Construction Spotlight on NAMC

Construction Spotlight on NAMC

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Founded in Oakland, California, in 1969 by Ray Dones and Joseph Debro, the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) is the oldest minority construction trade association in the United States. Members include more than 50 Hall of Fame members and Legacy Contractor Builders and a combined annual project capacity of…

Construction Trade Group Sues To Block Fed’s Unlawful Effort To Change Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Rules

Construction Trade Group Sues To Block Fed’s Unlawful Effort To Change Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Rules

Small Business Administration and Office of Management and Budget Secretly Crafted Questionnaire that Asks about Everything Other Than the Economic Uncertainty that Congress Intended to Drive Program By Subcontractors USA News Provider The Associated General Contractors of America filed suit recently to compel Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

Architect Spotlight on NOMA

Architect Spotlight on NOMA

By Subcontractors USA News Provider About NOMA The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), which thrives only when voluntary members contribute their time and resources, has as its mission the building of a strong national organization, strong chapters and strong members for the purpose of minimizing the effect of racism in this profession. Strength in…

Expertise Best Architects in Houston 2020

Expertise Best Architects in Houston 2020

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Expertise scored 467 architects in Houston, TX, and picked the top 19.   Why These Architects? Expertise’s goal is to connect people with the best local experts.  They scored Houston architects on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analyzed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the…

Houston Transportation News: METRO Is Committed To Clean, Safe Rides

Houston Transportation News: METRO Is Committed To Clean, Safe Rides

Subcontractors USA News Provider Through collaborative relations and innovative approaches, The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) will be an industry leader in delivering timely and efficient service that is transformative by providing multi-modal interactions for communities to connect to everyday work and life opportunities. METRO’s mission is to provide safe, clean, reliable, accessible…

Dallas Transportation News

Dallas Transportation News

DART Board of Directors Hires David Leininger as Interim President/Executive Director By Subcontractors USA News Provider At a special called meeting on November 20, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors selected David Leininger to serve as DART’s Interim President/Executive Director. This appointment follows Gary Thomas’ recent decision to retire from DART after almost…

Bush Airport’s Expansion Program Moves Forward

Bush Airport’s Expansion Program Moves Forward

By Subcontractors USA News Provider In spite of the unprecedented air travel challenges fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s an exciting time at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, IAH. Construction on the IAH Terminal Redevelopment Program, ITRP, is moving forward.  ITRP is a billion-dollar, multi-year expansion program that will upgrade and modernize several areas of George…

U.S. Department of Labor Updates Frequently Asked Questions To Address Cloth Face Coverings as Personal Protective Equipment

U.S. Department of Labor Updates Frequently Asked Questions To Address Cloth Face Coverings as Personal Protective Equipment

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published an update to its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to address whether OSHA considers cloth face coverings to be personal protective equipment. The agency is addressing the topic after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently…

U.S. Department of Labor Emphasizes Protecting Worker Safety and Pay During Holiday Season

U.S. Department of Labor Emphasizes Protecting Worker Safety and Pay During Holiday Season

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) remind employers of their responsibility to protect worker safety and pay during the holiday season. As the nation enters a unique holiday shopping season, employers must ensure that they train all workers…

Contractors: 5 Tips To Score a Building Permit in a Timely Manner

Contractors: 5 Tips To Score a Building Permit in a Timely Manner

By Helen Callier, Subcontractors USA Contributing Writer  Have you ever witnessed a kick-off return where the receiver ran 93 yards to score a touchdown?  This was the case for a rookie player on the Baltimore Ravens team at the opening of the 2020 NFL season, and there have been numerous other examples of this kind…

ExxonMobil Plans Reduction to U.S. Staffing Levels

ExxonMobil Plans Reduction to U.S. Staffing Levels

By Subcontractors USA News Provider As part of an extensive global review announced earlier this year, the company plans to reduce staffing levels in the United States, primarily at its management offices in Houston, Texas. The company anticipates approximately 1,900 employees will be affected through voluntary and involuntary programs. The workforce reductions are the result…

Vortex Companies Launches New Business Unit to Support Acquisition of Proprietary CIPP Sensor Technology

