b'7000Power &Light Bldg.,Konsos City, Missouri64105 March-April,1978 WOMENINCONSTRUCTION TheDepartmentofLaborhasjustpublishedregulationsestablishingspecificaffirmativeactionstandardsforwomeni nconstruction. Thenewregulqti ~alsorevisepreviouslyisauedrequi rem~ntswith Qn_respecttominorityparticipationintheconstructionindustry. Thenewregulations,containedin41CFRPart60-4,areeffective May8,1978.Theregulationsapplytoallfederalandfederally assistedconstructioncontractorsandsubcontractorsholdingfederalor federallyassistedconstructioncontractsorsubcontractsinexcessof $10,000. AsofMay8,allsolicitationsforoffersandbidsonallfederal andfederallyassistedconstructioncontractsorsubcontractsmust includeaspecifiednotice,paragraph2of whichreadsinpartas \'-"foows 11: 2.Thegoalsandtimetablesforminorityandfemale participation,expressedinpercentagetermsfortheContractor\'saggregateworkforceineachtradeonallconstruction workinthecoveredarea,areasfollows: TimetablesGoalsforminorityGoalsforfemale participationforparticipationin eachtradeeachtrade InsertgoalsforInsertgoalsfor each year.eachyear. ThesegoalsareapplicabletoalltheContractor\'s constructionwork(whetherornotit is Federalorfederally assisted)performedinthecoveredarea. ContemporaneouslywithpublicationbytheDepartmentofLaborof thenewregulations,theOfficeofFederalContractCompliancehas issuedgoalsandtimetablesforfemaleparticipationintheconstructionindustryandforminorityutilization.Thegoalsforwomenin constructionareexpressedintermsofhoursoftrainingandemployment asaproportion ofthetotalnumberof hourstobeworkedbythecontractor\'saggregateworkforceandapplynationwide,toallconstruction ""-._./contractorsandsubcontractorsholdingfederalorfederallyassisted contractsinexcessof$10,000.Thegoalsandtimetablesforwomen areasfollows:'