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Laura Scredon  Laura Scredon
 Managing Editor

West Palm Beach, FL to See Large Hilton Hotel Project

March 11, 2010 - Downtown West Palm Beach, Florida is tapped to see the construction of a Hilton Hotel along with a $600 million entertainment center. The project will be built next to the Palm Beach Convention Center and is likely to be completed in 2014.
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450 Texas Road Projects to Receive Stimulus Funding

March 7, 2010 - On Monday, the Federal government agreed to release $26 billion in stimulus funding for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) road construction. It is expected that around 450 projects in Texas will directly benefit from the stimulus...
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Unions Win in Long Beach Harbor Agreement

March 2, 2010 - Local union construction workers in Long Beach, California won a victory this past week as Port authorities consented to a deal that guarantees prevailing wage and the hiring of local builders for the work on the $750 million Middle Harbor...
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$3B Lake Michigan Wind Farm in the Works

February 23, 2010 - The construction of a controversial wind farm is being discussed for Lake Michigan off the shore of Pentwater. The current proposal by the developer Skandia is for a $3 billion wind turbine facility. Though the project could mean hundreds...
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Editorials
Josh Groves  Josh Groves
 President

Hard Bidding is for the Birds – IPD Could Be the Way to Go

February 3, 2010 - In the economic climate that we find ourselves at the moment, it seems that the only projects out there are public jobs where bids are solicited and any warm-blooded creature with a pulse and a remote ability to read plans can submit a...
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Jobtrio.com Press

Jobtrio.com Profiles Now Free to All US Construction Contractors

Santa Barbara, California - October 29th, 2009 - The construction contractor directory and social networking website Jobtrio.com has just completed a two month redesign in order to provide its listing services free to all United States contractors. ...
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Construction Website Introduces Auto-Location

Santa Barbara, California - April 17, 2009 - On Thursday, the jobtrio.com development team finished the long awaited integration of IP geolocation recognition. This enables the website to automatically know where you are approximately located geographically,...
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