ABC earned media coverage or was mentioned in 488 news articles from Feb. 27-March 4. This is not a comprehensive list of all stories, as some were repeated in smaller outlets or additional segments. As of March 4, ABC has earned 4,851 media mentions in 2024, or nearly 77 media mentions per day. View this email in your web browser, and feel free to share this link with your colleagues.
 
TV/Radio Appearances
 
LISTEN: Construction, the Best Kept Secret
Buzzsprout - March 4, 2024 Reach: 1.0m
"What would life be like without our industry," asks Mike Bellaman, President and CEO, Associated Builders and Contractors. The boys talk workforce development, worker choice, meritocracy, technology, 2024 outlook, and a bit of Mike's playing...
industry," asks Mike Bellaman, President and CEO, Associated Builders and Contractors. The boys talk workforce development, worker choice,
 
Unions push for agreement with contractor on $2 billion John Glenn terminal project
WCMH-TV - March 4, 2024 Reach: 1.4m
... , union apprenticeship programs,” Barton Hacker of the Associated Builders and Contractors told airport authority members at a meeting last ...
 
Central Illinois gets millions for pre-apprenticeship programming
WCIA-TV - February 29, 2024 Reach: 302k
... (D-Champaign) announced in the news release the Associated Builders & Contractors’ Community Builders pre-apprenticeship program is getting ...
 
Developers, seeking to gain from building boom tied to Ford plant, push for weaker Tennessee wetland rules
WKMS-FM - February 28, 2024 Reach: 22.4k
Farm Bureau, the Home Builders Association of Tennessee, Associated Builders and Contractors and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce. Bradley ...
 
Debate rages over who should build new Columbus airport
NBC4 Columbus - February 28, 2024
Barton Hacker, president of Associated Builders and Contractors Central Ohio shares perspective on including all qualified contractors in the bidding process of the new airport terminal in Columbus.
 
Trades union pickets at John Glenn, calls for worker protections on $2B terminal project
WSYX-TV - February 27, 2024 Reach: 846k
... ’s inclusion goals. Barton Hacket, President of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Ohio, spoke during public comment at the CRAA ...
 
WVTM 13 News @ 6am
WVTM-BIRM (NBC) - March 4, 2024 Reach: 34.6k
in order to fill this gap. And according to the associated builders and contractors, the cause of this shortage is coming from retired
 
AM 1230 WTKG at March 1st 2024 11:05 AM
AM 1230 WTKG - March 1, 2024 Reach: 1.2k
labs on site Keith led better is President and CEO of the Associated builders and contractors of michigan. There's a lot of people that were
 
WWJ-AM at February 29th 2024 6:05 PM
WWJ-AM - February 29, 2024 Reach: 180k
labs on-site heat led better is President and CEO of the Associated builders and contractors the fishing it there's a lot of people that
 
NewsTalk 1090 (WKBZ) at February 28th 2024 6:50 AM
NewsTalk 1090 (WKBZ) - February 28, 2024 Reach: 1.7k
control is a terrible idea to begin with but we're Associated builders and contractors comes into this is they also put labor requirements,
 
NBC 4 at 11
WCMH-CBO (NBC) - February 27, 2024 Reach: 25.6k
properly" now we are hearing from the other side - associated builders and contractors central ohio. They say these type of agreements push
 
New legislation takes aim at worker misclassification
Finance & Commerce - March 4, 2024 Reach: 73.0k
... board with the legislation. Adam Hanson, president of the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Minnesota and North Dakota chapter, said the ...
 
 
Politics and Policy
 
IN THE STATES: MORE MEETING MOVEMENT
POLITICO - March 4, 2024 Reach: 18.2m
... a lawsuit filed last month by the state arm of the Associated Builders and Contractors, in conjunction with a local electric company, that ...
 
Judge Issues Stay, Delaying Biden's NLRB Joint-Employer Rule
Engineering News-Record - February 27, 2024 Reach: 168k
... a coalition of business organizations, which included the Associated Builders and Contractors and Associated General Contractors of America, ...
 
