. The first gallons have been safely picked up and delivered to the nearby Monterey Regional Airport. Due to the strategic location…

CenterPoint Energy Named to Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies List for 2021

By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy has been recognized as one of the most responsible companies in the United States by Newsweek. For the second time, Newsweek recognized America’s Most Responsible Companies based on publicly available key performance indicators derived from corporate social responsibility, sustainability and corporate citizenship reports, as well as an independent…

Capital Metro Commits to 100% Renewable Energy for All Transit Facilities and Electric Buses

By Subcontractors USA News Provider In their recent celebration of Earth Day, Capital Metro is highlighting its latest sustainability efforts in its services and facilities. As of 2021, all of the transit agency’s facilities, including administrative, maintenance and public, electric buses, staff EVs and MetroBike Ebikes are now powered by 100% Texas wind energy through…

Turner Construction School of Management Develops Strategic Business Relationships With Minority and Women-Owned Firms

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The Turner School of Construction Management is the oldest community outreach program in Turner’s history. It was initiated in 1969, one year after their Affirmative Action Department was created, and soon became an opportunity to develop strategic business relationships with minority and women-owned firms. Since then, Turner has provided a…

Texas Construction Employment News

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Construction employment in March remained below March 2020 levels in 35 states despite a sizzling homebuilding market and a strong recovery from severe winter weather, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today. Association officials cautioned, however, that a host of…

Shining the Spotlight on the National Association of Black Women in Construction

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The National Association of Black Women in Construction, Inc. (NABWIC) is a Florida-based, non-profit organization with chapters around the nation, formed in 1991 to address the unique challenges of Black women in the construction industry. Founded by Mrs. Ann McNeill, its mission is to champion and empower Black women in…

UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design News

By Destiny Vaquera The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) recently awarded Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professor Michael Kubo with the 2021 Exhibition Catalogue Award for his book Imagining the Modern: Architecture and Urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance, co-authored with Chris Grimley and Rami el Samahy and published by The Monacelli Press…

PVAMU’s School of Architecture Collaborates With Habitat for Humanity To Build Homes, Structures in Houston Area

By Angie Frederickson Students in the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) School of Architecture (SOA) are receiving a new opportunity to take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to real-world situations. Thanks to a newly formed partnership between the university and Habitat for Humanity-Houston, students are getting a chance to work…

The Regional Black Contractors Association’s Message to Houston Black-Owned Businesses: “We Are Here!”

Communications technology solutions are ever-changing and progressing. And if you are not evolving with it or ahead of it, you may find your company and projects at-risk, drifting in the background behind the competition.

UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design NEWS: Industrial Design Student Earns First Place Award in Bienenstock Competition

By Destiny Vaquera Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design industrial design student Anna Bibikova recently received first place in the prestigious 2021 Bienenstock Furniture Library Competition for her chair, Manta, a hammock-like net woven around a fluid metal frame. The project was conceived and fabricated as a result of professor Jeff Feng and…

UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design NEWS: Hines College Alumni Come Together for New Scholarship

By Stephen Schad The University of Houston Architecture and Design Alumni Association, representing a diverse group of alumni from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, has launched an effort to endow a permanent scholarship for the College’s students. The endowment fund will exist in perpetuity, supporting students for generations to come. In…

8 Tips To Launch a Rewarding Career in the Construction Industry

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Do you enjoy working with your hands? Do you love solving complex problems? Do you enjoy working in the outdoors? Do you enjoy the satisfaction of seeing something you’ve built? If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you may want to consider a career in construction. Many young…

Construction Employment In February Trails Pre-Pandemic Level In 44 States As Soaring Costs, Supply-chain Problems Jeopardize Future Jobs

Texas, Louisiana Have Worst Job Losses Since Pandemic Struck, While Utah, Idaho Gain the Most; Association Issue Inflation Alert and Urges Immediate Relief on Tariffs, Examination of Supply Barriers By Subcontractors USA News Provider Construction employment in February remained below pre-pandemic levels in all but six states, according to an analysis by the Associated General…

CenterPoint Energy Collaborates With HomeServe and Rebuilding Together To Provide Goodwill Repairs

By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy recently announced the completion of several goodwill repair projects that were performed in collaboration with HomeServe, a nationwide provider of emergency home repair protection programs, and Rebuilding Together, a charitable, non-profit organization helping revitalize neighborhoods. These organizations worked together to identify opportunities to serve the Houston community by…

ExxonMobil and Porsche Test Lower-Carbon Fuel in Race Conditions

IRVING, Texas / STUTTGART, Germany – ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels, as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. By Subcontractors USA News Provider Esso Renewable Racing Fuel to be tested in Porsche’s high-performance motorsports engines in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2021…

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