Vortex Companies Launches New Business Unit to Support Acquisition of Proprietary CIPP Sensor Technology

Vortex Technology Group created to deliver sensor and software systems to the trenchless marketplace By Subcontractors USA News Provider Vortex Companies, LLC (“Vortex Companies”), the nation’s fastest growing trenchless infrastructure solutions provider, launched Vortex Technology Group, LLC to support its recent acquisition of proprietary Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) sensor technology developed to verify the curing process of…

National Engineering Society Welcomes New Senior Director for Ethics & Professional Practice

National Engineering Society Welcomes New Senior Director for Ethics & Professional Practice

By Subcontractors USA News Provider The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) recently welcomed Rebecca Bowman as the new Senior Director, Ethics and Professional Practice. In this role, Bowman will be responsible for serving as the subject matter expert on engineering ethics, providing ethics counsel to members in need of guidance and providing management, policy…

Ensuring Your Home Heating Equipment Operates Efficiently All Season

Ensuring Your Home Heating Equipment Operates Efficiently All Season

By Subcontractors USA News Provider  Want a snafu-free season of home heating? Better installation and quality service mean a longer life for your heating and cooling equipment, as well as increased energy efficiency and reduced energy bills. Not only that, regular service checks may actually detect problems before you notice them, and catching them in…

Direct Energy Puts Customers First and Ramps Up Personalized Energy and Home Services with Expanded Innowatts Partnership

Direct Energy Puts Customers First and Ramps Up Personalized Energy and Home Services with Expanded Innowatts Partnership

Smart meter insights and AI analytics help energy retailer offer customized plans and products By Subcontractors USA News Provider Direct Energy®, one of North America’s largest providers of energy and energy-related services, is expanding services to its residential customers via a deepened partnership with Innowatts, the leading AI-enabled SaaS platform for global energy providers. Through…

US Construction Spending to Gain Ground Through 2024

US Construction Spending to Gain Ground Through 2024

While COVID-19 delays some projects, growth in the residential and nonbuilding sectors will spur gains By Subcontractors USA News Provider US construction expenditures are forecast to increase 3.7% yearly in nominal terms through 2024, according to Construction: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports.  Contractors stand to benefit from continued gains in…

Construction Association Ready To Work With President-Elect Biden To Prepare Significant New Infrastructure & Recovery Measures

Construction Association Ready To Work With President-Elect Biden To Prepare Significant New Infrastructure & Recovery Measures

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Incoming President and Congress Should Focus on Enacting Measures to Rebuild Infrastructure and Revive the Economy and Avoid Imposing Needless Regulatory Burdens that will Undermine Growth The Associated General Contractors of America’s chief executive officer, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to the election of Joseph Biden…

AUTOARCH Architects Transforms Stafford Municipal School District Campus Into a 21st Century Educational Facility – December, 2020

AUTOARCH Architects Transforms Stafford Municipal School District Campus Into a 21st Century Educational Facility – December, 2020

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Transformative Bond with Conservative Budget   Stafford Municipal School District 2017 Bond by AUTOARCH Architects Last month Stafford Municipal School District (Stafford MSD) celebrated the achievement of a significant milestone by opening their newly expanded and enhanced campus, which includes a new state-of-the-art middle school, an elegant new administration building, along…

Sowells Consulting Engineers Celebrates 10 Years…And Many More – November, 2020

Sowells Consulting Engineers Celebrates 10 Years…And Many More – November, 2020

Established in 2010 & Standing Strong for Many Years to Come By Subcontractors USA News Provider Statistics show that 20% of small businesses fail within their first year.  And when it comes to the construction industry, about 75% of businesses survive their first year, 65% make it through their second year, and about 35% make it through their fifth year.  Where some businesses are forced…

Texas Transportation News

Texas Transportation News

By Subcontractors USA News Provider DALLAS:  DART Brings GoLink On-Demand Service to Irving and Garland Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) brings GoLink, the personalized, curb-to-curb service that serves riders on-demand in zones across North Texas, beginning last month, to Southeast Garland and South Irving. The on-demand service is already available in Farmers Branch, Far North…