Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine and El Centro, Calif. Top Growth List; Odessa, Texas, and Bloomington, Ill. Have Largest Declines as Energy Producing Areas Continue to See Drops in Construction Jobs
Construction employment increased in 244 out of 358 metro areas,
State cites failure to address water impacts in Constitution permit refusal
By Brian Nearing
For the second time in a week, a major natural gas pipeline project in the state appears to have hit the rocks.
Late Friday,
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff
The energy giant Kinder Morgan Inc. has pulled the plug on its controversial natural gas pipeline proposed through parts of Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire, after failing to sign up enough utility customers and facing stiff consumer and political opposition.
Matt Coyne, mcoyne@lohud.com
As construction industry-wide Safety Week kicks off, the new bridge project has an incident rate of less than one percent
TARRYTOWN – The new Tappan Zee Bridge project is earning high marks for its low injury rate.
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending advanced in March to its highest level in more than eight years. Gains in home building and nonresidential construction offset a drop in government projects.
Construction spending rose 0.3 percent in March after a 1 percent gain in February,
Related chairman praises rise of nonunion workers, and organized labor strikes back
Stephen Ross of the real estate company called the proliferation of nonunion labor on construction sites ‘good news’
By Rosa Goldensohn
The chairman of the Related Cos.
By David Klepper, The Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big-projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City,
WASHINGTON | By Lucia Mutikani
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to a more than one-year high, but economists blamed striking telecommunications workers for the surge and said the data did not signal a deterioration in the overall labor market.
By Kim Slowey
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The 85-year-old George Washington Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, is getting some much-needed major renovations to keep it alive into the next century.
NJ.com reports that officials are planning an intricate construction schedule involving 11 projects as part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s nearly $2 billion “Restore the George” program,
By Hilary Russ
America will fall $1.44 trillion short of what it needs to spend on infrastructure through the next decade, a gap that could strip 2.5 million jobs and $4 trillion of gross domestic product from the economy,
While productivity in other business sectors has surged ahead in the last half century, advances in construction have been “meager”, according to the World Economic Forum. In a new report, the Geneva-based business organization sets out a recipe of improvements the industry must follow to meet burgeoning global demand.
Montreign Casino & Raceway is being built in Monticello, N.Y. It’s a $1 billion project by Empire Resorts and will include an 80,000-square-foot casino and a 390-room hotel.
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By Kim Slowey
The word “lean” explains a great deal about the goals of Lean Construction. It implies that something has been trimmed of excess fat, or, in the case of a construction company, of waste and inefficiency.
SCHENECTADY — Representatives of Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady on Monday held a topping-off ceremony at the $330 million gaming facility.
Representatives of Rush Street Gaming, the city and county and members of the construction team signed the final 60-foot steel beam before it was hoisted into place atop the structure.
By Geoff Redick
The last bit of steel is in place for Rivers Casino in Schenectady. The city and gaming company hosted a “topping off” ceremony Monday at the construction site. TWC News’ Geoff Redick reports.
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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced on Thursday that they had reached a budget agreement that would raise the minimum wage in New York City to $15 by the end of 2018,
By Greg Hudson Columbia-Greene Media
State lawmakers missed the March 31 deadline by nine hours when they successfully passed a $156 billion 2016-17 state budget Friday.
The state Senate voted 61-1 Friday morning to approve the budget,
By Kim Slowey
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by Lisa Cleaver
Every day, highway and street construction workers are at risk of fatal and serious nonfatal injury when working in the vicinity of passing motorists, construction vehicles and equipment.
Each year,
