City of Houston News: Mayor Turner Appoints Office of Business Opportunity Advisory Board
By Subcontractors USA News Provider With unanimous support from City Council on March 24, Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed the Office of Business Opportunity (OBO) Advisory Board – Rogelio Pombrol, Alicia Jimerson, Edgartt Melton, Craig Williams, Grace Rodriguez, Brandi Harleaux, Suzan Deison, Adriana Gonzalez, Nicholas Morgan, Thom Ronk, Alan Bergeron, Raoul Keddy, Marlon Mitchell, Laura Jaramillo,…
3 Ways To Avoid Getting Caught up in Permitting Woes When Repairing Single-Family Homes After a Storm
By Helen Callier Devastating storms such as hurricanes, tornados, floods from thunderstorms, and the recent Texas freeze create a bonanza of work for contractors. From blown off roofs to busted pipes to fallen sheetrock, contractors rush in to assist homeowners in repairing damaged homes. Challenges often crop up during construction, and some contractors scratch their…
CDM7 Stands on Its Core Values, Committed To Safety, Quality, Cost, and Schedule for Client Success
Over 60 Years of Combined Experience as Your Construction, Development, and Management Company CDM7 is a familiar name and strong contender in the construction field. This construction, development, and management organization, remains committed to safety, quality, cost, and schedule to successfully serve clients. Construction is this company’s core function and founding business practice, with their…
Construction Spending Rises In January As Private Nonresidential Sector Stages Rare Gain, But Rising Materials Costs Make Further Losses Likely
Private Nonresidential Market Shrinks 10 Percent Since January 2020 with Declines in All 11 Segments; Growing Cancellations, Proposed Labor Law Change Threaten to Harm Employers and Workers Alike By Subcontractors USA News Provider Construction spending rallied in January as private nonresidential construction increased for the first time in seven months, according to an analysis of…
Soaring Prices And Delivery Delays For Lumber, Steel And Other Inputs Squeeze Finances For Construction Firms Already Burdened By Pandemic
Association Officials Call for Removing Tariffs on Key Materials to Provide Immediate Relief for Hard-Hit Contractors and Exploring Ways to Expand Long-Term Capacity for Steel, Lumber and Other Materials By Subcontractors USA News Provider Price increases—some to record-setting levels—and long delivery delays are causing hardships for construction firms that are also experiencing challenges in completing…
When Will Workers Get a Break?
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Now that the impeachment trial of the 45th President is over, perhaps our legislators can turn their attention to working people, or more accurately, those who used to work and are not now working. There were 18 million unemployment insurance claims now than a year ago, and nearly 10…
Winter Freeze: 5 Tips on When a Residential Repair Permit Is Required in Texas
By Helen Callier As I wrote this article during the week of a surprise freeze, millions of my fellow Texans were without power and were attempting to stay warm huddled inside their homes. Others sought shelter at warming centers to weather the freezing temperatures and to protect their family. Though many parts of Texas are…
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…
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…
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…
Lean on 5 Critical Tips To Obtain a Permit To Ride Construction Industry Gains in 2021
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…
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