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Trades go to work on psychiatry, depression center
Date: Nov-25-2005
ANN ARBOR - In recent years, the building trades have been involved in the new construction or renovation of numerous medical-related buildings on the University of Michigan campus. The latest...
324's Hamilton tapped for conference VP
Date: Nov-11-2005
John M. Hamilton, Business Manager of Operating Engineers Local 324, was elected vice president of the 2005 North/Central States Conference, which was held in St. Louis Oct. 2-5. The North/Central...
Consumers Karn-Weadock plant honored by Chamber for development
Date: Nov-11-2005
Consumers Energy began planning in 2000 how to reduce emissions from its Karn/Weadock Generating Complex in Hampton Township to meet new EPA requirements. Construction began in 2001, and by the...
News Briefs
Date: Nov-11-2005
Construction slips, but is up in '05 New construction starts retreated 2% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $657.8 billion, McGraw-Hill Construction reported Oct. 27. While the...
No strain for this crane - 508,000-lb. lift caps major Marathon project
Date: Nov-11-2005
The world's second largest crawler crane last month was used to pick up and place a 508,000-lb. vacuum tower at the Marathon Petroleum Co. refinery in southwest Detroit, capping a...
Political heat causes Bush to flip over prevailing wage in Gulf region
Date: Nov-11-2005
WASHINGTON - By popular demand, prevailing wage rules are making a return engagement to the Gulf Coast region. A few days following Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi,...
Re-enforcement has arrived: State seeks more compliance with prevailing wage law
Date: Nov-11-2005
This is first in a series of articles about the fair enforcement of Michigan's Prevailing Wage Act of 1965. It talks about improvements in the complaint and prevailing wage interpretation...
Senate GOP kills minimum wage hike
Date: Nov-11-2005
WASHINGTON (PAI) - Despite labor lobbying, the Senate again voted, on Oct. 19, not to raise the minimum wage. The 51-47 vote against the $1.10-per-hour hike overcame unanimous Democratic support....
The apprentice: in Michigan it's Scott Daly of IBEW 58
Date: Nov-11-2005
The Michigan Apprenticeship Steering Committee Inc. (MASCI) 2005 Apprentice of the Year award goes to… Scott Daly of IBEW Local 58. The fifth-year apprentice took the top honor for his...
Expanding campus brings more power to Spartanville
Date: Oct-28-2005
LANSING - Tens of thousands of Michiganians, including residents, businesses and lawmakers in next-door Lansing, lost power during the great blackout of August 2003. However, the lights and air conditioning...