Construction Workers Essential To COVID-19 Fight in California
At a time when all but essential workers are instructed to stay home, California is recognizing the critical role played by the construction workers. Whether it is housing for the homeless, homes for low income families, home construction to relieve the massive...
Los Angeles Celebrates Women in Construction
It is Women in Construction Week March 3 – 5 in Los Angeles to recognize and support the expansion of the participation of women in the construction industry in Los Angeles. It has long been recognized that women represent 47% of the overall workforce but only nine...
Sustainable Construction for a Sustainable Future
In March of 2019, the City of Los Angeles put forth a plan for ensuring the sustainability of all aspects of the city for decades to come. A core element of that plan is working to move to more energy efficient building both through retrofit and change construction...
Working Dangerously in the Los Angeles Construction Trades
The daily newspaper routinely reports construction accidents – one killed and three injured by falling rebar, a trench worker killed by a falling plate, a worker killed in a 53 story fall, and the stories continue. A National Bureau of Labor Statistics report...
Construction Worker Safety
Construction workers earn a median annual pay of $34,500. This is at a time when a one bedroom apartment rents for about $2,000/month and 3 bedroom for close to $4,000/month. Simply put, construction workers don’t make enough money to live in the buildings they are...