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Chattanooga Times Free Press
Under Construction: $14 million hotel going up near Hamilton Place
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Timeline: Construction work on the inside of the building should start in the next three weeks, and the hotel will open around September. Future: This new hotel is part of a long-term plan to capitalize on Chattanooga's growth and development, said ...

Construction groups, LePage protest company's plan to use only union workers ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
Gov. Paul LePage, along with two of Maine's major construction trade groups, on Thursday criticized Summit Natural Gas of Maine for requiring contractors that want to bid on a portion of company's project to install a natural gas pipeline in central ...

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Mystery road construction coming soon?
Victorville Daily Press
ADELANTO • While not as exciting as Maine's "WARNING ZOMBIES AHEAD!" signs, mystery construction signs along Highway 395 have recently left some motorists scratching their heads. For at least the past month, travelers along the highway between ...

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News Pix: Alcatraz's Glowing Millipedes, Devil's Slide Construction and SF ...
KQED (blog)
alcatraz-millipede More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison. A recent search for rats on the island turned up millipedes glowing ...

It's the year of heavy light rail construction in Clackamas County
OregonLive.com
And though it's messy, this phase of construction is an incredibly important step in preparation of the light rail, said Claudia Steinberg, TriMet's community affairs and capital projects manager. Once the line is operational, there's not an easy way ...

Airport sign kills boy: Faulty construction to blame?
Christian Science Monitor
The Birmingham airport tragedy is reminiscent of a new-construction incident in Boston in 2006. A woman was killed and another injured when a 3-ton concrete panel fell on a car traveling through a newly constructed tunnel leading to Logan International ...

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CBS Local
House passes city school construction bill
Baltimore Sun (blog)
O'Donnell also said it looked to some like the construction funding measure was a reward of sorts from legislative leaders to city lawmakers for their support earlier in the afternoon of a controversial plan to raise taxes on gasoline to fund new roads ...
House Gives First OK To City School Construction BillWBAL Radio
Republicans Temporarily Delay Vote On City School ConstructionPatch.com

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Kansas City-area construction employment sees slight changes
Kansas City Business Journal
Year-to-year construction employment in the Kansas City area declined sharply on the Missouri side and rose slightly in Kansas in January from the year before, according to an analysis of federal employment data compiled by the Associated General ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Seaside Heights boardwalk: Construction continues at a brisk pace
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Seaside Heights boardwalk: Construction continues at a brisk pace. Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger By Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger on March 22, 2013 at 7:00 PM, updated March 22, 2013 at 7:01 PM. Print. View/Post Comments ...
EarthCam Construction Camera Documents Rebuilding of Seaside HeightsPR Web (press release)

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BBL withdraws as construction manager for Albany convention center
The Business Review (Albany)
BBL had partnered with Gilbane Construction as construction managers for the $220 million convention center, which hasn't been built because of a lack of funding and commitment from the state. Gilbane, a leading builder of convention centers in the U.S ...

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Senate endorses Keystone XL pipeline construction
U.S. News & World Report
Senate endorses Keystone XL pipeline construction. March 22, 2013 RSS Feed Print. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has endorsed construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries. Senators voted ...

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U.S. News & World Report
An industry trade group says there is increasing evidence of a labor shortage
U.S. News & World Report
Anyone who watches the job market closely knows that the construction sector has been weak in this recovery. Employment in construction is still down 25 percent from its pre-recession peak, and the industry has a 15.7 percent unemployment rate. So it ...

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Washington City Paper (blog)
Can DC Council Legally Allow Construction Without a Permit?
Washington City Paper (blog)
D.C. Councilmembers Tommy Wells and Marion Barry have been working to allow construction on the Anacostia Playhouse to move forward, even though it hasn't received a building permit due to parking issues. In short, the issue is that the theater doesn't ...

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Press-Enterprise
Louisville metro has 700 fewer construction jobs
Business First of Louisville
“Not only are a slight plurality of metro areas adding construction jobs, but those areas appear to be adding jobs at a faster rate than places where construction employment continues to decline,” the AGC's chief economist, Ken Simonson, said in a news ...
Albuquerque area still shedding construction jobsAlbuquerque Business First
Triangle construction industry payrolls, workforce shrink in JanuaryTriangle Business Journal (blog)
Fort Lauderdale has second-largest increase in construction jobsSun-Sentinel
Phoenix Business Journal -Wichita Business Journal -KTAR.com
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USDA Aids Construction, Refurbishes Apartments for Elderly Wisconsin Residents
USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
Construction is underway with a goal to substantially upgrade senior housing in three communities in rural Wisconsin. Funding support is provided in part through the USDA Community Facilities Program. For residents of three senior care centers in ...

Construction blooms again on SR 14 next week
Access Washington
Local Information. Southwest Region Home · Southwest Region News · Travel Advisory · Local Travel Alerts · Local Weather. Construction blooms again on SR 14 next week. Traveler Information. Mountain Passes · Travel Alerts · Weather · Local Construction ...

Downtown Tucson merchants boiling over 'construction mayhem'
Arizona Daily Star
This week marks one full year of streetcar construction in downtown Tucson - and merchants there are fuming. At the top of their list is a march toward higher and higher parking rates when they've been begging for just the opposite in hopes of staving ...

Los Angeles Times
Construction on the Four Level Interchange
Los Angeles Times
Feb. 12, 1948: Construction begins on the Four Level Interchange in downtown Los Angeles. Sunset Boulevard is on the right, Temple Street is on the left and Figueroa Street runs horizontally in the foreground. Today, the interchange connects U.S. Route ...

Ongoing construction in Fort Lee schools to delay opening again in September
NorthJersey.com
Ongoing construction projects throughout the district will push the first day of school this year to Sept. 10 and eliminate a February break for a second consecutive year, school officials announced March 11. The 2013-2014 tentative calendar, though ...

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MiamiHerald.com
Marlins stadium construction crews waiting for back pay
MiamiHerald.com
Dozens of workers who worked around the clock on the construction of Marlins stadium are still waiting for thousands of dollars in back pay. The contractor that hired them acknowledges that it owes at least $67,000 to some of the workers and has said ...