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Tile wall displays professional, amateur skills
Date: May-25-2001
No matter how you cut it or apply it, and no matter how large an ego the installer might have, most tile jobs are not a piece of art. That's...
Two 'stand up' groups fight for U.S. steel and iron ore industries
Date: May-25-2001
Our look at the history of the Empire and Tilden mines in the Upper Peninsula comes at a time of tremendous uncertainty and turmoil in an industry that has an...
U.P.'s Tilden, Empire mines carve out niche in state history
Date: May-25-2001
Michigan has a heavy metal heritage. The stamping, axle and assembly plants in Southeast Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes region get all the notoriety for the finished...
Building Trades OK informal relations with Carpenters
Date: May-11-2001
The building trades can continue to have an informal working relationship with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters - which has withdrawn from the AFL-CIO - while talks continue among International...
Delphi headquarters expansion puts operations in one place
Date: May-11-2001
Consolidation is king for Delphi Automotive Systems, the world's largest auto supplier as the large supplier is bringing together its spread-out office space onto the campus of its headquarters building...
Guardian Building a monument to 'workmen of unusual merit'
Date: May-11-2001
Writ Rowland, who designed the Guardian Building in Detroit, was said to be the last U.S. architect of the Art Deco era who had complete control over every aspect of...
News Briefs
Date: May-11-2001
Detroit Water Team wins GARDE Award And the GARDE Award goes to… The 11-member joint venture known as the Detroit Water Team that's building the new $275 million water plant...
State official ties on-the-job deaths to 'fate' and 'luck'
Date: May-11-2001
Tradesman Viewpoint Hey all you iron workers, when the next thunderstorm comes to your job site, feel free to walk on the high steel, and wear your Florsheim shoes with...
Utility group seeks to limit underground mishaps
Date: May-11-2001
More than 30,000 Michigan contractors were sent a mailing this month from a partnership of state utilities encouraging them and their workers to dig safely this season. In a new...
Worker fatality rate down in U.S.; state's numbers are worse
Date: May-11-2001
Workplace fatalities dropped in Michigan last year, and the trend is lower across the nation over the last two decades. Center for Disease Control figures released last month said the...