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The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
The Gangbox - Assorted news and notes
Date: Feb-20-2004
More money for Michigan? Maybe. Michigan may be in line to get an increase in federal transportation funding, and at a rate faster than other states. But there are two big...
Trades transform Merchants Row
Date: Feb-20-2004
The huge dust cloud from the imploded J.L. Hudson’s building on Woodward Avenue in 1998 has been long been settled. Across the street from the old Hudson’s site in Detroit,...
Construction fatalities level in 2003, but more safety inspectors added
Date: Feb-06-2004
There were 24 construction worker fatalities in Michigan in 2003 – the same number as in 2002. Those numbers were down from the 28 fatalities that took place in 2001,...
How you can help stop potholes and employ Hardhats
Date: Feb-06-2004
LANSING -Michigan is in the unenviable position of being a “donor” state when it comes to funding for federal transportation spending on our state’s highways. That means we send more...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-06-2004
Jobless benefits are taxable With tax season in full swing, and to help the unemployed get ready, the State of Michigan has completed the mailing of year-end statements to anyone...
Pressure from Bush ends overtime for 8 million Americans
Date: Feb-06-2004
The U.S. Senate caved in to pressure from President George W. Bush and approved his plan to cut U.S. workers’ overtime pay on Jan. 22. Bush had threatened to veto...
Responsible contracting seen as a 'building block' for unions, contractors
Date: Feb-06-2004
LANSING – One of the most potentially lucrative building markets in Michigan – new school construction and renovation – is getting wider attention from building trades unions and their contractors....
To pour salt into workers' wounds, Bush issues ideas for keeping pay low
Date: Feb-06-2004
If you think it’s bad enough that President Bush has put the screws to American workers by ramming through a plan that substitutes comp time for overtime… whoops, he did...
Trades return to Karn-Weadock for 'major, major modifications' By Marty Mulcahy Editor
Date: Feb-06-2004
ESSEXVILLE – The building trades have once again returned in droves to the Consumers Energy’s Karn-Weadock Generating Complex, this time taking part in an 86-day facility shutdown that will encompass...
Big job, big crane at Ford Rouge
Date: Jan-23-2004
The installation of a utility trestle in a hard-to-reach area at the Ford Rouge plant brings to mind a tune that's on a popular children's construction video - "if you've...