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Opinion: Secrecy surrounding criteria for $750M in NJ college construction ...
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
By Linda Stamato. The state's interest in higher education is to educate the citizenry, prepare the work force and sustain, even strengthen, the competitive standing of the state. Facilities to support those objectives are essential. Building Our ...

Construction on world's tallest building to begin next month and end this year
The Verge
Dubai's Burj Khalifa may have its status of "world's tallest building" usurped at the end of the year by a rival yet to break ground. BSC is set to begin construction next month on the 2,750-foot (838-meter), 220-story high Sky City in Changsha, China ...

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German First-Quarter Growth Damped by Construction, Investment
Bloomberg
The German economy's return to growth in the first quarter was hampered by declines in construction activity and investment as a severe winter and a recession in Europe damped demand. Construction fell 2.1 percent from the fourth quarter and capital ...

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Bethesda Now
Construction worker killed in collapse of Maryland mall parking deck
Fox News
BETHESDA, Md. – A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete slab. Montgomery County rescuers worked to stabilize the ...
1 Construction Worker Dead, 1 Rescued In Bethesda Parking Garage CollapseCBS Local
One dead, one hurt after Montgomery Mall construction collapseWashington Examiner
Prince Frederick Man Identified as Worker who Died in Construction AccidentSouthern Maryland News Net
Washington Post -WTOP
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Fifteen East Bay school construction projects to receive about $57 million
San Jose Mercury News
SACRAMENTO -- The State Allocation Board has awarded approximately $520 million to 92 school districts to help finance 230 school construction projects. Nine East Bay school districts will get $57.5 million to help pay for 15 "shovel-ready" projects ...

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Lunchtime diners lose food truck to construction workers
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The project manager for Washington-based Ferguson Construction, which builds a lot of stores for Costco Wholesale Corp., told Saestrom he was surprised that the city didn't have more food trucks. At a Costco site last year in Fargo, he had several food ...

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Brasfield & Gorrie and AG Gaston to manage construction of new Trinity hospital
al.com
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Brasfield & Gorrie and A.G. Gaston Construction will manage completion of the unfinished HealthSouth hospital on U.S. 280 for Trinity Medical Center, Trinity announced this afternoon. Site preparation could begin within a few ...

Dallas Morning News (blog)
Construction worker seriously injured in fall from roof at Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth Star Telegram
FORT WORTH _ A construction worker was seriously injured this afternoon after falling about 30 feet from the roof of the Kimbell Art Museum, fire officials said. The incident happened about shortly before 12:30 p.m. at the museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd.
worker falls 30 feet in accident at Kimbell Art MuseumDallas Morning News (blog)

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PPS seeks noise variances to work late on summer school construction
OregonLive.com
The variances are requested for a grant-funded seismic upgrade and new roof construction at Alameda Elementary School in Northeast Portland, a 3-acre new roof at Wilson High School in Southwest and a new roof at Laurelhurst School in Northeast.

Tight budgets leave little for airport construction worldwide
USA TODAY
Ministers from the countries, which include the U.S. and much of Europe and Asia, issued a joint statement saying transportation construction "provides connections for people and goods, access to jobs and services, and enabling trade and economic growth.

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Construction to shut down parts of Rt. 315 this summer
Columbus Dispatch
The roundabout, he said, could have been built when the county built a new bridge over the Olentangy River at Orange Road, but that because so many government agencies were involved in the bridge construction the bridge construction took more time ...

VTB CFO: China Construction Bank Bought $100 Million VTB Shares at SPO
Fox Business
China Construction Bank Corp. (0939.HK) joined sovereign funds from Azerbaijan, Qatar and Norway in buying shares of Russia's second largest bank, state-controlled VTB Group (VTBR.RS), at the secondary public offering of its stock, the bank's deputy ...

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New Kings arena construction will spark Sacramento area economy, UOP ...
Sacramento Bee
The planned construction of a new Kings arena in downtown Sacramento should provide a significant boost for the area's economy and job market, a University of the Pacific forecaster said today. Although the region's job growth will remain modest this ...

Washington Post
There Were Huge Construction Flaws In The Bangladesh Factory That Collapsed
Business Insider
"Extremely poor quality" construction materials and other irregularities are to blame for the April factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 people. The collapse has been called the worst industrial disaster in the country's history ...
Gov't probe faults construction materials, code violations for Bangladesh ...Washington Post
Shoddy Materials And Illegal Construction Caused Bangladesh Factory CollapseThinkProgress
Illegal construction, shoddy materials at fault in Bangladesh factory disasterSalon
Fox News -Zee News
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Construction begins on new power plant
Wyoming Tribune
CHEYENNE -- A new power plant under construction here will provide more jobs and a long-term reliable source of electricity, speakers at a ground-breaking ceremony said here Wednesday. About 90 people gathered under a white tent at the construction ...

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Construction on Route 78 East at Exit 16 could slow Hunterdon commute
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
As of 7 a.m., construction on Route 78 East, west of Exit 16 (Route 31 in Clinton Township) has the right shoulder closed until 3 p.m. Motorists should expect delays. As of 7:30 a.m. traffic is moving without delays on Route 78 East through most of ...

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Construction on University of Michigan's Wall Street parking structure begins ...
AnnArbor.com
On Wednesday U-M officials met with roughly a dozen nearby residents to discuss the structure and the school's construction plans. The residents in attendance have spent years protesting the garage, criticizing it at a handful of meetings and even ...

A newsmaker you should know: McCandless construction company is a family ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Henry's sons, Albert, Fred, Jacob and William, founded Landau Brothers Construction Co. in 1890. The current Landau's father, Roy, took control of the company in 1974 and changed the name to the Landau Building Co. Roy Landau retired in 1996, turning ...

China Construction Bank Buys Stake in Russian Bank
Fox Business
China Construction Bank Corp. (0939.HK), China's second-largest bank by assets, said Thursday that it purchased a $100 million stake in Russia's VTB Bank (VTBR.RS). The Chinese bank said in a statement on its website that it bought the newly issued ...

The Hindu
Gov't probe faults poor quality construction materials for deadly Bangladesh ...
Fox News
DHAKA, Bangladesh – A government investigation says poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh. Committee head Khandker Mainuddin Ahmed ...
Dhaka building collapse: land was unfit for construction, says panelThe Hindu
Shoddy Materials And Illegal Construction Caused Bangladesh Factory CollapseThinkProgress
Claims Bangladesh construction codes violatedNewstalk ZB

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