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  2. General contractor - Wikipedia

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    A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer. [7] General Contractors are mainly responsible for the overall coordination of a project and may also act as building designer and construction foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew).

  3. Construction worker - Wikipedia

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    Construction workers can colloquially be referred to as "hard hat workers" or "hard hats", [5] as they often wear hard hats for safety while working on construction sites. Nevertheless, the term is a broad and generic one and most construction workers are primarily described by the specific level and type of work they perform.

  4. Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 - Wikipedia

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    “According to a study on youth and minority employment published by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee on July 6, 1977, Davis–Bacon wage requirements discourage nonunion contractors from bidding on Federal construction work, thus harming minority and young workers who are more likely to work in the nonunionized sector of the ...

  5. Construction hiring in 'wait-and-see mode' amid interest rate ...

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    Data from the Labor Department showed that construction firms added 10,000 jobs in November following a modest gain of 2,000 jobs in October. Analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy ...

  6. Construction engineering - Wikipedia

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    Construction engineering, also known as construction operations, [1] is a professional subdiscipline of civil engineering that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and operations management of infrastructure such as roadways, tunnels, bridges, airports, railroads, facilities, buildings, dams, utilities and other projects. [2]

  7. Project Labor Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The Boston Harbor reclamation project that began in the 1980s became the focus of debate over the legality of PLAs. [12] [13] When the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority elected to use a PLA for the project that mandated union-only labor, [14] the Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts/Rhode Island, Inc. challenged its legality, asserting that the use of a PLA was prohibited ...

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