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NRCA's annual market survey results are now available.

Roof system designers should be aware of applicable code fire-classification requirements for specific buildings.

Unless the courts intervene, a regulation that dramatically will change the manner in which union-organizing campaigns are conducted becomes effective this month.

On Feb. 6, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) formally rejected the state of Arizona’s standard for fall protection used in residential construction. OSHA needs to employ a scientific method more sophisticated than mere comparison of fall-protection height thresholds to determine the effect of state and federal fall-protection regulations. Ignoring results-based indicators that truly reflect the presence or absence of a safe and healthful place of employment does little to advance worker safety.

Most companies are going about their Latino recruiting efforts the wrong way. They are recruiting through the friends and family network, and from a structural and leadership standpoint, this approach creates some serious challenges. Be strategic in your hiring, and assess people before hiring them. You then can put people into leadership development from the beginning, and they will understand they have a future within the organization.