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Number of Women in Construction Rises, but Underrepresentation Persists
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Gov. Justice, Sen. Manchin Working Together to Promote West Virginia Energy Sector
They might not like each other these days, but Gov. Jim Justice and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are working together on ways to make West Virginia a hub for petrochemical production.
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Downstream opportunities touted at annual Marcellus and Manufacturing Development Conference
Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch opened the day on a high note, touching on the potential for the industry when downstream manufacturers begin to set up shop in the state. “Commerce wants to be a catalyst to make this happen.”
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W.Va. Governor's Family Owes Millions In Mining Violations, Despite Promises To Pay
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice promised to wipe out his family's debt from mine safety violations when he ran for governor in 2016. Instead, that debt has more than doubled since NPR first reported on it in 2014, amounting to millions of dollars.
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West Virginia’s industrial rejuvenation is right under our feet
Improved drilling technology and increased demand have contributed to a dramatic resurgence of the natural gas industry in our region. According to IHS Markit, the gas basins of the “Shale Crescent” (West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania), account for 32 percent of gas production in this country, and it’s estimated that by 2040 nearly half (45 percent) of all gas produced domestically will come from these Marcellus and Utica reserves.
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Formalized training and apprenticeship programs can help fill the talent pipeline as well as improve the bottom line
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Panel: NGL storage key to next step of region's petrochemical development
A lot of attention has been brought to Shell's billions-dollar ethane cracker in Beaver County, but less has been paid to another important facet of the region's petrochemical future.
That piece is natural gas liquids storage, holding in deep underground facilities natural gas byproducts including ethane, butane and propane that are sent through pipelines to ships that carry them overseas.
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As use of the technology expands, contractors, subs and other stakeholders should heed the safety and liability risks involved, an aviation attorney writes.
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Construction Workforce Survey Identifies Performance Gaps
Three-quarters of the nearly 500 nonresidential construction professionals surveyed for the
2019 People In Construction Report
said their corporate leaders “live by the core values of the organization,” and 80 percent trust what their boss tells them.
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Done right, subcontractor management creates lasting partnerships with the best talent in the market. Done wrong, it can lead to a chaotic and frustrating jobsite.
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Partner With Higher Education Facilities to Build a Robust Pipeline of Craft Workers
With unemployment at a 17-year low, U.S. employers find it increasingly difficult to find skilled craft workers with the technical know-how to do a good job and, unfortunately, it doesn’t appear the labor shortage is going away anytime soon.
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Solutions to Common Red Flags in Construction Cost Estimating
The essence of estimating is counting things, applying prices to those things and putting “a number in the box.” What could be so hard about that? Plenty, it turns out. Using this simple terminology, here are a few common problems encountered in cost estimating and best practices to avoid them.
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This is our final week for advertising opportunities in the new OVCEC Membership Guide.
As a member you will STILL have a free membership listing !!!
Call the OVCEC office before the end of the day on Friday, April 19th if you're interested in advertising or to address your membership listing.
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Advanced technologies seek to enhance new and traditional efforts to protect construction workers from an array of safety hazards. Construction companies can’t afford to scrimp on jobsite safety because even a single accident comes at too high a price, say industry professionals and insurers.
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There are a number of pros to bringing on boomerang employees, those who return to the organization after leaving. One such benefit to hiring a boomerang employee is that he or she generally will need less training than someone unfamiliar with the business or role.
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AGC conference speakers showed how phones can be paired with interactive Q&A sessions to derive more value from typically blasé safety briefings.
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