In our ongoing effort to support local funding for participation in the Sed de Saber™- Construction Edition initiative, Home Builders Institute (HBI) and Greater Houston Builders Association secured a grant for workforce training as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  

At Home Builders Institute (HBI), we are aware that Hispanics have the highest construction workplace fatality rates caused in partly by a language barrier. We understand through our years of experience that workers with limited English proficiency are a danger on today’s multicultural construction projects.

The quarterly Spanish magazine Constru-Guía al Día (Up-to-Date Construction Guide) announced today that nearly 2,000 7-Eleven stores across the country will distribute the magazine, increasing readership 251%. The new distribution at 7-Eleven, coupled with an existing collaboration with The Home Depot, will put Constru-Guía al Día directly into the hands of more than 400,000 Hispanic males across the country.

 At Home Builders Institute (HBI), we are aware that Hispanics have the highest construction workplace fatality rates caused partly by a language barrier.

Though green building practices are optional today, the time is coming when they’ll become the required standard for doing business on residential and commercial job sites.

by Deborah Amos, NPR

There has been a decline in illegal immigration since the financial crisis, but the vast majority of undocumented Mexican workers in the U.S. are staying put, according to new research. While migrant workers lost jobs faster than Americans, most chose not to go home because the recession in Mexico is even worse.

The recent economic downturn affected the entire U.S. construction industry. To better understand how Hispanic construction workers have been impacted by the crisis, the CPWR Data Center analyzed current employment data on construction workers.

Source: DIVERSE
Hispanic workers and others new to construction sites might be at risk of injury because of unfamiliarity with the jargon they hear in safety training and on the job, according to pilot studies conducted at Purdue University.

The Americano / Hispanic PR Wire

Stanley Works announced its launch of a nationwide Hispanic outreach program called "Hazla en Grande" — which translates to "Make It Big" in English — during its media debut at the 2009 STAFDA convention.

At Home Builders Institute (HBI), we are aware that Hispanics have the highest construction workplace fatality rates caused in partly by a language barrier.

Created by HBI, the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders, in partnership with HHF’s "Latinos on the Fast Tract" (LOFT) initiative, TEAM BUILDERS was created in 2006 to introduce Hispanic college students to managerial positions in the home building industry.

 The passing of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 makes funding for workforce training available through the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).

Lowe’s Home Improvement has joined the Home Builders Institute (HBI) and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) as a sponsor of a unique program geared towards Hispanic college students and construction workers. Eight Latino college students — members of HHF’s Latinos on Fast Track (LOFT) — are participating in the three-month Team Builders program this summer as program implementation managers responsible for teaching English as a Second Language to Spanish-speaking construction workers using HBI’s Sed de Saber-Construction Edition ESL curriculum.

In our ongoing effort to support local funding for your participation in the Sed de Saber™-Construction Edition initiative, Home Builders Institute (HBI) is inviting you to attend a brief phone conference call and online presentation on Thursday, June 25, @ 2:00 P.M. EST; 11:00 A.M. PST to learn how to tap into the billions of dollars made available for Workforce Training as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or the Recovery Act).

PureSafety, the leading provider of online safety training and risk management software solutions, today announced the release of a new online Spanish OSHA 10-Hour program for construction. The new program, along with 10-Hour programs in English for construction and general industry, are available for purchase at PureSafety’s dedicated 10-hour website.

Ignorance is not bliss — it’s downright dangerous. Halfway into a study looking at the relationship between literacy and workplace health and safety, the Conference Board of Canada has found strong evidence suggesting that those in high-risk sectors such as construction are more likely to be killed or injured on the job if they lack reading and comprehension skills.

The number of Hispanics in the U.S. is growing three times faster than the population as whole, the U.S. Census Bureau said.  Hispanics accounted for half the U.S. population growth from July 2003 to July 2004 and numbered 41.3 million, about 14 percent of the population, as of July 1, 2004, the bureau said in a news release in Washington today.

Job losses in the construction industry last year may have been less dramatic than analysts and industry watchers have suggested, based on new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this morning.