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ABC Multiskilled Crews Help Offset Workforce Shortage, Cut Construction Completion Time by 30% October is Careers in Construction Month, an opportunity to highlight the value of workers choosing to build broader skill sets. That decision improves productivity on jobsites while creating the conditions for workers to be more valuable, find more fulfillment, earn more and…

ABC ALBANY, NEW YORK, September 30 – The ABC Empire State Chapter has been named to City & State New York’s 2026 Hall of Fame: 20 Years of Impact in New York, recognizing the chapter’s contributions to New York’s construction industry and workforce development efforts. The Hall of Fame honors organizations and individuals whose work…

ABC ALBANY, NEW YORK – The ABC Empire State Chapter, representing more than 500 merit shop contractors employing hundreds of thousands of workers across New York State, through its Government Affairs Committee announced its initial slate of 2026 legislative endorsements. The endorsed candidates were vetted using the Associated Builders and Contractors candidate questionnaire responses, legislative…

ABC WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-Nonunion apprenticeship programs and participants were responsible for the vast majority of growth in construction registered apprenticeship programs, or RAPs, over the past five years, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Department of Labor data. “Over the past year, our program has continued to grow with more and more apprentices…

ABC ABC Empire State Chapter President Brian Sampson has authored an Op-ed published in amNewYork. Op-ed | Let the facts speak before the finger-pointing in NYC construction incidents | amNewYork When a construction incident occurs in New York, the public deserves answers. Workers, residents, building occupants, regulators, owners and contractors all have a shared interest in…

ABC Brian Sampson has been featured in the following article by Matthew Thibault for Construction Dive: New York contractors decry state’s data center moratorium, the nation’s first | Construction Dive New York has enacted the first statewide data center moratorium in the U.S. after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order halting the issuance of new permits.…

ABC Statement from Brian Sampson, President, Associated Builders and Contractors, Empire State Chapter, on Reckless Fingerpoint and Fearmongering During an Active Investigation  “The rush by some to blame this incident on nonunion contractors before a single investigation has been completed is irresponsible, insulting and does nothing to improve construction safety.  No one yet knows what caused the…

ABC WASHINGTON, June 25-Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following statement from its vice president of government affairs, Kristen Swearingen, in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s decision to drop its defense of a lawsuit challenging certain provisions of the costly and burdensome 2023 final rule revising prevailing wage regulations under the Davis-Bacon Act: “ABC appreciates the…

ABC ALBANY, NEW YORK, June 9-Meta Platforms Inc. and Associated Builders and Contractors have announced a partnership to educate and provide construction-ready career pathways for thousands of data center construction technicians kicking off in Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas as a meaningful step toward meeting the growing demand for data centers workers nationwide.  America’s Workforce Academy is…

ABC Brian Sampson has been featured in a Times Union article by Roger Hannigan Gilson, published on 5/28: Read Full Times Union Article Here: Columbia-Greene students build tiny home in construction program GREENPORT – The seventh year of Columbia-Greene Community College’s Construction Technology Program crossed the finish line May 12, as students presented the final product…