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Reuters
A federal judge on Tuesday, Nov. 22, blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million salaried workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.
U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant, in Sherman, Texas, agreed with 21 states and a coalition of business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, that the rule is unlawful and granted their motion for a nationwide injunction.
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Glass on Web
Aluminium bi-fold doors are the best product on the market for opening homes to the garden and merging indoor and outdoor spaces. And homeowners have taken notice. According the recent Palmer Market report, aluminium is tipped for further growth going forward.
This gives window and door installers a big opportunity to take advantage of this growing market by adding aluminium bi-fold doors to their product range
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Bloomberg BNA
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is likely to be either the head of safety at a large corporation or an industry lawyer with state plan experience, sources tell Bloomberg BNA.
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EurekAlert!
Smart windows get darker to filter out the sun's rays on bright days, and turn clear on cloudy days to let more light in. This feature can help control indoor temperatures and offers some privacy without resorting to aids such as mini-blinds. Now scientists report a new development in this growing niche: solar smart windows that can turn opaque on demand and even power other devices. The study appears in ACS Photonics.
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Building Design + Construction
This month, the national average hourly construction wage was expected to top $30 for the first time in the country's history. And in its Q3 2016 Construction Outlook, JLL forecasts another 3 percent increase by next March.
That prediction comes at a time when the number of construction workers at the end of the third quarter of 2016 — 1.46 million — was up 2.8 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.
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Engineering News-Record
The worker pulls on his tool belt and snaps down the visor of his headset. It powers on, loading the 3-D model of what he needs to build — in this case, the metal framing for a hospital bathroom pod. The 3-D image snaps into place, staying affixed to the floor and ceiling as he moves around it. Without the aid of a tape measure or layout laser, the worker begins assembling the framing, matching the pieces to their ghostly hologram outlines and fastening connections where the model dictates.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure.
The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index , released Tuesday, is slightly above the peak it set in July 2006, after rising 5.5 percent in September from a year earlier. The milestone comes after more than four years of steady gains.
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Safety + Health Magazine
Although the rankings for OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations change little from year to year, the agency provides dozens of statistics. Glance too quickly at the numbers for fiscal year 2016, and you might experience a sense of information overload.
A simple approach is best, said Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Activities. He presented the agency's Top 10 list of most frequently cited violations for the past fiscal year in October during the 2016 National Safety Council Congress & Expo in Anaheim, California.
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