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		<title>Coming Soon: New Look to the  Construction Contractor Board Website</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2012/04/coming-soon-new-look-to-the-construction-contractor-board-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Employers invited to participate in Safety Break for Oregon May 9: Employee involvement cornerstone of event</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2012/03/employers-invited-to-participate-in-safety-break-for-oregon-may-9-employee-involvement-cornerstone-of-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Melanie Mesaros, Public Information Officer, Department of Consumer and Business Services
Employers across Oregon are encouraged to use award programs and trainings to promote workplace safety and health during Safety Break for Oregon on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) coordinates the one-day event, designed to raise awareness and promote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOTICE OF WEBSITE DOWNTIME:</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2012/01/notice-of-website-downtime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCB Communications</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Contractors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning at 11:00 PM on Saturday, January 28, 2012 Construction Contractors Board (CCB) website will be down while maintenance is performed on the agency web servers. Maintenance is expected to be complete by 2:00 AM. (Sunday, January 29, 2012)
During these three hours the agency website and CCB Online Services (including continuing education) will be unavailable.
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners with property damage due to flooding and high winds are being cautioned on home repairs scams</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2012/01/homeowners-with-property-damage-due-to-flooding-and-high-winds-are-being-cautioned-on-home-repairs-scams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCB Communications</dc:creator>
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		<title>New rules clarifying CCB residential continuing education</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2012/01/new-rules-clarifying-ccb-residential-continuing-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2012/01/new-rules-clarifying-ccb-residential-continuing-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCB Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/?p=271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, January 13, 2012, the Construction Contractors Board (CCB) filed rules clarifying that workers obtained from temporary or leased worker agencies may not be used by contractors to satisfy state mandated Residential Continuing Education (RCE) requirements.
Over the last several days, the CCB has received dozens of inquiries from concerned contractors complaining about flyers they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New rules clarify a Home Inspection</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/12/new-rules-clarify-a-home-inspection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/12/new-rules-clarify-a-home-inspection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 6, 2011, in compliance with Senate Bill 153 (2011), the Construction Contractors Board (CCB) adopted new rules clarifying when an inspection is a sufficient overall assessment of a home requiring the activity be performed by an Oregon Certified Home Inspector.
The new rules define three inspection activities that are exempted for Oregon Certified Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Makes Two Appointments to Construction Contractors Board</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/12/governor-makes-two-appointments-to-construction-contractors-board/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/12/governor-makes-two-appointments-to-construction-contractors-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Kitzhaber announced the appointment of Andrew Colas and Melvin Oden-Orr to the Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB) effective December 1, 2011. Both new members’ terms will run through June 30, 2015.
The board is comprised of nine members; six licensed contractors, two representatives of the public and one elected official of a local governing body.
“I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attention construction trades of all types: The Oregon Department of Transportation announces $11M to build Emerging Small Business across the state.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/10/attention-construction-trades-of-all-types-the-oregon-department-of-transportation-announces-11m-to-build-emerging-small-business-across-the-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by John Downing, ODOT
ODOT is stepping up to the task in these difficult times to help resuscitate Oregon’s economy and build small businesses into stable, strong companies positioned to deliver jobs across the state. Businesses certified through the Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business (www.Oregon4Biz.com) can embrace unique opportunities by ODOT to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCB adopts permanent rules exempting electrical and plumbing contractors from some residential continuing education</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/10/ccb-adopts-permanent-rules-exempting-electrical-and-plumbing-contractors-from-some-residential-continuing-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/10/ccb-adopts-permanent-rules-exempting-electrical-and-plumbing-contractors-from-some-residential-continuing-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Residential Continuing Education: Changes in Green and Sustainable Building Practices</title>
		<link>http://blog.ccb.state.or.us/2011/10/residential-continuing-education-changes-in-green-and-sustainable-building-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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