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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Back To School? Links To Careers In Construction

Construction Employment Growth: Residential vs. Nonresidential
August 1998 through August 2008

Going against the tide of the nation's rising unemployment rate, the nonresidential construction sector gained 2,900 jobs in August, according to the September 5 employment report by the U.S. Labor Department. The figures are on a seasonally-adjusted basis. In July, the nation's nonresidential construction sector saw in increase of 4,400 jobs. In contrast, the residential construction industry continues to lose jobs. In August, residential construction shed another 4,400 jobs and has now lost 111,100 jobs over the past year.

Associated Builders And Contractor's, Inc.
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national association representing nearly 25,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms in 78 chapters across the United States. ABC's membership represents all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial and commercial sectors of the industry.
ABC was founded in 1950 when seven contractors gathered in Baltimore, Md. to create an association based on the shared belief that construction projects should be awarded on merit to the most qualified and responsible low bidders. Their courage and dedication to the merit shop philosophy spread rapidly, and within time, ABC became the fastest-growing association in the United States.
Today, ABC is recognized as one of the leading organizations representing America's business community and the U.S. construction industry.
http://www.abc.org

Chapter Training: The Place to Start
Tens of thousands of apprentices and craft students train in more than 20 construction crafts through a national ABC network of 78 chapter offices across the country. The closest one to us looks like:
[Affiliate] ABC-Empire State Chapter - Buffalo
2495 Main Street
Suite 413
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 832-0777

Don't forget to tune into Rochester's newest improvement resource, Home&Yard Radio with The Fixie Chick, tomorrow morning at 10am on SportsRadio 950 ESPN. Tomorrow's show topic:
"Heating With Wood"
During the hour, we'll be visiting with a local businessman who sells, installs and services a growing trend in home heating called "Outdoor Wood Furnaces". One lucky caller (222-6397) will be receiving a special gift from the Fixie Chick. Please call in and tell me you are a Fixie Chick blog reader at HerRochester and I'll send you a gift!

Plus I'll be announcing the green tip of the week at 10:15. Tune in at 10 - 950am!

Enjoy your weekend!

Thanks for reading:)
-The Fixie Chick

posted by Fixie Chick at 12:27 PM