National construction employment started 2017 on a high note, adding 36,000 net new jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, according to analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The 0.5 percent increase represents the best month for construction employment growth since March of 2016.
American Residential Services (ARS), a Memphis, Tennessee-based, privately-held national provider of air conditioning, heating and plumbing services, announced the appointment of Luis Orbegoso to the position of president and chief operating officer of ARS/Rescue Rooter.
Mowery, a construction company based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, announced the addition of Jared Rohrbaugh of Dover, Pennsylvania, as a project leader in the special projects group.
Mowery, a construction company based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, announced the addition of Tim Johnson of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania as a project manager.
Johnson Controls, the global leader in building and energy storage solutions and technologies is looking for women who have been out of the workforce for two or more years and want to be employed using their analytic and engineering skills.
The Air Movement and Control Association Intl. Inc. (AMCA) announced the election of Keith Glasch, president, Ruskin, to the group’s board of directors, and Jim Smardo, director of architectural solutions, Ruskin, as chair of the AMCA Louver Marketing Task Force.
Bristol Compressors Intl., LLC, a producer of compressors for use in air conditioning, heat pump, and refrigeration systems, announces the addition of Luka Lojk to its senior management team as vice president of sales and marketing.
In a past survey, the Association for Talent Development revealed a whopping 87 percent of managers become such without prior management training and education. This sets them up for seagull management — they fly in, crap on people, and fly back out.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the agency’s second annual analysis of how changes in America’s energy profile are affecting national employment in key sectors of the economy. By administering a new supplemental survey to over 30,000 energy sector employers, the Department’s 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) tracked dramatic growth in several key sectors of the U.S. economy in 2016.