ABC Survey: Biden's proposed apprenticeship rule will strongly discourage construction apprenticeship program participation
Aggregates Business - February 27, 2024 Reach: 13.0k
According to the results of a new survey of ABC (Associated Builders & Contractors) contractor members and chapters published today, the U ...
 
ABC: Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Not Keeping Up With Construction Industry Needs
Construction Citizen - February 29, 2024 Reach: 1.5k
... and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of recently released U.S. Department of ...
 
Su’s Labor Nomination Advances With Senate Roadblock Ahead (1)
Bloomberg BNA - Bloomberg Law - February 27, 2024 Reach: 1.1m
... projects face challenges in court, the latter—filed by the Associated Builders and Contractors—also challenging Su’s status as acting head ...
 
States Advance New ‘Captive Audience’ Bans Amid Court Challenges
Bloomberg Tax - March 1, 2024 Reach: 109k
... ” the NFIB’s Milito said. Pending Lawsuits NFIB, Associated Builders and Contractors, and an electric company brought a lawsuit last month ...
 
Court Challenges Filed to Final Independent Contractor Rule – But Does It Really Matter?‎
JD Supra - March 4, 2024 Reach: 635k
Workplace Innovation (Coalition), along with the Associated Builders and Contractors of Southeast Texas and the Financial Services Institute ...
 
ABC: Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Not Keeping Up With Construction Industry Needs
Construction Business Owner Magazine - February 27, 2024 Reach: 16.0k
... s short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of recently released U.S.
 
DOL rule set to broaden liability for employers
Business Insurance - March 1, 2024 Reach: 95.5k
... community engagement for the Northern California chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, said if the federal Labor Department ...
 
ABC: Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Will Not Keep Up with Skilled Workforce Needs
Retrofit Magazine - February 29, 2024 Reach: 3.0k
... and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of recently released U.S. Department of ...
 
Why not harvest the sun in community solar gardens? Policy is why.
The Cap Times - March 3, 2024 Reach: 153k
Schulze is director of legal and government affairs with Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, an organization that represents ...
 
Florida House votes to allow more teen labor on construction sites
ReportWire - February 29, 2024 Reach: 2.5k
... sponsor, Sen. Corey Simon, by a lobbyist for the Associated Builders and Contractors, an industry trade group that represents thousands of ...
 
Government Apprentice Program Can’t Keep Up with Industry Needs
Arizona Builder’s Exchange - February 27, 2024 Reach: 8.8k
Credit: Phoenix Business Journal By Associated Builders and Contractors At current rates of participation and completion, federal and ...
 
70 Trade Associations Call on Mayor Bowser and D.C. City Council to Reduce Crime and Enhance Safety of the Nation’s Capital
American Investment Council - February 29, 2024 Reach: 4.2k
Railroad Association American Society for Association Executives Associated Builders and Contractors Bank Policy Institute Beer Institute ...
 
Groups take to court to challenge Minn. law penalizing corporate speech about unions
Legal News Line - February 29, 2024 Reach: 19.0k
... of a challenge in federal court. The Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., National Federation of Independent ...
 
Florida bill weakening child labor protections at construction jobs heads to Senate
Yahoo! News - February 27, 2024 Reach: 60.7m
Florida Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, and the Associated Builders and Contractors who helped write the bill according to public records, ...
 
Florida Republicans’ war on the war on heat
POLITICO - February 27, 2024 Reach: 18.2m
... ,” said Carol Bowen, a lobbyist for the Florida chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. The potential law is part of a nationwide ...
 
Florida Considers Banning Local Heat Protections for Workers
Scientific American - February 27, 2024 Reach: 7.4m
... ” said Carol Bowen, a lobbyist for the Florida chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. Under HB 433 , local heat standards would be ...
 
Well-Connected Construction Contractors Are Targeting Brianne Nadeau Over a Popular Pro-Union Bill
Washington City Paper - February 27, 2024 Reach: 591k
... the lobbying blitz thus far has been led by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington , a prominent trade group in ...
 
Businesses Now Have Until March 11 To Comply With Federal Joint Employer Rule
Metals Service Center Institute - March 4, 2024 Reach: 6.3k
... after the court heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), a group that the Metals Service ...
 
