Association Weighs Legal Options By Subcontractors USA News Provider In a further response to the Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) pressure to restrict the use and ultimately require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to revise its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) “Loan Necessity Questionnaire” — including the lawsuit that AGC filed against SBA on December…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider The National Society of Professional Engineers is pleased to announce the selection of Monika Schulz, CAE, as the Society’s new executive director and chief executive officer effective February 15, 2021. Schulz has a long history in associations and a passion for the contributions they make to society, both of which…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy, Inc. recently announced two senior Finance leadership appointments that will further strengthen its management team and position the company for execution of its new long-term growth strategy. “As we position ourselves to become a premium valued utility while supporting a transition to a cleaner energy future, central to…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers said there’s growing confidence that America’s future will be brighter and cleaner because of today’s natural gas and oil abundance and an adapting, evolving industry. “Today, I’m going to outline a path, a vision, for an affordable,…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Few Construction Firms Expect the Industry to Recover to Pre-Pandemic Levels Anytime Soon, While Demand for Most Types of Projects is Likely to Fall amid Growing Project Delays and Cancellations Construction employment increased by 51,000 jobs in December, with gains for nonresidential as well as residential contractors, according to an…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider New Industry Outlook Finds Most Contractors Expect Demand for Many Categories of Construction to Decline, Few Firms Expect the Industry to Recover to Pre-Pandemic Levels Soon, but will Sustain IT Investments Most contractors expect demand for many types of construction to shrink in 2021 even as the pandemic is prompting…
Professor R. Beneytez-Durán Published in CENTER 23 – A I R By Destiny Vaquera Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professor and Director of Undergraduate Architecture Rafael Beneytez-Durán Ph.D. recently published the chapter “Air: From Bodies to Breathable Skins” highlighting the concept of air and its complexities within architecture and design in the…
By: Tiara Hughes, NOMA The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) expands its efforts through a new platform, NOMA Voices. The first feature for NOMA Voices highlights Dina A. Griffin, FAIA, NOMA, IIDA, NCARB. Dina became president of Interactive Design Architects (IDEA) in 1999. Under her leadership, along with partners Charles Young and Robert Larsen,…
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.
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Where colleges and universities open doors for the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) community through their separate programs, the University of Houston (UH) HUB Operations Department (HOD) uses the “continuous improvement” approach, proving successful in connecting HUBs with this Tier One university for lucrative opportunities. Under the leadership of the Director…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider VIA Metropolitan Transit recently announced that it has joined the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) “Health and Safety Commitments Program,” the public transportation industry’s overarching pledge to passengers that public transit systems are taking all the necessary measures to operate safely as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Downtown Station Now Open! Capital Metro has built a place that both serves their MetroRail customers and provides a grand welcome to downtown. Downtown Station creates a great public plaza that ties together transit, the Convention Center and surrounding hotels and businesses. A Mobility Hub The new Downtown Station and…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic. Reopening America’s Economy: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia on the November Jobs Report – “The economy continued to add jobs in November, with…
By Helen Callier, Subcontractors USA Contributing Writer Did you read the December 2020 issue of the Subcontractors USA Texas Journal? There was a great article on page 4 titled, “US Construction Spending to Gain Ground Through 2024” highlighting growth in certain construction industry sectors and regions in the U.S., such as in the South. This…
Using Berg’s new virtual, expert guided service, called GUIDED COMPLIANCE, small manufacturers learn how to build and manage their own customized environmental, health & safety program to achieve OSHA, EPA & state environmental regulatory compliance & reduce related risks at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. By Subcontractors USA News Provider Berg Compliance…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider The technology industry is one of the GDP driving industries in the state of Texas. Tech hardware & software firms have grown quickly in Texas and have attracted business from other states such as California. Since August 2020, the IT industry has provided jobs to 195k people in Texas. The…
Now Open: CPS Energy’s Northside Customer Service Center at Park North By Subcontractors USA News Provider Recently, CPS Energy’s Northside Customer Service Center relocated to Park North Shopping Center at 754 NW Loop 410, Suite 102, San Antonio, Texas. Delivering excellent, convenient services and programs for their customers online, over the phone, and in-person is…
A leading retail electricity provider continues to help customers “go green” at no additional cost. By Subcontractors USA News Provider Gexa Energy, a leading Texas retail electricity provider, announced recently that it has reached its goal of shifting all residential plans to 100% renewable energy and providing every residential customer with green power at no…
CenterPoint Energy Announces Outlook Revision To Stable by Moody’s By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP), recently announced that Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) changed the company’s rating outlook from Negative to Stable and affirmed the company’s Baa2 senior unsecured rating and Prime–2 short–term rating for commercial paper. “Moody’s revision is an important…
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses, While Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Walla Walla, Wash. Lead in Construction Job Increases By Subcontractors USA News Provider Only 30 percent of the nation’s metro areas added construction jobs in the past year, according to an analysis of new government data that the Associated General Contractors…
