Building a Skilled Workforce? C3 and UpSkill Houston Are All In

AGC Houston recently had the privilege of hosting the meetings for two outstanding organizations whose sole missions are to grow and sustain a skilled workforce.The Construction Career Collaborative (C3) launched 2019 with a strategic planning session that focused on finding the “tipping point” for commercial construction and its “all in” commitment to a sustainable and skilled industry. A healthy portion of the inaugural 2019 meeting of the Construction Sector of UpSkill...

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This is Engineering campaign expanded to challenge perceptions of profession

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Apprenticeship Levy limitations and technical teacher shortages threaten economic growth

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Employee Handbook - Part III

DISCIPLINARY POLICYAll companies, no matter what their business, have certain rules of behavior, which must be observe to ensure a productive, safe operation. The Marek Companies are no exception. For the welfare of all of us who work together on a day-to-day basis, certain actions are serious enough to warrant disciplinary procedures. Therefore, infractions such as the ones listed below will result in such action, which may be in the form of a verbal warning, written warning, suspension,...

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New National Engineering Policy Centre to enhance government access to engineering expertise

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Associated Builders and Contractors of Houston: On a Mission For Merit Shop, Free Enterprise Principles

Members of the Greater Houston chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) met Friday to learn from a panel of construction leaders how the industry has evolved over the years and discuss free enterprise challenges that lie ahead for the merit-shop construction industry regarding labor unions, regulations, PLAs, workforce shortages, worker misclassification, and immigration policy.Brandon Mabile, Chairman of the board for ABC Houston and business development manager for...

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Wear Eye Protection Properly

We have talked about eye protection many times in the past. There is no question how fragile our eyes are and how important it is to protect them. We all know when to wear eye protection on the job, but today we want to talk about other eye injuries that occur and how to prevent them. The majority of eye injuries do not occur because we failed to wear safety glasses. In fact, many eye injuries occur when safety glasses are being used. Today, we want to look at different ways eye injuries occur...

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