Republican-District 30B—Anne Arundel County Delegate Seth Howard has only been a member of the House of Delegates for a little over a year, but he’s already shown he’s a friend of the merit shop construction industry. As a small business owner himself, Howard serves on the Economic Matters Committee and continues to be a strong supporter of issues affecting free …
When it comes to living its corporate mission of being a regional industry leader “by maintaining a motivated and skilled workforce,” Baltimore-based Hirsch Electric goes one step further than just employee retention and advancement. It starts in its own back yard, sparking the next generation of electrical craft workers from a community where often the hopes of a bright future …
Invariably, on most busy construction jobsites, you will have people occasionally wander onto the job who really have no business being there. Most jobsites will have a point of entry where these people, from salesman to people looking for a job, will be redirected to contact the main office. It’s also not unusual for the occasional state inspector to wander …
The broadly-defined Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV came in 8th among metro areas when it comes to increase in residents, according to HousingWire.com and the latest figures for the U.S. Census Bureau released last week. This metro area added nearly 64,000 residents from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015. Two metro areas in Texas, Houston-The Woollands-Sugarland and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington areas came …
Democrat, District 8-Baltimore County Senator Katherine Klausmeier, the Deputy Majority Leader, has sat on the influential Senate Finance Committee since taking office in 2003. She has been a key vote against numerous bills detrimental to merit shop construction and free enterprise, particularly those dealing with prevailing wage and scheduling. Klausmeier has also been a proponent of bills aimed at moving …
Outdated heating and ventilation systems can greatly affect the comfort of a building’s occupants. When it comes to student comfort, St. Paul’s School Ward Center contracted with Mechanical Engineering & Construction Corporation (MEC2) of Catonsville, Maryland, to do a systemic renovation of its old HVAC system. The 35,000 square foot facility consists of educational and performance spaces, as well as …
Family-owned and operated, Donohoe Construction Company is one of the leading general contractors exclusively serving the Washington, DC Metro area, offering diverse construction expertise in multi-family residential, office, hospitality, senior living, mixed-use, interiors, parking garages, and higher-education projects. Donohoe Construction began in 1955, as the general contracting and construction management services division of The Donohoe Companies, Inc., the metro …
The average annual salary for numerous construction trades remains high, according to a survey by NCCER (formerly known as the National Center for Construction Education and Research). Salaries for 31 trades range from $47,166 for scaffold builders to $88,675 for project managers. http://www.nccer.org/uploads/docs/2015_ConstructionCraftSalarySurvey.pdf OSHA to Propose Construction Industry Specific Safety Guidelines When OSHA releases its updated voluntary management guidelines for …
There are certainly no shortages of confusing local, state and federal regulations with which contractors must contend. But it would be hard to imagine anything more befuddling than trying to comply with Maryland’s prevailing wage law. Even seasoned companies, those who have performed prevailing wage work for decades, can still get tripped up trying to adhere to the convoluted intricacies …
Democrat, District 12, Baltimore and Howard Counties A small business owner, Senator Edward Kasemeyer began his political career in the House of Delegates in 1983, at the urging of friends and colleagues who recognized his commitment to fiscally responsible thinking in Annapolis. He was elected to the Senate in 1987, and in his nearly 30 years in that office, Kasemeyer …