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Saginaw Valley State University’s unique aquathermal system...
Date: Nov-06-2009
SAGINAW – The 2.2 million-gallon north pond on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University provides a home to bluegill, crappie and other aquatic life, but next year, it’s going...
Trades among hundreds of volunteers who helped build rescue simulator
Date: Nov-06-2009
SOUTHFIELD – Someday, maybe the efforts of people who helped build the city Fire Department’s new rescue simulator will help save the life of a fellow construction worker in need...
When it comes to employment,the hits just keep on coming
Date: Nov-06-2009
Construction employment again declined in large numbers in all but one state this September compared to last year, according to an analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released Oct. 21...
‘I want not only green jobs. I want any job that pays green.’
Date: Oct-23-2009
Editor’s note: following are comments made by State Rep. Jeff Mayes (D-Bay City, chairman of the House Energy and Technology Committee) at the Oct. 6 rally in Lansing sponsored by...
‘Moderate expansion’ forecast for construction industry
Date: Oct-23-2009
WASHINGTON, DC – How ‘bout a little good news for a change? Industry trend watcher McGraw Hill Construction issued its 2010 Construction Outlook on Oct. 16, and predicted that the...
News Brief
Date: Oct-23-2009
Unions oppose Senate’s health bill WASHINGTON (PAI) – A wide range of unions announced their vigorous opposition to a key Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill. In full-page ads in...
Project labor agreements…A form of ‘win-win,’ or the bane of free enterprise?
Date: Oct-23-2009
EAST LANSING – “Understanding PLAs” was the title of the Oct. 12 conference held at Michigan State University, and anyone who walked out of the daylong conference without a greater...
Protective equipment isn’t accepted – until it is
Date: Oct-23-2009
Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America In the span of a few days in July, two major leaguers were hit in the head by pitched balls, and a...
‘What is the problem? Put us to work!’
Date: Oct-23-2009
Those who oppose new coal fired electrical power plants for Michigan may have been disappointed Oct. 6. Rain had been forecast. Lansing’s morning cloud cover seemed expectant. Yet as the...
Church’s old joints will be made new again
Date: Oct-09-2009
DETROIT – St. Lazarus Serbian Orthodox Cathedral got 42 years of life out of the original, all-important butyl caulk that seals joints between the exterior limestone fascia panels. Not a...