OMB Issues Final Ruling to Buy America Requirements
Please find the below update from NAPA, NSSGA, NRMCA and PCA on Buy America On August 14, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)  issued a final rule implementing the Build America, Buy America sourcing requirements for federal infrastructure investment. The new guidance includes extensive clarification to ensure federal, state and local agencies do not place...
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CRMCA Technical Advisory: Deicer Scaling Resistance
CRMCA Technical Advisory: Deicer Scaling Resistance – Updated Residential Concrete Requirements ACI Committee 332 Residential Concrete Work has changed the minimum quality requirements for concrete exposed to freezing/thawing in the presence of deicer chemicals, exposure Class RF3. The most recent Code, Residential Code Requirements for Structural Concrete ACI 332-20, now requires that the concrete have...
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OSHA Issues Temporary Standard for COVID19 Vaccination & Testing
Good Morning, As expected OSHA has posted, as of this morning, their Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID 19 Vaccination and Testing. Please reference the following: -OSHA Site: https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 -News Release from Dept. of Labor: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20211104 Under this standard, covered employers must develop, implement and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, unless they adopt a policy requiring employees...
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Government Affairs Update Regarding Infrastructure Bill
CRMCA Members: With the failure of the House to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), here is a state of play on Washington and an explanation of what transpired last week. Late Thursday evening, House Progressive Democrats were still holding out against the IIJA in order to force passage of the “as yet...
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Member Update: COVID Announcement
Dear CRMCA Member, As you have probably heard by now, late last week President Biden announced new measures his administration will undertake to continue to combat COVID-19. Included in those measures with an aim of “vaccinating the unvaccinated, ”President Biden stated the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)...
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