Construction Employers Podcast

AL SANCHEZ

• CEA Hall of Fame
• Spanish American Committee
• Latino Construction Program
• Urban Community School
• CEA's Contractor Success Series
• MetroHealth Transformation Project

GUESTS

• Bill Whistler, President & CEO
• Matt Bennett, Vice President
• Randy Beck, Project Manager

LINKS

• Shook Construction
• Video from the Trip
• Timusi, Bolivia (Google Earth)
• Engineers in Action

• Kevin J. Kelley, President, Cleveland City Council
• LinkedIn Profile
• M.I.T.'s Living Wage Calculator
• NYT Article re: Opportunity Zone Criticisms

• Andy Natale, Esq.
• Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP
• 2019 CEA Hall of Fame Inductees
• Hall of Fame Video

Christina Niro Kreiner of the Frantz Ward law firm discusses how Ohio employers are dealing with marijuana in the workforce. Medical marijuana is legal in Ohio, but employers' drug-free workplace policies are still enforceable in cases of marijuana use. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state laws complicate the issue.

Related

• Cannabis Law & Policy Blog
• Wikipedia Article: Legality of Cannabis in the U.S.
• Oral Fluid Drug Testing
• CEA Podcast Episode #9 on Fake Urine
• State of Ohio Medical Marijuana Website

Alison Frye, P.E., project managers at SME, and President of the NAWIC Cleveland Chapter talks about the value she has gotten out of her engagement in the National Association of Women in Construction. 

• NAWIC (National Website)
• NAWIC Cleveland Chapter Website

Alison Frye, P.E., and Brendan Lieske, P.E., project managers at SME in Cleveland discuss the important engineering and analysis work their firm is doing. 

KSU Professor, Anthony Mirando, talks about classes he is teaching this year at CEA as well as the impressive growth KSU's Construction Management Program has had in the last ten years. 

• Kent State University B.S. in Construction Management
• CEA's Fall 2019 Education Calendar

Construction attorneys, Marc Sanchez and Allison Reich discuss Frantz Ward's recent win for the construction industry in a case before the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Marc Sanchez 
Allison Reich
Mike Frantz, Jr.

CEA Article on the New Reigel Decision

Supreme Court's New Reigel Decision

The Port of Cleveland is doing a lot.

CEO, Will Friedman, and VP of External Affairs, Jade Davis, discuss how the Port's maritime operation powers $3.5 billion in annual economic activity and thousands of jobs. They also discuss the Port's role in economic development financing of construction projects.

To stay in touch with what's going on at the Port, check out their new Podcast, Great Lakes Forward.