WASHINGTON, (Feb. 22, 2024) — At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs (GRAP) will fail to meet the construction industry’s short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of recently released U.S. Department of Labor data.
PHOENIX (Nov. 13, 2023) – McCarthy Building Companies Inc. recently began construction of four new large-scale solar projects located in the Southwestern U.S. and are targeting Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance. The projects, which are in varying stages of construction, will bring a combined total of over 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy to communities in Arizona and Texas once fully commissioned.