 
Construction Economics
 
Infrastructure builders optimistic, despite drop in some sectors
Construction Dive - February 27, 2024 Reach: 98.8k
... is necessarily struggling in terms of activity,” said Associated Builders and Contractors Economist Zachary Fritz. “Our expectation is that ...
 
Construction supply chain headaches persist 4 years into pandemic
Supply Chain Dive - March 4, 2024 Reach: 95.1k
... 38.7% compared to February 2020, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Prices of ...
 
Construction Outlook 2024 – Focus on People, Processes and Technology
Construction Forum STL - February 27, 2024 Reach: 547
... higher than the same time in 2022, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis . A full 5% of positions were unfilled.
 
Weather, financing woes end 19-month construction spending streak
Construction Dive - March 4, 2024 Reach: 98.8k
... a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.19 trillion, according to Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
 
Tampa’s sunny construction market has builders feeling good
Construction Dive - February 27, 2024 Reach: 98.8k
... unit Renata at Lakewood Ranch . Steve Cona Permission granted by Associated Builders and Contractors “I think we're actually getting a lot ...
 
Nebraska economic indicator rises in January
Lincoln Journal Star - March 1, 2024 Reach: 683k
... employment with small businesses. A Feb 2023 article by Associated Builders and Contractors stated that in 2024, 342,000 additional workers ...
 
Nebraska economic indicator rises in January
Sioux City Journal - March 3, 2024 Reach: 207k
... employment with small businesses. A Feb 2023 article by Associated Builders and Contractors stated that in 2024, 342,000 additional workers ...
 
US Infra Builders See Hope Despite A Dip In Other Sectors
World Construction Today - March 4, 2024 Reach: 10.6k
... as roads and waste. Zachary Fritz, the economist from the Associated Builders and Contractors, says that it does not seem like anyone is ...
 
Blink Charging: EV Tailwinds Offer A Path To Profitability In 2025
Seeking Alpha - March 4, 2024 Reach: 5.9m
... under the program in early December 2023, according to Associated Builders and Contractors, the first out of more than 500 thousand charging ...
 
Construction Spending Dips in January; Up Year Over Year
Rock Products - March 4, 2024 Reach: 6.8k
... , ending a 19-month streak of monthly gains,” said Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “Some of this ...
 
ABC: Half of State Construction Unemployment Rates Down in December 2023 From a Year Prior
Compact Equipment - February 29, 2024 Reach: 18.7k
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. The analysis also found that 25 states had lower ...
 
Construction input prices show largest monthly increase since August
Metal Architecture - February 29, 2024 Reach: 4.5k
... 1 percent in January compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the U.S. Bureau ...
 
US non-residential construction spending dips, rebound anticipated
Kallanish Energy - March 4, 2024 Reach: 12.4k
... should stay high through 2024, according to analysis by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The construction group forecasts an ...
 
Evonik Unveils Job Cuts Amid Economic Recovery
PaintSquare - March 4, 2024 Reach: 12.5k
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index from the Associated Builders and Contractors found price increases in two of the three ...
 
ABC: Nonresidential Construction Spending Falls Sharply in January
Construction Superintendent - March 4, 2024 Reach: 4.8k
... spending decreased 0.4% in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau ...
 
2024 Construction Workforce Shortage Tops Half a Million
dcd.com - March 4, 2024 Reach: 1.7k
The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2024 to meet the demand for labor, according to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors.
pace of hiring in 2024 to meet the demand for labor, according to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors.
 
 
Workforce Development
 
Colorado construction workers, pressured by longer, harder hours, die by suicide twice as often as other professions
The Colorado Sun - March 2, 2024 Reach: 1.2m
... training called VitalCog, which organizations, like the Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter, are beginning to ...
 
How women in the building trades have a better future under construction
The Business Journals - February 29, 2024 Reach: 6.1m
... of construction labor. According to the industry group Associated Builders and Contractors, the United States needed an additional 546,000 ...
 
3 critical stages for retaining women in construction
Construction Dive - March 4, 2024 Reach: 98.8k
... increasingly available, an analysis of BLS data by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) shows construction employees are quitting ...
 
