Later today, President Biden will sign an executive order to require the use of project labor agreements on federal construction projects above $35 million at an event at the Ironworkers Local 5 union hall in Upper Marlboro, Md. Read ABC’s statement on the executive order here.Read the White House’s release …
2022 ABC Workforce Development Survey
In 2021, we made significant progress educating and upskilling construction professionals across the industry. ABC has commissioned management consulting firm FMI to conduct ABC’s fourth annual survey to quantify the current investment and workforce development efforts of member contractors and chapters. This year, to simplify the data collection process, a …
Beltway Blueprint
Congress Responds to Biden Reset: This week, Congress is setting out on a new legislative path following President Joe Biden’s nearly two-hour news conference last Wednesday afternoon where he highlighted a potential new strategy to move forward key legislative priorities this year. In a letter last Friday to her colleagues, Speaker Pelosi …
Verve’s Annual Pie Party Serves Up a Big Donation to ABC Woman’s Scholarship Fund
The Verve Partnership’s Annual Pie Fundraiser has become a Holiday staple where building industry professionals attend what is easily the most delicious networking event of the year. The event, the brainchild of Verve Founder and Managing Principal Kelly Ennis, has supported a broad range of charities over the years, this …
Injunction Against Federal Mandate Upheld; Mandate for Employers with 100 or more Employees is Back on
This past Friday evening, federal appeals courts issued two rulings impacting employee vaccine mandates. A ruling by the 6th Circuit reinstates the Biden Administration’s mandate that employers with 100 or more employees implement a vaccine mandate policy with a weekly testing optioin. Several emergency appeals have already been filed with Justice …
Project JumpStart Awarded Grant to Address Gaps in Employment & Home Ownership
Project JumpStart and Cross Street Partners are teaming up with City Life Community Builders to rehabilitate 8 vacant houses on East Biddle Street for first time and low-income homebuyers. This redevelopment project is adjacent to ABC’s new Construction Education Academy. Though the number of vacant houses in the area has …
Ted Jasinski Elected ABCGB Chair
The first architect ever elected to lead ABC Greater Baltimore has deep roots in the skilled trades having gotten his start in the industry by attending a construction skills school in his native Pa. Ted Jasinski was a draftsman while attending school in the evening to get his degree in …
U.S. Department of Labor raises labor law posting penalties
The maximum penalty for federal posting violations is now going up by more than $400 under the increases announced by the Department of Labor – highlighting the seriousness about posting compliance. The new maximum fine amounts are: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): $178Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): $576Job Safety …
ABC Baltimore Member Milestone Anniversaries
We are pleased to honor our dedicated ABC Baltimore members that have shown their support over many years. We are happy to be your resource for all things construction. 70 Years The Mullan Contracting Company 70 Years Southern Mechanical, Inc. 60 Years Green Contracting Co. 60 Years Zurich 55 Years …
Welcome 2021 ABC New Members!
A. M. & Son Electric, LLCA.I.R LLC Advanced Indoor ResourcesA3 MechanicalAcorn Supply & Distributing, Inc.ACV EnviroAEROTEKAmerican Vet Industries, LLCAquafree Facilities Services, Inc.Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore County OBF/Property ManagementBaltimore Gas & ElectricBaltimore WindustrialBBSIBDO USA, LLPBirdland General ContractorsBozzuto Construction CompanyBurkentine BuildersC & O Services, Inc.CFM Project Consulting Group, Inc.Charm City RoofingChristman CompanyCoastal …
President Biden’s Vaccination Requirement – What Employers Want to Know
Maury Baskin, ABC General Counsel Maury is a Shareholder with Littler Labor & Employment Law Solutions On September 9, 2021, President Biden released his COVID-19 Action Plan, Path Out of the Pandemic (the “Plan”). The Plan mandates vaccination against COVID-19 for employees working for employers that have 100 or more employees, as …
2021 ABC Greater Baltimore STEP Winners
DIAMOND Allan Myers, Inc.Avena Contracting, LLCCBG Building CompanyCCL USACK CommercialGilbane Building CompanyHarkins Builders, Inc.Helix ElectricIacoboni Site Specialists, Inc.J.D. Belfield Enterprises, LLCM.C. Dean, Inc.MacKenzie Contracting Company, LLCMarkeys Services, LLC DBA Construction Cleaning ServiceQuandel – J. Vinton SchaferSouthway Builders, Inc.TEI Electrical SolutionsWilmot Modular StructuresWolf Fire Protection, Inc. PLATINUM A.R. Marani, Inc.Canyon Contracting, …
ABC Open House / Apprenticeship Jobs Fair
ABC Greater Baltimore has a bright new group of interested potential apprentices as well as students from our new Construction Education Academy Trade School we would like to introduce to you. These young people are looking for employer apprenticeship sponsors to help move their career forward and fill the shortage of craft …
Boy Scouts Seeking Volunteers for Nov 6 Workday
Project Review Meeting October 14 The Baltimore Boy Scouts are seeking skilled trades professionals to participate in workday to improve and maintain their camp in Harford Co. The goal for this skilled trades workday is to engage skilled tradesmen and other adult volunteers to come together for a one day …
Back to School at the CEA!
The Construction Education Academy is welcoming over 500 students this month! Whether it’s for the new Trade School for post-high school students, or for the Apprenticeship Program, students are eager to start the year and their careers. ABC’s Apprenticeship program is embracing a blended classroom model where students take one …
2021 Merit Award Winners
Construction Management University of Maryland Medical Center Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit – Jeffrey Brown Contracting, LLC GC New Project Over $10 Million Nicholson Court Self Storage – Iacoboni Site Specialists, Inc. Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Airport Concourse A Five Gate Extension – Hensel Phelps Viasat Black Hills Office Building & …
2021 Excellence Award Winners
Construction Management The Construction Education Academy at The Skillforce Center- GRANIX, LLC HJ Patterson Wing II, Mechanical Room Upgrade – J. Vinton Schaefer & Sons, Inc. GC New Project Over $10 Million Graceland Park/O’Donnell Heights Elementary Middle School + Holabird Academy – CAM Construction Co., Inc. Medfield Heights Elementary School …
Healthcare Mandate Poses Heavy Burden
But there is a path to compliance. During the 2019 legislative session, lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill that requires contractors to provide health care coverage for any employee working on a State project of $1 million dollars and above. Later the Board of Public Works (BPW) and the Maryland Department …
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Legislative Text Released:
Late last night, the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was formally introduced. The 2,702 page bill is the product of the work of 22 bipartisan U.S. Senators who crafted the deal that is set to pass the Senate later this week after passing critical procedural hurdles last week. The …
Can You Require Your Employee to Get Vaccinated? Yes, But…
As general contractors are requiring subcontractors to provide proof all their employees on a jobsite are vaccinated for COVID-19, more subcontractors are contacting us, inquiring about the legality of making such a request. According to the EEOC, an employer is permitted to require all their employees entering the workplace to …