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...

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...

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...

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’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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...