H.R.
5911, the Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Bill of 2012, would help homeowners and contractors to better
comply with the costly work practices and recordkeeping requirements of the
rule without compromising safety standards.
Plumbing & Mechanical readers are invited to
a one-time-only, no-cost training teleseminar June 13 called “Skyrocket Your
Social Media in 10 Minutes a Day.”
The deadline to submit a completed application -
including typewritten description, photos and schematics/drawings for
consideration in any of six categories - is July 15.
The date change is in response to USGBC
members’ requests for more time to absorb the changes in the next version of the
rating system, said USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi.
A little over a week after Vice
President Joe Biden commented that "there are an
awful lot of smart plumbers," PHCC president Keith Bienvenu has reached out to Biden for help in spreading
positive messages about the plumbing profession whenever he can.
Over
the past two years, construction employment was virtually unchanged but the number
of unemployed hardhats fell by 605,000, suggesting workers are quitting
construction, either to take jobs elsewhere, return to school, retire or
otherwise leave the workforce.
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