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NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Feb-17-2012
1% rise for Michigan construction in 2011 A number of regions in Michigan enjoyed a brief surge of relatively strong construction employment last summer compared to other areas of the...
Trades nearly done planting Michigan’s largest wind farm
Date: Feb-17-2012
BRECKENRIDGE – The completion this month of Michigan’s largest wind farm puts a feather in the caps of Aristeo Construction and the building trades, while radically changing the face of...
Union membership gains a bit, but share is at historic low
Date: Feb-17-2012
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Unions gained a net of 49,000 members nationwide in 2011 over 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported January 27. The BLS said the union share of...
Downstairs, upstairs…Trades, contractors team up to dismantle, re-erect tower
Date: Feb-03-2012
WIXOM – Another collaborative effort between the Iron Workers and the Operating Engineers brought about the safe removal, transport, and future re-use of a four-story stair tower from the shuttered...
Michigan construction still seeking traction
Date: Feb-03-2012
Michigan’s construction economy continues to meander along – picking up the pace here and there, falling back a bit elsewhere – as it continues to try and gain traction in...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Feb-03-2012
MSU’s FRIB gets wait and see approach Michigan State University isn’t fretting the future of the FRIB – yet. MSU – and the building trades – got a bit of...
President’s pipeline decision riles building trades
Date: Feb-03-2012
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Building trades union leaders were livid over President Obama’s Jan. 18 decision to deny a federal permit to build the 1,700-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline from the...
U.S. building activity stumbles in 2011
Date: Feb-03-2012
The nation’s building industry has “essentially stabilized at a low level,” according to the latest report by McGraw-Hill Construction. The year-end 2011 report was released Jan. 23, and revealed that...
VA, trades to turn up the steam
Date: Feb-03-2012
BATTLE CREEK – A modern source of steam is on the way to heat buildings on the far-flung 200-acre campus encompassing the Veterans Administration Medical Center. DeMaria Building Co., its...
FireKeepers creates a destination with construction of new hotel
Date: Jan-20-2012
BATTLE CREEK – Building a new hotel next to the Firekeepers Casino has been in the cards since the gaming facility opened in 2009. And as anyone can see driving...