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Andrew DeVito
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ABC New Jersey’s Apprenticeship Education & Training Fund receives grant from Truist Foundation to further opportunities and careers in construction

ABC New Jersey’s Apprenticeship Education & Training Fund receives grant from Truist Foundation to further opportunities and careers in construction Associated Builders and Contractors New Jersey Chapter (ABC-NJ)’s Apprenticeship Education & Training Fund (AETF) today announced it received a $75,000 grant from the Truist Foundation to support opportunities and careers across all trades in the construction…
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Andrew DeVito
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ABC Urges Biden Administration To Withdraw Its Illegal, Ineffective and Costly Apprenticeship Proposed Rule

Associated Builders and Contractors submitted comments on March 18 on the U.S. Department of Labor’s controversial proposed rule overhauling regulations related to government-registered apprenticeship programs, or GRAPs. In more than 40 pages of comments, ABC urged the DOL to withdraw the illegal and misguided provisions of the proposal that will unnecessarily increase costs and…
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Jillian Stengel
In National, News

Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Not Keeping Up With Construction Industry Needs

At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs will fail to meet the construction industry’s short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of recently released U.S. Department of Labor data. ABC estimates that the construction industry’s federal and state…
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Jillian Stengel
In National, News

98% of ABC Contractors Say Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Labor Mandates Limit Competition on Clean Energy Construction

According to an October 2023 survey of ABC contractor members published today, 98% of respondents stated that controversial prevailing wage and government-registered apprenticeship policies imposed by the Inflation Reduction Act will make them less likely to bid on clean energy projects. The survey gauged ABC members’ responses to a proposed…
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Jillian Stengel
In National, News

Treasury’s Rule Implementing IRA Clean Energy Construction Tax Credits Needs Improvement

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Internal Revenue Service today released a proposed rule and FAQs on provisions of the ABC-opposed Inflation Reduction Act, which will affect the developers, contractors and workers that are building clean energy projects eligible for more than $270 billion in federal tax credits. The Treasury’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Increased Credit…
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