EASRCC Tax Fraud
Posted OnMarch 3, 2025 byVideo explaining the effects tax fraud has on communities.Read More…
EAS Millwrights
Posted OnMarch 3, 2025 byOne-Pager overview of what a millwright is and how they serve as well-trained partners in construction. Read More…
Mayor Parker Signs Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) Initiative Executive Order
Posted OnFebruary 21, 2025 byPhiladelphia unveils phase two of HOME initiative to create and preserve 30,000 units of housing PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Cherelle L. Parker today signed the Housing Opportunities Made Easy “H.O.M.E.” Initiative Executive Order (No. 3-25) during a press conference. The executive order and new initiative are the second phase of the Parker Administration’s plan to create and preserve…Read More…
The real construction crisis isn’t a labor shortage – it’s a wage shortage | Opinion
Posted OnFebruary 19, 2025 byBy Cyndie Williams The headlines paint a grim picture: The construction industry needs to attract 439,000 new workers in 2025 to keep up with demand. Reports warn of stalled projects, missed deadlines and a workforce pipeline that isn’t keeping pace with the country’s building boom. But let’s be clear. This isn’t a labor shortage; it’s a shortage of…Read More…
Cooper University Health Care breaks ground on $3 billion hospital expansion in Camden
Posted OnJanuary 29, 2025 byFive New Jersey governors attended the ceremony for what officials call the largest investment in Camden County’s history, marking another step in the city’s transformation. By Erin Flynn Jay PhillyVoice Contributor In the same Camden neighborhood where federal marshals once warned a future governor it wasn’t safe to walk 30 yards to his car, Cooper University…Read More…
Steven B. Mazza: Literacy and skills training will fuel our state’s economic growth
Posted OnJanuary 23, 2025 byThe construction industry is one of the largest sectors in the country. As of 2024, the sector’s market size is valued at approximately $2.1 trillion, spanning residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. In Pennsylvania, construction employs 258,000 workers, making it one of the states with the highest number of construction jobs in the country, according to…Read More…
Philly construction workers get drawn as cartoons in children’s activity book
Posted OnJanuary 17, 2025 byByMatteo Iadonisi Thursday, January 9, 2025 PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Taquan Woodard & Gina Yiantselis became friends during the CARP program (The Carpenters Apprentice Ready Program). They started carpooling together to the Philadelphia Training Center of the The Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical Center. Now, as professionals in the construction business, their likeness has been captured within…Read More…
MLK Jr Day of Service: New Philadelphia carpenters volunteer services for benefit of city
Posted OnJanuary 14, 2025 byNORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA – On an annual day of service in Northeast Philadelphia, a group of new Philadelphia carpenters joined together to benefit the community and as the sounds of drilling fill the room, it appeared those wearing the yellow shirts and hardhats were on a mission. Their goal is to build benches for the Philadelphia community, a…Read More…