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Government meetings
Stevenspointjournal
Agenda includes discuss/act on: contract for building inspection, quotes for town insurance coverage, options for remodeling/addition to the town hall. Stevens Point Board of Park Commissioners, 6:30 p.m., Rec Center, Meeting Room, 2442 Sims Ave.

Irvine Police Department award recipients
OCRegister
•Crones has helped address potential commercial vehicle problems as the city grows, by creating efficiencies, enforcing traffic and inspecting solid waste. •For the city's towing contract, Crones met with each tow company and conducted site inspections ...

Construction playing hide-n-go-seek with post office
Daily Herald
Summer Valente used to take her morning walks to the post office on 100 South and 100 West to collect mail from her company's post box. Construction on the Nu Skin property and around the Provo City Center Temple on 100 South between Freedom ...

Ask the Inspector: Watch foundation during snow melt
Leader-Telegram
... do not hesitate to call a contractor that deals with that part of the house. Duerkop is a licensed home inspector and serves as president and education director of the Wisconsin Association of Home Inspectors for the central and northern Wisconsin ...

Capitol Notebook: If you're feeling pinched, look who's pinching you
AberdeenNews.com
So are members of the state Brand Board, who just a week earlier had voted to raise the livestock ownership inspection fee by 10 cents per head to the maximum $1. Those came on the heels of the Legislature raising the general-education levy on ...

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Hawaii places second in U.S. in percentage growth for construction jobs
Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)
Using year-over-year data, UHERO predicted that the construction job count in Hawaii will reach 31,600 this year, 7 percent higher than last year. It will grow by another 9.8 percent in 2014, to 34,700 jobs, and will increase again by 11.3 percent in ...
Construction is on the rise, Hawaii economists sayHonolulu Star-Advertiser
UHERO: Hawaii Construction Has 'Turned The Corner'Honolulu Civil Beat (blog)

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Real Estate News — Shindig to benefit Charleston homes accessibility group ...
Charleston Post Courier (subscription)
The trade group, headed this year by home inspector Bill Jacques of Ravenel, says that professional home inspectors can protect homeowners' financial interests. The society is reminding people that National Home Inspection Month is a few days away.

Construction at Lafayette Parish schools could begin this summer
The Advocate
LAFAYETTE — Construction on major expansions and renovations planned at Green T. Lindon Elementary and Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy could begin in late summer based on an estimated timeline for the projects. “Right now, the architects are ...

Off-road vehicle course near Crozet under investigation
Charlottesville Tomorrow
"The trails wind around the property following creek beds, over large boulders and through the woods," reads a description of the course found on a North Carolina-based website for 4x4 vehicles. The land is in the watershed of the Beaver Creek ... "No ...

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Arizona construction employment on the rise
Phoenix Business Journal
Construction jobs throughout Arizona jumped 7.3 percent last month from a year ago — the fourth biggest gain in the nation and way ahead of the national upward trend, according the latest report from the Associated General Contractors of America.
N.C. construction jobs trending up, report findsTriangle Business Journal (blog)
Kansas construction jobs report mixedWichita Business Journal
Construction Employment Climbs in 35 States, AGC ReportsRental Equipment Register (registration)

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Glenn Kelman on Redfin's site redesign [VIDEO]
Inman.com
Redfin launched a redesigned website this week and Inman News caught up with the Seattle-based brokerage's CEO, Glenn Kelman, to talk about its new features. The site's new design and features include more prominent Redfin branding, increased white ...

89.3 KPCC (blog)
Los Angeles continues to add construction jobs, but well below peak levels
89.3 KPCC (blog)
Construction hiring is critically important to the state's economy because California was disproportionately affected by the housing crisis. As the housing market improves — it's currently staging a comeback that many economists think could have ...

Arlington temporarily halts bus stop construction
Washington Post
The cost also came up this week during a forum on planned streetcars. Donnellan said the construction delay was ordered because of those comments, and she asked residents to e-mail suggestions to des@arlingtonva.us, with Super Stop in the subject line.

KPBS
Construction Begins On Pipeline For Desalination Plant
KPBS
The San Diego County Water Authority broke ground on a huge pipeline in San Marcos today to carry water from a desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad. The 10-mile-long pipe is part of a $1 billion project to add desalted ocean water to the ...
Pipeline Construction Begins for Carlsbad Desalination PlantNBC 7 San Diego

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ABC News
Obama pitches public works program to create construction jobs
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
MIAMI — Trying to show that the economy remains a top priority, President Barack Obama promoted a plan Friday to create construction and other jobs by attracting private money to help rebuild roads, bridges and other public works projects. Obama ...
Obama plugs new programs for constructionUPI.com

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Realtor View: Prioritize your home requirements
Houston Chronicle
A qualified home inspector will look for any major defects, giving you time to make an informed decision about whether to continue with the purchase, renegotiate the deal, or terminate the contract. But the home you buy probably will contain a few ...

Philly.com
Construction visas remain sticking point in Senate immigration talks
Washington Post
Meanwhile, construction industries would be severely limited under the plan, allotted no more than one-third of the new visas. Those companies also would be banned from hiring any foreigners for higher-skilled technical jobs such as electricians, said ...
Business, labor reach immigration agreementThe Spokesman Review

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Residents get chance to see Monterey school plans
Cookeville Herald Citizen
The MHS building has been closed since the end of the 2011-12 school year, following an inspection by the state fire marshall which revealed highly combustible ceiling materials. Demolition crews got to work on March 11 on the nine-week project ...

NBC New York
World Trade Center construction debris to be sifted for Sept. 11 human remains ...
Fox News
NEW YORK – Construction debris from the World Trade Center site will be sifted for any human remains from the 9/11 terrorist attacks starting Monday. Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said in a memo Friday that DNA testing will continue until every possible ...
NYC to Sift Construction Debris for More Remains of 9/11 VictimsNBC New York

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Army CIO must improve security for commercial mobile devices, says IG
Defense Systems
The Army CIO has failed so far to implement an effective cybersecurity program for commercial mobile devices (CMDs), and until the service does so its networks will remain vulnerable to cyberattack and possible leaks of sensitive data, according to a ...