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March 17, 2010 - The University of Arizona is one step away from being able to sell bonds in order to raise funding for the construction of a $187 million Health Sciences Education Building located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. Review by the Joint Committee on Capital Review on the 23rd is the only major hurdle remaining. Local tradesmen, like Phoenix electricians and Scottsdale builders, will be watching closely for the project to get the go-ahead.

Construction is likely to begin as soon as the end of April, with a completion estimated for 2012.

For more information see the story in the Phoenix Business Journal.

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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. The construction is expected to employ over 600 local builders, like West Palm Beach general contractors and West Palm Beach electricians.

The general for the hotel project is Related Cos. out of New York, and Coastal Construction and Catafulmo Construction will help oversee the day-to-day activities.

For a more complete story, see the article at GlobeSt.com.

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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 dollars. ARRA funds will help cover the $12 million in Central Texas highway projects awarded last month, which is welcome news to Waco contractors on the payroll.

Bastrop contractors will be glad to hear that a $4.8 million turning-lane project for F.M. 20 now has funding.

For more information, see the complete story in the Austin Business Journal.


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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 Redevelopment project. $150 million of work, to which the recent agreement directly applies, is set to begin later in the year. Seal Beach general contractors and Carson builders should be pleased by efforts of unions officials.

The 10-year Middle Harbor project is currently in the first phase of development.

For more details, see the Press-Telegram.

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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 of jobs for Big Rapids contractors and other area tradesmen, locals are against the idea of the turbines diminishing their lakefront tourism.

Skandia’s 100 square mile project is currently being revised to address home and business owner’s concerns. When construction finally moves forward, Cadillac contractors, among others, are expected to compete heavily for sub positions on the project.

For more information see the article at WKZO.com.

jobtrio.com Staff
Construction Industry Newswire