Read the latest demolition industry news and gain insight regarding the following categories: Safety, Business Tools, NDA News, Enivronment, Member Blog Series and Government Affairs.
June 04, 2019 | by: NDA
This Week in Demolition with Mark Anothony interviewed NDA president, Chris Godek on the European Demolition Association Study Tour to Japan. President Godek's closing remarks at the conference, hosted jointly by the European Demolition Association and the Japanese Demolition Contractors Association, captured the flavour of what had been a superb event.
From Demolition & Recycling International. Chris Godek, the recently appointed president of the USA’s National Demolition Association (NDA) will welcome delegates to this year’s World Demolition Summit (WDS) in Boston. Chris, who was sworn in during the NDA’s Demolition Rockies event at Aurora, Colorado in March, will give a short welcoming speech to the 400-plus industry professionals expected at the showpiece event taking place in October.
May 29, 2019 | by: NDA
From EHSToday.com. Public Citizen and 111 other safety and labor groups recently called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to create a federal standard for protecting workers from heat stress, which they say is aggravated by global warming.
May 28, 2019 | by: NDA
From Dodge Data and Analytics. The value of new construction starts in April fell 15% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $685.2 billion, pulling back following the 16% hike that was reported in March, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Steep declines were registered by two of the three main construction sectors. Nonbuilding construction, which is comprised of public works and electric utilities/gas plants, plunged 31% from its elevated March amount which was lifted by the start of the $4.3 billion Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Cameron LA.
From Business Insurance. The Trump administration has proposed enshrining the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s current stance that the electronic record-keeping rule does not prohibit employers from establishing workplace safety incentive programs or post-incident drug testing in a new standard, according to the latest Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
May 22, 2019 | by: NDA
From jdsupra.com. The Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow's America Act (LIFT America Act or the Act), H.R. 2741 - 116th Congress, was introduced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) on May 15, 2019. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is scheduled to hold a hearing on the LIFT America Act on May 22, 2019, at 10 a.m. The LIFT America Act seeks to provide funding to rehablilitate drinking water infrastructure containing per-or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and redevelop brownfields.
From forconstructionpros.com. Associate Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its monthly Construction Backlog Indicator expanded to 9.5 months in March 2019, up 0.7 months or 8.8% since February 2019 when CBI stood at 8.8 months.
May 21, 2019 | by: NDA
From forconstructionpros.com. The most valuable recyclable product the demolition contractor reveals is the land underneath a building, particularly when it is located in South Boston, one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. In January, National Demolition Association (NDA) member Costello Dismantling was called upon by Sea and Shore Contracting to carefully dismantle the roof and internal structure of a former contractor’s garage in South Boston. The garage spanned between East Fifth and Sixth streets in a heavily residential area.