On behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors, Mike Holland, chief operating officer, MAREK Companies, testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about the need to modernize and expand apprenticeship opportunities in the United States.
As reported by the Associated Press, President Donald Trump says the United States and the European Union are working toward “zero tariffs” and “zero subsidies” on non-automobile goods following a meeting with European officials.
Discipline, documentation and various legal aspects of human resources issues were among the topics discussed at HARDI’s first human resources workshop.
Associated Builders and Contractors and the U.S. Veterans Business Alliance signed an agreement during ABC’s annual convention in Long Beach, California, to expand the participation of veteran- and disabled veteran-owned businesses in the construction industry.
Career Technical Education Foundation has received a $1 million grant from San Francisco Bay area anti-poverty organization Tipping Point Community to expand a five-month construction trades training program for high school seniors.
Mitsubishi Electric handed out awards and attendees learned about commercial and residential products and their marketing at Mitsubishi Electric U.S. Inc. Heating and Cooling Division’s annual Diamond Leadership Conference at Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.
Ormond, Florida-based Air One Heating and Cooling installed a York HVAC system, donated by Johnson Controls, in the home of U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Pyle in Port Orange, Florida.