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By Tom Badstubner, Michael Dodd, Rick Schwietzer, and Steve Guglielmo GAWDA’s consultants will be available during the 2025 GAWDA Annual Convention in Tampa. In this roundtable, consultants educate members on all of the end-of-the-year documentation and compliance measures that must be taken before the calendar flips to 2026, as well as legislation and trends that have emerged since the Q3 Issue of Welding & Gases Today. The GAWDA Consultant Program is a GAWDA member benefit that is included as part of your member dues to the association. It is consistently rated as one of the most valuable member benefits that…

The following is an excerpt from the GAWDA Safety Organizer, a monthly bulletin sent to GAWDA members. For more information on the GAWDA Safety Organizer, or to read past issues, visit the GAWDA.org Members-Only Section. Everyone operating Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) (power units only) in interstate commerce must register and pay a fee based on the number of CMVs operated in interstate commerce. Vehicles used solely in intrastate commerce are exempted from the registration and fees. Please remember that you only pay for the powered commercial motor vehicles, not trailers. Definition of Interstate Commerce Interstate commerce is the general term…

The GAWDA Consultant Program is a GAWDA member benefit that is included as part of your member dues to the association. It is consistently rated as one of the most valuable member benefits that GAWDA provides. Between the four of them GAWDA’s consultants bring more than 100 years of industry-specific experience to the association. With this being the first issue of 2024, we look back on lessons learned from last year and what we expect to see from a regulatory standpoint for the industry in 2024. GAWDA’s Consultants discussed the bevy of new legislation and proposed legislation and how it…