Zach Dixon with Delmarva Surety, is a member of the abcCONNECT Committee. The committee’s focus is to form or improve relationships with member and non-member companies and present resources that ABC offers of which companies may be unaware. Dixon specializes in working with contractors in regards to their surety bonds …

The Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is asking for comments from the construction community about the potential use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on the sideways expansion of Poplar Island in the Talbot County, Maryland area. For more information about the project, please visit here. Associated Builders and …

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Baltimore’s City Council appears determined to move forward with legislation that would phase in minimum wage increases to reach $15 per hour by 2022. This iteration of the legislation has been somewhat improved over what was introduced last year, but it still fails to address its most basic flaws, which …

Brittany Peddicord with Life Safety Systems, Inc. (LSS) is the new chair of the abcCONNECT committee. The committee’s focus is to form or improve relationships with member and non-member companies and present resources that ABC offers of which companies may be unaware. As the Director of Marketing and Outside Sales …

Maryland rate even lower; nearing ‘full employment’ Construction unemployment rates were down in 38 states and the nation, according to analysis released today by ABC National. Maryland’s rate, 5.2, is down 0.9 percent from a year ago and is 0.5 lower than the national average. Maryland is ranked 19th out …

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. This past November, the USCIS published a revised I-9 that employers must begin using January 22, 2017. The new version is dated 11/14/2016. …

Statement by ABC Baltimore “ABC Baltimore is pleased to offer its warmest congratulations to our City’s 50th mayor, Catherine Pugh. “ABC enjoyed a very good working relationship with Mayor Pugh during the years she served in the State Senate and we are confident that will continue as she assumes her …

Group volunteers at the Believe in Tomorrow House Last week, the Young Leaders of ABC committee visited the Believe in Tomorrow House, a temporary home for families with children receiving care at Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital. About a dozen young professionals volunteered by cooking ¬Ëœbreakfast for dinner’ for the families …

On November 22, 2016, just days prior to President Obama’s initiative seeking to expand overtime wage protections to 4.2 million workers was set to take effect, Texas District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III issued a nationwide injunction blocking the overtime rule from going forward. The injunction means that, at least …

We are very pleased to welcome new members to the 2017 Board of Directors: Kate Lawrence with Lawrence Law, David Brodie with Wohlsen Construction and Ronnie Brouillard with Kinsley Construction. OFFICERS BOARD CHAIR Matthew Bolyard, Southway Builders (general contractor) 1st VICE CHAIR Vic Victoriano, Skillforce, Inc. (associate) 2nd VICE CHAIR …

Habitat Humanity of the Chesapeake and Project JumpStart launched The HabiCorps Workforce Development Program, which, with support from AmeriCorps, trains Baltimore City residents that face significant barriers to employment in the construction trades. The HabiCorps traineeship provides hands-on experience in the construction trades over the course of ten months. Under …

In case you missed ABC’s State of Industry event… Anirban Basu’s 2017 Economic Forecast  

Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued the final rule; Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. The final rule requires federal contractors to provide employees with up to seven days (56 hours) of paid sick leave in a year, …