Thu February 25, 2021 - Northeast Edition #5
Lucy Perry â CEG CORRESPONDENT
Generic COVID-19 workplace guidance doesnât make sense for the construction industry, and in some instances is redundant, construction associations maintain.
Both ARTBA and the AGC have concerns about the late-January executive order President Joe Biden signed regarding safe workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance follows Biden s request that
OSHA decide by March 15, 2021, whether an emergency temporary standard (ETS) is needed.
The OSHA guidance details measures for limiting the coronavirus spread in any workplace.
Those measures include ensuring infected or potentially infected people are not in the workplace, are following physical distancing protocols and are using masks.
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Deanna Beatson will top the list, followed by Dave Bauer, Grant Mathers, Leyland Barnett, and Christian Shepherd.
Present at the Rockhampton Showgrounds for the draw were Ms Beatson with her daughters, as well as Mr Mathers, and Mr Barnett.
Mr Mathers, the brother of councillor Cherie Rutherford, said he had spent his whole life in division 3 and would listen to the concerns of its constituents.
But he began by speaking about road safety, crime, and the cost of living in Rockhampton.
“Cost of living is something that’s very important to me as well as a single dad with two lads still at home with me,” he said.
Speakers at the annual meeting of the
National Asphalt Pavement Association on Feb. 18 set out a goal of a five-year reauthorization of the law that pays for federal highway improvements, before it expires September 30. The last reauthorization occurred in 2020 with a last-minute 12-month extension by Congress.
“We have seven months left, and that clock is ticking every day,” said Dave Bauer, CEO of the
Bauer noted that the Senate and House already have bills they can start with. Last year, a bill for a 27 percent boost in highway funding passed a Senate committee. The House passed a bill that would increase highway investment by 42 percent.
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