June 30, 2021
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. CST
Modular Systems & Solutions
By Arktura
Arktura offers a kit-of-parts strategy, complete with optional acoustical and lighting accessories to deliver innovative and captivating ceiling and wall systems. Our simplistic systemized connections are explicitly designed with contractors in mind. Our products may be trimmed in the field or adapted at the factory with the expert assistance of our team. Our “designing for installation” approach with each product and system ensures that installers, electricians and general contractors alike are empowered to accommodate building integrations and complex installs with low-cost and straightforward solutions and services within reach.

Explore the world of possibilities through our endless offerings of various materials, forms, shapes and sizes. Invoke emotion with different colors, textures and patterns. And discover a multitude of options for installation and configurations to create ceilings that deliver the WOW.

Mark your calendars for the following webinars. Attendance is free to CISCA members, but you must register.

July 28 at 1:00 pm CT – Susan Silver – Maximizing your Marketing Department of One
September 22 at 1:00 pm CT – Matt Booth – A Positive Attitude in a Negative World

The cost of goods and services used in construction climbed by a record-setting 4.3 percent in May and 24.3 percent over the past 12 months, jeopardizing contractors’ solvency and construction workers’ employment, according to an analysis by AGC of government data released recently. Association officials urged the Biden administration to move more quickly to end tariffs and quotas that are adding to construction materials costs and availability problems.

OSHA’s recently released comprehensive COVID-19 workplace safety standard excludes construction from the official policies, based on recommendations from industry groups pointing to the generally low risk of virus exposure during construction operations.

As AGC continues to pressure the Small Business Administration (SBA) to change its approach to applications for the forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Loans over $2M, the agency finally appears to be doing just that. The agency has yet to make any announcements and details are still missing. There is, however, a growing body of anecdotal and other evidence that the agency is finally accelerating the process of forgiving these loans. Over the last three business days, AGC has received either first-hand or reliable reports that SBA has forgiven another nine of these loans (over $2M) to AGC members.

National Safety Month is an annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. Organized by the National Safety Council (NSC), this year marks the 25th anniversary of National Safety Month.

From technology innovations that reduce costs, delays and overruns to autonomous equipment that performs dangerous or difficult tasks for humans, AI helps construction companies operate better.

The Department of Labor’s regulatory agenda for Spring 2021 – the first under the Biden administration – features some changes, most significantly a forthcoming proposed rule from OSHA that would restore two parts of the agency’s injury and illness recordkeeping regulations.

Marketing and business development take months, sometimes years, to turn into something big. It’s the consistency of doing these things on a daily basis that produces results. It’s like running a marathon. If you decide today you are going to run a marathon and you haven’t typically been a runner in the past, then you are going to have to train for it. You can’t just go out and run a marathon. It’s your daily routine and plan you must follow, so in 4 or 6 months, you are prepared and ready to run that marathon. It’s following that plan and consistently implementing those tactics that will get you to race day and across the finish line.

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