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The unemployment rate for former construction workers was 12.8%, not seasonally adjusted, down from 15.6% in June 2011 and 20.1% in June 2010.

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis recently announced awards of $1.8 million in grants to consortia in six states through the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program.

A full slate of online courses touching on a range of built environment topics is being offered by ASHRAE this fall.

The program allows select AERCO boiler and water heater parts to be returned and refurbished to the performance of a new part. E2N assemblies and equipment provide the same functionality as a brand new model, offering a more economical manner to maintain boiler and hot water systems.

Dina Dwyer-Owens, chairwoman and CEO of Mr. Rooter Plumbing’s parent company The Dwyer Group, was named a winner in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in the Southwest Area North program.

Chris Perkins is the director of operations at Wilo’s 60,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Thomasville, Ga.

These women love being plumbers - and encourage other women to join them.

Three participants who complete the training course will be entered to win all-expense-paid trips to racing events in Orlando and Daytona Beach,Fla., and Las Vegas.

An AGC analysis released June 26 showed construction employment increased in 126 out of 337 areas for which BLS provides construction data (including divisions of larger metros), declined in 164 and stayed stagnant in 47.

A loose internal electrical connection of the spa heaters can overheat and ignite, posing a fire hazard. Watkins has received 31 reports of heaters on these spas overheating, five of which resulted in a fire.