VRB Newsletter
March 23, 2022 Archives
 
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Register Today for the VTCA Spring Transportation Construction Conference
The statewide conference and trade show for transportation contractors, aggregate producers, consultant engineers, material suppliers, and government transportation officials is now open for registration.
 
National Work Zone Awareness Week
  
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is successful in spreading awareness of work zone safety across the country because of involvement from organizations and individuals like you.

 

 

Registration Open for the Bristol District Dialogue and Optional Golf Outing
  
Don’t miss the opportunity to gather with your industry peers along with VDOT and locality leaders for networking, education, and discussion at this year’s Bristol District Dialogue. 

 

 

Shorting Transportation Funding Again = Bad Policy, Regressive Steps and Unstable Infrastructure
Since Governor Youngkin was inaugurated 65 days ago, there have been efforts to cut transportation infrastructure funding three separate ways. 
 
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Member News
 
Call for 2022 TPMI Applications
The University of Virginia’s Center for Transportation Studies, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance, is preparing to offer the thirteenth annual Transportation Project Management Institute.
Virginia Energy – Mineral Mining Program Announces MSHA Law Seminar Dates
Following a 2-year hiatus due to COVID, Mineral Mining (formally DME) has announced it is once again offering their mine safety and health law seminar focusing on federal (MSHA) and Virginia state laws governing the mineral mining (metal/nonmetal) industry.  
US Department of Labor to Offer Virtual Prevailing Wage Seminars
The Wage and Hour Division will offer virtual prevailing wage seminars to provide training and outreach on topics such as the Davis-Bacon Act, the Service Contract Act, Executive Orders 13658, 13706 and 14026, wage determinations and conformances, and compliance assistance and enforcement processes.
In Memoriam: Rufus Jones
For nearly fifty years, Rufus worked for W.F. Magann Corporation where he retired as the company's Executive Vice President. Rufus was a very active supporter of VTCA.
 
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Industry News
 
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Director Leaves Position
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Director Jennifer Mitchell left her post March 18. Jennifer DeBruhl, who has served as the department’s chief of public transportation for more than five years, will serve as acting director.
Governor Youngkin and State Officials break ground on 495 Next Project
Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined state and local officials March 14 to break ground on a two-and-a-half-mile extension of the express lanes on Interstate 495 between the Dulles Corridor and the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Fairfax County.
DOLI Reverses Workplace Mandates Related to COVID
On March 21, 2022, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s Safety and Health Codes Board (DOLI) held a final hearing and vote on whether to revoke the Department’s Permanent COVID-19 Regulation (Standard).
 
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