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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 DCA launches new microsites helping to create jobs, find workers, educate underground industry » The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) now has three auxiliary microsites granting access to a wealth of undergr...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 DCA History: The 70s – Thriving in a Turbulent Decade » In the early 1960s, four contractors and a small group of representatives from other small contractors got together and fo...
Friday, April 30, 2021 DCA’s Spring Meeting Held Virtually » The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) held its annual Spring Meeting virtually this year, March 2-3. The meeting...
Monday, March 29, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) DCA History Part One: The 60s – How It All Began » In the beginning, five guys stood around looking at a hole in the ground… OK, well, not exactly. The year was...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 DCA launches new microsites helping to create jobs, find workers, educate underground industry » The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) now has three auxiliary microsites granting access to a wealth of undergrou...
Monday, February 8, 2021 ALERT: President Biden's Carbon Footprint: Growing Again? » Last week we spoke about President Biden's growing carbon footprint, made larger by killing Keystone XL and thereby causin...
Monday, February 1, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) ALERT: Killing Keystone XL Creates an Environmental Disaster » From Toby Mack, President EEIA:     With his Executive Order revoking the Keystone XL Pipeline project's borde...
Friday, January 15, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Six Degrees with Mike Rowe Now Streaming » Six Degrees with Mike Rowe is Now Streaming on Discovery+ https://bit.ly/dcadiscovery
Friday, January 15, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) DCA Let's Get to Work » We all know there is a shortage of workers in our industry. And lots of people have developed some great materials to help...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Six Degrees is Almost Here » Rob Darden of Distribution Contractors Association: "What started two years ago over a bottle of bourbon and a long co...
Friday, November 13, 2020 Cutting the Lifeline: The Trans-Ecuadorean Pipeline Disaster » The geography of Ecuador is defined by the Andes Mountains that split it in two. On the west side are the Pacific Oc...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 CEWD New Career Awareness Video Targets High School Students » CEWD has created this new video that informs students that the energy industry offers rewarding jobs that help the environ...
Sunday, October 11, 2020 Plastics Pipe Institute Offering Bounty for Old Exhumed HDPE Pipe » Underground Construction Magazine — The Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) is offering a $200 bounty for exhumed high-de...
Monday, August 3, 2020 National Response to Coronavirus a Work in Progress » Ever since COVID-19 swept across the country, resulting in lockdowns and a devastated economy, DCA and virtually every oth...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) White House Streamlines Infrastructure Project Approval Fact Sheet » President Donald J. Trump Is Modernizing Federal Environmental Reviews to Accelerate America’s Infrastructure Development:...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Summary Video of DCA's Webinar with Jason Dorsey » We hope you enjoyed DCA's Webinar with Jason Dorsey on Leading the New Normal. View a Summary Video from Jason
Thursday, June 25, 2020 OQIP Website is now Live! » The OQIP Website is now Live! The website of the Operator Qualification Integrity Process or OQIP is now liv...
Thursday, June 4, 2020 Pipeline Leadership Conference Pivots to Virtual Platform for 2020 » BRECKSVILLE, Ohio, June 4, 2020 — The Pipeline Leadership Conference today announced that its 2020 conference will be pres...
Friday, November 22, 2019 Registration is now open for the NASTT 2020 No-Dig Show » Registration is now open for the NASTT 2020 No-Dig Show – the largest tradeshow and conference solely devoted to the trenc...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Should Your Child Consider A Career In A Trade? » Although the price of college is soaring and a four-year degree isn’t the guarantee of financial security it once was, 70%...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Beyond Workforce Development, Workforce Solutions » Are you tired yet of pulling from the same employment pool? If the answer is yes, then you are ready to explore the new wo...
Friday, October 11, 2019 Welders Make $150,000? Bring Back Shop Class » Taking pride in learning to make and build things can begin in high school. Plenty of jobs await. In American...
Friday, October 11, 2019 John Deere Works looking to the next generation to fill the skills gap » DAVENPORT, Iowa — John Deere Works invited about 60 eighth graders from area schools to learn about modern manuf...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Keystone XL Alternate Route Wins Approval From Nebraska Court » Keystone XL Alternate Route Wins Approval From Nebraska Court The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled unanimously on...
Thursday, August 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Overcoming Workforce Challenges Takes Constant Communication » In October 2009, the U.S. unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent. Nearly 10 years later, it’s at 3.7 percent – or th...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 AGCA: 42 states report construction employment » Forty-two states added construction jobs between June 2018 and June 2019, while construction employment increased in 30 st...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Registration Open for CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2020 » For a video preview of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 Click below https://youtu.be/uJu7TMOyhKQ Get Your Tickets Early and...
Friday, June 14, 2019 New Austin camp encourages girls to consider construction careers » AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thirteen middle-school-age girls are spending the week learning valuable skills as a precursor to possible...
Thursday, May 30, 2019 DCA Supports SkillsUSA To Champion Workforce Development, Close Skills Gap » Leesburg, Va. — Distribution Contractors Association (DCA), headquartered in Richardson, Texas, has announced supp...
Monday, May 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Pennsylvania Counties Using Fiber Optics to Improve 911 Capabilities » (UC) – For years, fiber-optic cables have been the gold standard in speed and reliability for telecommunication networks....
Monday, May 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) New INGAA Report Highlights Importance of Natural Gas to a Lower-Carbon Economy » Washington, D.C. — Natural gas will remain a significant contributor to the energy portfolio and to economic growth in the...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University » Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to college. Get a bach...
Monday, April 8, 2019 National Safe Digging Month Highlights Importance of Calling 811 » (UC) - As the calendar turns to April and spring temperatures arrive, home improvement and construction work steadily incr...
Monday, December 10, 2018 4 Biggest Challenges in the Construction Industry » Like every other industry, technology is changing the world of construction. Society itself is putting greater pressure on...
Friday, September 14, 2018 The College Bubble Is Starting To Burst — And That’s A Good Thing » The College Bubble Is Starting To Burst — And That’s A Good Thing Useless Degrees: A good indication of a tightenin...
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