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AGC SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: The Associated General Contractors of America

About 73,000 drinking-water systems across the U.S. need fixing, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and the cost to deal with it is in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Las Vegas has… Read More

$817M Lake Mead third-intake project in Nev. reaches new milestone

Photo gallery: Inside NYC's $17B Second Ave. subway project

Work more than half done on U.S. military installation in South Korea

New software makes monitoring underwater projects easier

News for the building service contracting industry

BSCAI SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Building Service Contractors Association

Reward the best behaviors for effective employee incentives

6/11/2013

Inc. online (free registration)

Employee incentives could backfire unless employers reward the behavior they want, Jeff Haden writes. Incentive caps could cause top salespeople to delay deals after they hit the cap, and focusing on … Read More

Minneapolis-area janitors declare 2-day strike

Janitors who seek the good in their work are happier, study says

Smart bosses demand brutal honesty

U.S. jobs growth highest in lowest-paying industries

The best stories for roofing professionals

NRCA SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: National Roofing Contractors Association

Roofing crew helps pull survivors from building debris

6/17/2013

BucksLocalNews.com (Yardley, Pa.)

Ray Kauffman, superintendent for Pennsylvania-based Joseph S. Smith Roofing, and his crew were at work on a roof of The College of Physicians in Philadelphia when a building under demolition gave way,… Read More

$3M copper-roof replacement at Maine library to go to voters

Lawmakers push for changes to N.Y. "Scaffold Law"

L.A. sustainable-building initiative to surpass original goals

Border-security amendment to immigration bill defeated in Senate