Recruiting Young Talent in the Glass Industry
Glass Magazine - February 29, 2024 Reach: 8.9k
... on display at a recent Trades Night event hosted by the Associated Builders and Contractors—Inland Pacific Chapter. Trades Night Photos by ...
 
Benefits of Simulation-Based Training for the Construction Industry
ForConstructionPros.com - March 1, 2024 Reach: 101k
... play, worship, learn, and heal,” said Michael Bellaman, ABC ( Associated Builders and Contractors ) president and CEO, in February of 2023.
 
ABC Unveils AI Tech Guide for Contractors
Equipment World - March 4, 2024 Reach: 60.7k
... , and much more," said Patrick Scarpati, Associated Builders and Contractors director of construction technology and innovation. "The ...
 
 
Chapter/Member News and Awards
 
Christman Receives AGC of Tennessee's Build Knoxville Award for Morristown-Hamblen West Project
Dixie Contractor - March 3, 2024 Reach: 271
... also recently earned a 2023 Annual Excellence in Construction Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors Greater Tennessee Chapter .
 
LABI names officers, national honors for Baton Rouge contractors
The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate / NOLA - March 3, 2024 Reach: 2.1m
Four Baton Rouge companies made the Associated Builders and Contractors' sixth annual Top Performers publication, which lists contractor ...
 
Michigan GOP senators want Whitmer to produce new state budget plan pending income tax ruling
The Iron Mountain Daily News - March 2, 2024 Reach: 32.3k
Rep. Dale Zorn (R-Ida), as well as the Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan, the National Federation of Independent Business, and ...
 
Joining Organizations – March 2024
Strictly Business Omaha - March 1, 2024 Reach: 4.3k
For more information, visit www.moba.com. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Nebraska and South Dakota Chapter supports the ...
 
Construction leader to split time between Dayton organization and California group
The Business Journals - February 29, 2024 Reach: 6.1m
... following the planned departure. John Morris, president of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Ohio Valley and executive director for ...
 
PFM named top performing company
The Guam Daily Post - February 29, 2024 Reach: 257k
Federal Management Inc. ranks No. 101 on the Associated Builders and Contractors 2024 Top Performers list, an annual publication that ...
 
ABC announces 2024 top-performing U.S. construction contractors
Aggregates Business - February 28, 2024 Reach: 13.0k
... Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has released its 2024 Top Performers list, recognising its contractor members’ outstanding ...
 
Turner Industries earns No. 1 ranking on ABC’S 2024 Top Performers list
BIC Magazine - February 28, 2024 Reach: 11.4k
Turner Industries has claimed the top spot once more on Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2024 Top Performers list , an annual ...
 
Connecting the dots between Tenn.’s home builders and bill to deregulate construction on wetlands
Tennessee Lookout - February 28, 2024 Reach: 117k
Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Farm Bureau and the Associated Builders and Contractors. Each business association has spent at least $1 ...
 
Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture to be honored by the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
Baltimore Fishbowl - February 27, 2024 Reach: 72.8k
Trust in 2023; the Diamond Award for Excellence in Construction from Associated Builders and Contractors in 2023, and the Phoenix Award from ...
 
Two Birmingham-based contractors receive national recognition
Bham Now - February 27, 2024 Reach: 126k
This month, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released its 2024 Top Performers list, which recognizes some of the nation’s top ...
 
2 Alabama construction companies top national list; Mercedes CEO talks UAW in employee meeting; Birmingham receives grant for urban trail
Business Alabama - February 27, 2024 Reach: 14.7k
... , and Brasfield & Gorrie led the sports complex list in the Associated Builders and Contractors 2024 Top Performers list by sector. The list ...
 
One regional, two locally based firms touted as ABC's top-perfoming construction contractors
The Business Journals - February 27, 2024 Reach: 6.1m
... of the contractors placed first on a special ranking of Associated Builders and Contractors members with one or more special designations, ...
 
ABC names these contractors as their top 2024 US performers
Construction Briefing - February 27, 2024 Reach: 34.8k
Stills from the 2023 Associated Builders and Contractors’ National Craft Championships. (Image: ABC) The sixth annual lists of ABC Top ...