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  • San Antonio Transportation News

    VIA Providing Fare-Free Connections to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites Passengers with confirmed appointments may ride to City/County vaccine clinics By Subcontractors USA News Provider VIA Metropolitan Transit will offer complimentary transportation for any person traveling to or from an appointment at a City/County-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination site—including the Alamodome, Wonderland of the Americas mall and others —…

  • Port of Houston Awarded New Start for Ship Channel

    By Subcontractors USA News Provider The Port of Houston recently received notification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that it was awarded a “new start” designation and $19.5 million in federal funds to begin construction of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project. That project was authorized in the Water Resources and…

  • Laura Freeland Joins the Southern Dallas County IPTMA as Executive Director

    By Subcontractors USA News Provider Laura Freeland has been named the Executive Director of the Southern Dallas County Inland Port Transit Association (IPTMA). In her role as Executive Director, Freeland is tasked with working with the IPTMA Board and member companies to provide comprehensive transportation solutions to employers and employees in the Southern Dallas County…

  • Transportation NEWS: Capital Metro – Austin, Texas

    By Subcontractors USA News Provider Public Meetings  Orange Line and Blue Line Public Scoping Meetings:  Join Capital Metro for a series of one-hour live virtual public scoping meetings focused on Project Connect’s Orange and Blue Line projects. The scoping phase provides the opportunity for the public to learn about the Orange and Blue Line projects and the…

  • USW Applauds Worker-Friendly Choices for OSHA Leadership Roles

    By Subcontractors USA News Provider The United Steelworkers (USW) recently praised President Joe Biden’s decision to tap workplace safety advocates James S. Frederick and Joseph T. Hughes Jr. for leadership positions in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Frederick, who will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, comes…

  • OSHA NEWS: U.S. Department of Labor Announces Annual Adjustments to OSHA Civil Penalties

    By Subcontractors USA News Provider The U.S. Department of Labor has announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2021. In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to advance the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent…

  • 7 Steps To Use When the Playing Field Has Changed at Permitting Centers

    By Helen Callier, Subcontractors USA Contributing Writer  You’re a construction project executive with demands to grow your business in 2021, and the new normal is causing budget strains from waiting around much longer than planned for building permits.    We get it!  We hear the challenges from the many calls in our PermitUsNow’s toll free line…

  • ExxonMobil NEWS

    By Subcontractors USA News Provider  ExxonMobil Issues Statement on Wall Street Journal Report  The claims made by an alleged whistleblower, and reported by The Wall Street Journal, are demonstrably false. Actual and provable performance exceeded drilling plans for the Permian, and such performance has been accurately represented to the investment community. The Wall Street Journal has…

  • SBA Continues To Respond To AGC Pressure To Revise Questionnaire

    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…

  • National Engineering Society Announces New Executive Director and CEO

    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…

  • API’s State of American Energy Report

    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,…

  • Construction Sector Adds 51,000 Jobs in December, but Gains Are Likely Temporary as New Industry Survey Finds Widespread Pessimism for 2021

    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…

  • Few Construction Firms Will Add Workers in 2021 as Industry Struggles With Declining Demand, Growing Number of Project Delays and Cancellations

    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…

  • UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design NEWS

    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…

  • The National Organization of Minority Architects Shines the Spotlight on Dina A. Griffin

    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,…

  • The Next Generation Drives MCA Communications Forward

    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.

  • The UH HUB Operations Department: Always Evolving to Successfully Serve the Small Business Community

    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…

  • TRANSPORTATION NEWS: San Antonio, Texas

    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…

  • TRANSPORTATION NEWS: Austin, Texas

    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…