GBCA Member Spotlight: Ground Penetrating Radar Systems
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems is the nation’s leading company providing complete facility visualization. Services include public and private utility locating, 3D laser scanning, acoustic leak detection, CCTV video pipe inspecting, underground storage tank (UST) locating, concrete scanning, and drone
Drexel University Technology Adoption in the Construction Building Trades Survey
Researchers at Drexel University are conducting a survey as part of a National Science Foundation grant to investigate technology adoption in the construction building trades. The results of the survey will assist researchers in developing more effective training to
Webinar: Staying Safe When Digging: Trenching & Excavation Basics
Join The Center for Construction Research & Training (CPWR), the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), OSHA Region III, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the Staying Safe When Digging: Trenching & Excavation Basics
CARP Apprentice Works on Wells Fargo Center Renovations
Saulih Khalifah was doing labor work for the Wells Fargo Center when he learned about CARP, The Carpenters’ Apprentice Ready Program. CARP’s goal is to identify and train motivated Philadelphia County residents that have existing barriers to employment in
GBCA Website Homepage Refresh
GBCA’s homepage has a new look! This refresh of the home page was designed to make it easier for visitors to understand who we are and all that we offer to our members and the Philadelphia region’s building construction
Holiday Schedule: Labor Day 2023
Our collective bargaining agreements provide for the following with respect to the observance of Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023: CARPENTERS, CEMENT MASONS, DRYWALL FINISHERS, LABORERS, PLASTERERS & RODSETTERS Not a Paid Holiday. If worked, Double-Time. OPERATING
GBCA Member Spotlight: Keller
By connecting global resources and expertise with local knowledge and focus, Keller develops innovative, practical, and cost-effective solutions to geotechnical challenges including deep foundations, ground improvement, groundwater control, liquefaction mitigation, releveling structures, slope stabilization, support of excavation, underpinning, and
University of Pennsylvania See’s Sustainable Benefits with Mass Timber
The University of Pennsylvania’s Amy Gutmann Hall is the first mass timber building in Philadelphia. Mass timber offers many benefits, including a low carbon footprint. From cctmarketing.org: With this method, buildings are constructed using large, engineered wood panels prefabricated
GBCA’s Heat Safety Campaign Wins OSHA’s Beat the Heat National Contest for Strongest Message
GBCA is proud to announce our 2023 Heat Safety Campaign, primarily our Toolbox Talks, has won OSHA's Beat the Heat National Contest for Strongest Message! This campaign shared our heat safety resources to the construction industry as well as
CSI and PennDOT to Host Presentation about I-95 Repair
CSI is hosting a panel presentation with PennDOT, The Tragedy and Triumph of I-95 Collapse to discuss the catastrophic collapse of Interstate 95, and the herculean effort it took to rebuild the damaged portion of the highway in such