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Contractor Registration

Hetch Hetchy Projects

New OSHA Requirements

General Contractor Expo

Stockton Retirees

  

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Ernest Hemingway

 

   

"Never mistake motion for action."

 

  

This Week

  

MON
8th4:30 PMAlameda JATC, ZNEC, San Leandro




TUE9th12:00 PMSJAACA Coordinators Meeting, West Lane Bowl, Stockton


6:00 PMEBUCC Holiday Social, Palm Event Center, Pleasanton




WED
10th7:30 AMPleasanton Chamber 2015 Forum, Pleasanton


11:00 AMStockton Building Trades Holiday Lunch, Dave Wong's, Stockton


11:00 AMAGC Customers Are The Answer to Everything Seminar, ZNEC, San Leandro


4:00 PMStockton JATC, Training Center, Stockton




THU
11th
9:00 AMAlameda WIB, Hayward


9:00 AMSolano-Napa ECT, Training Center, Napa


6:00 PMSolano-Napa ECT Holiday Social, Green Valley CC, Napa




FRI12th
11:30 AMMoose Feed, SF Hilton & Towers, San Francisco




SAT
13th
6:00 PM
Old Timers Night, Shannon Community Center, Dublin




SAT-MON
13-15th
All Day
CSBA Conference, San Francisco

Make Contractor Registration a Priority

Public Works Projects in California

 

On July 1, 2014, the Department of Industrial Relations launched an online application for public works contractors to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 854. SB 854, which became effective June 20, 2014, establishes a new public works program to replace the Compliance Monitoring Unit and Labor Compliance Program requirements for bond-funded and other public works projects. The new program will cover all public works in the state rather than just selected categories of projects.

 

Beginning July 1, 2014, contractors MUST register and meet these requirements using the online application before bidding on public works contracts in California. The application also provides agencies that administer public works programs with a searchable database of qualified contractors. Application and renewal are completed online with a non-refundable fee of $300. Read the SB 854 Fact Sheet for a complete list of requirements, as well as Instructions for completing the form.

 

Hetch Hetchy Projects 

Deadlines This Week

 

Reminder... the deadline for two projects in the Hetch Hetchy region is this Thursday, December 11th. Click the links below for more information.  

 

JOC 55 C-10, Hetch Hetchy region

 

JOC 54, San Francisco region micro sized

 

New OSHA Requirements 

Effective January 1, 2015

 

Under expanded rules that go into effect January 1, 2015, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Previously, OSHA's regulations required an employer to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. Reporting single hospitalizations, amputations or loss of an eye was not required under the previous rule. The definition of amputation now includes the loss of a digit, which is a finger (including the thumb) or a toe. All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, even those exempt from maintaining injury and illness records, are required to comply with the new reporting requirements. Click here to see OSHA's new plain-language compliance-assistance materials.

 

General Contractor Expo

Presented by the American Subtractors Association

 

The Bay Area Chapter of the American Subcontractors Association General Contractor Expo is coming soon on January 27th. AGC of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson will address the group on economic news relevant to the construction industry. The event is being held at the ZNE Center in San Leandro, and NECA contractors are encouraged to attend, at the member rate of $75. detailed flyer is attached. Questions:  Contact Darlene Besst at the Chapter office. 

 

Stockton Retirees

Annual Holiday Luncheon


 

Pete Halver attended the 595 Retirees Annual Holiday Luncheon on December 4th, where members of the Local 595 (591) Retiree club in Stockton gathered at the San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties JATC. Guests had a great time exchanging stories and reminding one and all of what we are thankful for and what we have to look forward to. Family, friends, co-workers, and current IBEW & NECA officials ended the gathering by paying tribute to fondly remembered members.
 

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