﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Syracuse Builders Exchange Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.syrabex.com</link><description>News related to Syracuse Builders Exchange</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Syracuse Builders Exchange All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>COVID-19 Webinar - CPWR-NIOSH Update on OSHA Guidance 7/8/2021 1:00 PM - 7/8/2021 1:45 PM</title><description>&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100.0%;" width="100%"&gt;
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						&lt;p align="center"&gt;THE CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH AND TRAINING&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;CPWR-NIOSH COVID-19 WEBINAR SERIES: UPDATE ON OSHA GUIDANCE FOR WORKERS NOT COVERED BY THE COVID-19 ETS&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;UPCOMING COVID-19 WEBINAR&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;THURSDAY - JULY 8, 2021 - 1:00 PM ET (45 MIN)&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome:&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Rick Rinehart&lt;/strong&gt;, ScD, Deputy Director, CPWR&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presenter&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Christina Dragon&lt;/strong&gt;, Health Scientist, OSHA DTSEM&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G. Scott Earnest&lt;/strong&gt;, PhD, PE, CSP, Associate Director for Construction, Office of Construction Safety and Health, NIOSH&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;On June 10, OSHA updated its guidance to help employers and workers not covered by the &lt;a href="https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets"&gt;Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;identify COVID-19 exposure risks and take appropriate steps to prevent exposure and infection. Health Scientist Christina Dragon, with OSHA&amp;#39;s Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, will present and take questions on the current recommendations and mandatory safety and health standards described throughout the guidance as a follow-up to the previous webinar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSSkL3cz3Vc"&gt;OSHA Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID19 in the Workplace&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cpwr.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&amp;amp;siteurl=cpwr&amp;amp;service=6&amp;amp;rnd=0.8303886822704728&amp;amp;main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcpwr.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b000000051e57135e06cddf6b751c23ef7af22f854fd333590f7f213341ded7bdd6561f75%26siteurl%3Dcpwr%26confViewID%3D198097384468675261%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAAWrhRRF2bTaJotHFxUIK2IKQrQKDPV_NbErC4Q2ZTLVSg2%26"&gt;Click here to register and submit a question in advance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

						&lt;p align="center"&gt;PLEASE BE AWARE THAT CPWR&amp;#39;S WEBINAR PLATFORM ENABLES 1,000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND LIVE; HOWEVER, EVERYONE WHO REGISTERS FOR THE EVENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THE RECORDING.&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.syrabex.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2396</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:49:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course 7/12/2021 8:00 AM - 7/13/2021 1:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;OSHA 10-Hour - July 12 and 13, 2021 - 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. both days&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;FREE to SBE Member Firms ONLY&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instructor: Lisa Brownson, CSP, Safety Source Consultants, Ltd.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This class will be held at the Syracuse Builders Exchange located at 6563 Ridings Rd, Syracuse, NY. We have several safety guidelines in place - please be sure to review them. Due to demand,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;4&amp;nbsp;people per company.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please Be Advised &amp;ndash; There is a Processing Fee for each Student&amp;rsquo;s Completion Card. This Non-Refundable Fee Must Be Received Or The Completion Card Will Not Be Released To The Student.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Payment of $10.00 per student Must Be Received By The First Day Of Class&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;If Paying By Check &amp;ndash; Please Make Payable To:&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Safety Source Consultants&lt;/u&gt;. Please Be Aware OSHA Regulations Prohibit The Instructor From Distributing Completion Cards To Anyone Other Than The Student Present At The Class. Cards Will Not Be Distributed To Employers. If A Copy Is Required, Please Have Your Employee Provide One.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Students must attend both days in order to receive their completion card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SBE Safety Guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Fully vaccinated individuals are not required to wear a mask on SBE premises &amp;ndash; proof of vaccination is required to be mask-free.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Masks are required for anyone that is not fully vaccinated - covering mouth and nose and social distancing must be maintained&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Attendees of any class must be pre-registered. Anyone not on the pre-registration list will not be admitted. Do not send a replacement unless you notify SBE in advance.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Entrance to the building as well as exiting, will be through the rear doors ONLY. This entrance is located at the rear parking lot on the southern end of the building.&amp;nbsp; Do not enter or exit through the main front entrance or through our plan room entrance.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Hand sanitizer will be available in the classroom.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Please bring your own writing instruments&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students&amp;nbsp;gain the ability to&amp;nbsp;recognize safety and health hazards and appropriate engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment controls.&amp;nbsp;Completion also meets the requirements for OSHA 10-Hour training under NYS&amp;#39;s&amp;nbsp;existing prevailing rate law for public work of $250,000 or more effective June 18, 2008.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;OSHA states&amp;nbsp;that training must be delivered in a language employees understand. SBE classes are currently designed for English speaking participants&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If an employee is not fluent in English and does not clearly understand English and will not benefit from a class due to the language barrier, the instructor reserves the right to refer that individual to alternative resources for training. Employers may contact the local OSHA office at 315-451-0808 for information on training provided in languages other than English.&lt;/em&gt;This course is free to Syracuse Builders Exchange Member firms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.syrabex.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2388</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 10:06:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEC Erosion &amp; Sediment Control Course 7/21/2021 8:30 AM - 7/21/2021 12:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;DEC Erosion and&amp;nbsp;Sediment Control Course&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please note this class is being held In-Person at the Syracuse Builders Exchange - 6563 Ridings Rd, Syracuse, NY 13206&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;July 21, 2021&amp;nbsp;- 8:30a.m. -12:30p.m.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a limit of 4 people per company due to demand.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Cost - $100.00 per person - we accept Checks made payable to Syracuse Builders Exchange and also accept&amp;nbsp;Credit Cards*&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*&lt;em&gt;fees apply&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.syrabex.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2391</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:38:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Aid/CPR/AED Course 7/26/2021 9:00 AM - 7/26/2021 12:00 Noon</title><description>&lt;p&gt;First Aid/CPR/AED Course&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;July 26, 2021 - 9am-12pm&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instructor: David Shalala, TLC Ambulance&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;FREE for SBE Member Firms only&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This class will take place in-person at the Syracuse Builders Exchange, 6563 Ridings Rd, Syracuse, New York 13206. Please adhere to all safety guidelines. We are only accepting 4&amp;nbsp;people per company. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.syrabex.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2384</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:08:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sales Tax for Contractors Webinar  7/28/2021 9:00 AM - 7/28/2021 11:00 AM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Sales Tax For Contractors Webinar&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Presented by: The Bonadio Group&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;July 28, 2021 - 9am-11am via WebEx&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Discussion on the sales and use tax implications for contractors in New York State, including a review of the exemption certificates available for contractors. We will also discuss sales tax audit procedures and what to do in the event that your business is selected for a sales and use tax audit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.syrabex.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2397</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 13:10:11 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>