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ABC and its Members thrive under Trump Administration

ABC and Merit Shop companies are currently trending upwards as a benefit of numerous recent actions taken by the Trump Administration and Congress. Most recently the House and Senate has passed legislation to block implementation of the Obama Administration's Executive Order (EO) 13673, the Fair Pay and Safe Work Places EO, commonly referred to as the "blacklisting" rule. Utilizing the Congressional Review Act (CRA), this proposal will now go to the President for his signature. CRA was passed in 1996 to give Congress the ability to review, by means of an expedited legislative process, new federal regulations issued by government agencies and, by passage of a joint resolution, to overrule a regulation. President Trump has signed three additional CRA resolutions since taking office, such as, eliminating an environmental rule for streams and wetlands (WATERS OF THE US),  a measure enhancing background checks for gun purchasers, and a requirement that all gas and mining companies report pay ... Read the rest of entry »

Recognizing Exemplary Women in Construction

It's Women in Construction Week, and we wanted to take a moment to recognize just a few of the exemplary women who represent our member companies on a daily basis. Erin Wakefield, The Wakefield Corporation; Wendy Whitemore, Aerial Innovations; Shana Alford, The Comfort Group; Michele Correnti, Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Tennessee; Bethany Smith, Messer Construction; Amy Cathy, Lee Company; Colleen Mollica, Batten & Shaw Construction

Report from Workforce Week

WorkForce Week February 27 - March 2, 2017 Report from DHan James  For the first two days Katy Drive, ABC National’s Director of Membership, led a group of representative from various Chapters in exercises designed to connect the group to each other, share experiences, and explore best practices for retention and recruitment. It was excellent! We also got to meet representatives from our Discount Programs. They each did a short presentation, answered questions and showed us their offerings. They then did a kind of speed dating by going around to the room’s tables and personally talking to each of us.  I received training, new ideas and questions answered about the database from Mary Schroer and Cassie Rhodes. The ABC database is dynamic and has the potential to really be of service to our Greater TN Chapter. Look for a request to come to update your contacts / emails for ABC. We are going high tech!  Mark Perna, of TFS, spoke superbly about the makeup of the workforce we ... Read the rest of entry »

ABC- Greater TN Members win National Excellence in Construction Awards

Congratulations to our National Excellence in Construction Award Winners in Tennessee

CATEGORY: OTHER CONSTRUCTION - $2 TO $100 MILLION
AWARD: Pyramid
CONTRACTOR: Skanska USA
PROJECT NAME: West Riverfront Park Redevelopment 
PROJECT LOCATION: Nashville, Tenn.


CATEGORY: PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING
AWARD: Pyramid
CONTRACTOR: T.W. Frierson Contractor Inc.
PROJECT NAME: Jenkins & Wynne Ford and Honda Dealerships 
PROJECT LOCATION: Clarksville, Tenn.

Associated Builders and Contractors Praises President's Commitment to Infrastructure Investment in Address to Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb., 28- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) issued the following statement from Vice President of Legislative and Political Affairs Kristen Swearingen in response to President Trump’s pledge to commit needed resources to rebuild American infrastructure and to work with the business community to craft a transparent regulatory system that will encourage business investment during tonight’s address to the joint session of Congress: "Associated Builders and Contractors applauds President Trump’s pledge in tonight’s address to the joint session of Congress to commit needed resources to rebuild America's infrastructure and work with the business community to craft a transparent regulatory system that will encourage business investment. We are hopeful that the president’s call to ‘create a level playing field for American companies and workers’ will translate into policies that guarantee that all qualified contractors are able to compete for taxp ... Read the rest of entry »