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Construction Hiring Regains Some Vigor in September

Excerpt from an article in USA Today: Last week’s mildly positive jobs report was bolstered by better-than-usual hiring in an industry hammered by job losses. … Continue Reading

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Money $3.5 Bn in projects Planned for Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma

Excerpt from Fox News: Mexico City –  A total of $3.5 billion will be invested between 2011 and 2016 in the construction of 16 skyscrapers … Continue Reading

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Construction Employment Increased in 146 out of 337 Metro Areas Between August 2010 & 2011 as Private Sector Demand Improves

Construction employment increased in 146 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2010 and August 2011, declined in 145 and stayed level in 46, according … Continue Reading

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MGM Resorts Says It Will Demolish Flawed CityCenter Tower

Excerpt from Casino City Times: LAS VEGAS, Nevada — MGM Resorts International says there’s only one way out for the flawed 27-story Harmon Tower: explosives. … Continue Reading

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Top 30 iPad and iPhone Apps for Construction

Excerpt from article in ConstructionWeekOnline.com: It’s no secret that we love Apple – run a search for “apple” site:softwareadvice.com in Google and you’ll see what … Continue Reading

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The Construction Workers Have Left the Building

Excerpt of an article from Slate: Since the beginning of the year, something extraordinary has happened in one of the sectors hardest hit by the … Continue Reading

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Decade After 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks, Skyscraper Safety Improving

Excerpt from article on Cleveland.com: In the anguished weeks after terrorists toppled the World Trade Center towers, architects and engineers pondered the unthinkable: the end … Continue Reading

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Ground Zero Hotel Files Lawsuit

Excerpt of an article from MYFOXNY.COM – The Millenium Hilton Hotel next to the World Trade Center site says the construction is too noisy. The … Continue Reading

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Is Illegal Immigrant Entitled to Comp Benefits? Court Decides

Excerpt of article from HR Morning: Luis Aragon, an illegal immigrant, worked for HDV Construction Systems in Tallahassee, FL. After a 30-foot fall, he required … Continue Reading

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Engineering Company Finds Harmon Tower Construction Defects ‘Pervasive’

Excerpt of article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal: The unfinished Harmon tower at CityCenter is virtually unrepairable and could collapse in a “code-level” earthquake, according … Continue Reading

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