Tishman Construction Selected for National Minority Business Award

Posted by Michael Gerrity 01/07/10 4:17 PM EST

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Tishman Construction Corporation (TCC) has been

selected to receive the "Outstanding Corporate Supplier Diversity Award"

from the National Minority Business Council, an organization that helps

minority, women and veteran-owned business enterprises (M/WBE).

The award is in recognition of Tishman Construction Corporation's

impressive efforts in 2009 to increase subcontracting opportunities

for M/WBE firms in the construction industry.

Recently, Tishman awarded more than $350 million to M/WBE firms

on construction projects, including two New York City skyscrapers.

This total includes $200 million in contracts on the Goldman Sachs

Headquarters project in Downtown Manhattan--the largest M/WBE project

in the state of New York--as well as $150 million on the Bank of America Tower

at One Bryant Park in midtown.

Goldman Sachs Headquarters

Since the 1960s, when Tishman pioneered its own

M/WBE program years before any government agency

required one, TCC's commitment to engaging the talents

and expertise of M/WBE firms has resulted in the award

and completion of contracts totaling many hundreds of

millions of dollars.

"Tishman Construction has been a true leader in utilizing

minority- and women and veteran-owned businesses as

subcontractors on all of their major construction projects

around New York City and nationwide," said John F. Robinson,

President and CEO, NMBC, Inc. "In recognition of their

impressive record over many years, we are thrilled to

present them with our 2009 award for Outstanding Corporate

Supplier Diversity."

"We at Tishman are proud to receive this honor from

the National Minority Business Council, and we remain deeply committed in our

efforts of expanding opportunities to minority- women and veteran- owned

businesses in our industry," said Daniel R. Tishman, Chairman & CEO,

Tishman Construction Corporation.

Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park

TCC's experience dates back to the 1960s when the firm built the original

World Trade Center complex for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey,

a project that posed difficult labor challenges.

While oversight agencies then did not require specific goals for minority workers, Tishman proceeded to initiate its own program. The effort was successful and enabled Tishman to maintain a full schedule without any

loss of production time.

Tishman Construction Corporation is one of the nation's premier

construction organizations that have been in business for over 111 years. Tishman is responsible for the construction of more than 450 million square feet of space in the U.S. and are ranked #2 in the nation on Building Design & Construction magazine's Top Construction Managers list.

TCC's current or recently completed projects nationwide include:

New York: One World Trade Center, previously known as Freedom Tower, to be the city's tallest building, and the renovation and expansion of the Javits Convention Center.

MGM City Center

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Boston: Renovation of the 14-story Ames Building, turning Boston's first

skyscraper (built in 1904) into a

four-star boutique hotel known as Ames.

Las Vegas: MGM MIRAGE's $9-billion

CityCenter, an 18-million-square-foot

mixed-use project on the Las Vegas Strip.

Chicago: Construction of a $1.75-billion

capital improvement program involving

1,950 renovation and expansion projects

totaling 37.3 million square feet throughout

the Chicago Public Schools system.

Unemployment among women who maintain families

Institute For Women's Policy Research www.iwpr.org

For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley English, (202)785-5100 For many, 2010 is not off to a great start Unemployment among women who maintain families without the support of a spouse is at 13 percent as of December 2009, the highest rate in more than 25 years, according to today's figures released by the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure has grown by 0.8 percentage points since the IPolicy h released a fact sheet Unemployment Among Single Mother Families (September 2009) and 2.7 percentage points since January 2009. Their unemployment has nearly doubled since the start of the recession in December 2007. Women are currently 49.9 percent of nonfarm employees on payrolls. As more families, both dual earner couples and single mother families, are increasingly relying on the earnings of women, greater attention needs to be paid to pay equity. Women working full-time earned only 81 percent as much as men who worked full-time in the third quarter of 2009.[1] These seasonally unadjusted data show increases in married men's unemployment and decreases in married women's unemployment; the seasonally adjusted data show a decrease in married men's unemployment from November to December 2009 and little change for married women. (Seasonally adjusted unemployment data are not available for women who maintain families.) 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the third quarter of 2009 for women are $657 compared to $812 for men. (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf, October 16, 2009) http://www.iwpr.org/

OFCCP Web Listening Series January 2010

On Monday, December 7, 2009, the Department of Labor issued its Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, announcing the Department’s anticipated regulatory activities and priorities for the upcoming year. Included in the Department’s Agenda are three regulatory activities from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

OFCCP’s mission is to enforce three equal employment opportunity laws: Executive Order 11246, as amended (EO); Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (503); and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA). These laws prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and veteran status.

They also require affirmative action in employment by federal contractors and subcontractors. OFCCP accomplishes its mission by conducting compliance evaluations, investigating complaints filed, and hosting compliance assistance events for federal contractors and subcontractors.

In late 2010 and early 2011, OFCCP plans to publish a series of proposals that will seek to enhance the agency’s existing regulations and improve compliance with the laws that OFCCP enforces. To help inform the development of these proposals, OFCCP is seeking input from stakeholders.

Please join OFCCP Director Patricia A. Shiu, as she hosts a series of one-hour Web Listening Sessions that:

· Highlight OFCCP’s anticipated regulatory activities;

· Offer a critical opportunity for stakeholders to provide suggestions and recommendations to OFCCP;

· Provide information on how stakeholders can participate in the official rulemaking process.

Register for the listening session you’re interested in by clicking the applicable date below. Register early, as space is limited!

Tue, Jan 12, 2010 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST - - Affirmative Action & Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors; Evaluation of Recruitment and Placement Results under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. This regulation protects individuals with disabilities from employment discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors. Projected Publication date for Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM): 12/2010

For the audio portion of this listening session, please call 800-369-1722, (outside United States call 517-308-9423). This passcode will be required to join the call: 6341500. (Restrictions may exist when using a mobile telephone.) To submit comments, suggestions, or feedback please email: OFCCP-Regulatory-Agenda-503@dol.gov

Thu, Jan 14, 2010 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST - - Affirmative Action & Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors; Evaluation of Recruitment and Placement Results under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). Under VEVRAA, federal contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from discrimination on the basis of veteran status. Projected Publication date for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): 12/2010

For the audio portion of this listening session, please call 800-369-1722, (outside United States call 517-308-9423). This passcode will be required to join the call: 6341500. (Restrictions may exist when using a mobile telephone.) To submit comments, suggestions, or feedback please email: OFCCP-Regulatory-Agenda-VEVRAA@dol.gov

Wed, Jan 20, 2010 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST - - Construction Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements. OFCCP regulations at 41 CFR Part 60-4, require Federal and federally assisted construction contractors to provide equal opportunity in all construction trades. Projected Publication date for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): 1/2011

For the audio portion of this listening session, please call 800-369-1722, (outside United States call 517-308-9423). This passcode will be required to join the call: 6341500. (Restrictions may exist when using a mobile telephone.) To submit comments, suggestions, or feedback please email: OFCCP-Regulatory-Agenda-EO-Construction@dol.gov

OFCCP values stakeholders’ engagement in the rulemaking process and encourages all interested parties to provide suggestions and feedback on the current regulations. Please note however, that these sessions will take place prior to the publication of any official proposals, and will not be considered regulatory comments. For this reason, OFCCP will not be making a presentation with respect to the planned content of any of the forthcoming regulatory proposals and will be unable to answer specific questions regarding the planned content. These listening sessions are intended to be just one of many steps that OFCCP will take as it begins the process of developing the proposals. OFCCP has allotted 45 minutes for suggestions and feedback and each caller that wishes to make a statement will be provided with two minutes to present until the available time is exhausted.

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