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Construction Leaders Thank Assemblymember Villapudua for Resolution
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 23 was read on the California State Assembly floor Thursday, March 18. The measure was introduced to promote awareness of the rising problem of suicide facing the men and women within the construction industry. The resolution proclaims March 18 to be Construction Industry Suicide Prevention Awareness Day in California.
Fresno Looks to Continue Pushing Local Trades Out of the City
Another project labor agreement to be considered by Fresno City Council to be heard Thursday afternoon LIVERMORE, Calif., January 7, 2021— Later today, Fresno City Council will look at adding a project labor agreement (PLA) for citywide public work of improvement projects. Efforts to implement PLAs onto citywide projects have seen a sudden increase over […]
Local Organizations Working Together to Get Community Back on Their Feet
LIVERMORE, Calif., December 4, 2020— Associated Builders and Contractors Northern California (ABC NorCal) has joined Goodwill of Silicon Valley to assist with the newly formed Work Experience Program (WEX) by providing training staff for the electrical and construction sessions. This program was developed in summer 2020 in a response to the rise in job loss due to […]
Local Organizations Working Together to Get Community Back on Their Feet
LIVERMORE, Calif., December 4, 2020— Associated Builders and Contractors Northern California (ABC NorCal) has joined Goodwill of Silicon Valley to assist with the newly formed Work Experience Program (WEX) by providing training staff for the electrical and construction sessions. This program was developed in summer 2020 in a response to the rise in job loss due to […]
Governor’s Business & Job Recovery Task Force Should Give an Equal Chance to All Qualified Workers
As the California Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery meets to formulate plans to restore and rebuild the state’s economy, it should remember Gov. Gavin Newsom’s official slogan: “California for All.”
The state recognized construction as an essential business and California needs all hands to help rebuild the state as quickly as possible. When it comes to actual building of hospitals, housing, police and fire stations, transportation and government funded building projects, a thumb should not be put on the scale to favor one trained and educated building group over another.
Capitol Weekly Podcast with Michele Daugherty
As California looks at loosening some restrictions on non-essential businesses, one business has been going about their work as best they can all along: the construction industry.
Updated COVID-19 shelter-in-place guidelines set to shutdown many Contra Costa County construction projects
Many, if not most construction projects in Contra Costa County will come to a halt because of updated shelter-in-place guidelines about what constitutes an essential business amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
ABC NorCal COVID 19 Safety Video
Workforce Development Manager Sergio Cortez discusses safety tips for COVID-19
