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On March 28, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 12-9 to advance the SWACCA-supported nomination of Jessica Looman to serve as Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

PROSOCO has added four new employees to support the demands of its growing sales organization.

Dick Bus, president of ATAS International, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was recognized in the 2023 Lehigh Valley Business’ Power 100 list. The list includes 100 leaders within the Lehigh Valley who shape the communities and influence the quality of life in the region.

The award-winning, multidisciplinary firm WXY architecture + urban design announced architect Farida Abu-Bakare’s Fellowship appointment with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. As well, arts and culture advocate Amy Hau has been promoted to managing principal and accomplished architect Robert Young has joined the firm as associate principal.

Hensel Phelps of Greeley, Colorado, was recognized for having the nation’s top construction safety and health program in 2022 by the Associated General Contractors of America.

The U.S. Department of Labor forced a San Diego contractor to pay thousands of dollars to employees for back wages and liquidated damages, reported Amber Coakley of Fox 5 San Diego.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a report entitled “Building for the Future: Advancing Equal Employment Opportunity in the Construction Industry.”

Saint-Gobain North America, through CertainTeed, has installed a smart water submetering system and upgraded equipment at its siding plant in Jackson, Michigan. This upgrade reduces the site’s consumption of water by more than 9 million gallons per year, a reduction of more than 50 percent compared to 2019 levels.

Total construction spending in April increased by 1.2 percent from March and 7.2 percent year-over-year as widespread gains in nonresidential and multifamily construction spending offset a continuing plunge in single-family homebuilding, according to an analysis June 1 by the Associated General Contractors of America of new federal data.

At its May 31 meeting, the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health adopted the recommendations of its Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Task Group on key elements for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s heat injury and illness prevention standard.