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Ft. Lauderdale construction company donates $250000 for new FIU lab
MiamiHerald.com
The state's third-largest building contractor is donating a new research lab to Florida International University's OHL School of Construction in an effort to strengthen the program's national reputation. Moss and Associates, a Fort Lauderdale-based ...

Wall Street Journal
New York Region's Construction Employment Inches Back
Wall Street Journal
New York City's construction jobs grew 1.9% in May from April, compared with overall private-sector job growth of 0.4%. May marked the fifth consecutive month in which construction experienced year-over-year growth in the city, after it took a hit ...

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Blue River to host 'The Next 50' town clean up, celebration this weekend
Summit Daily News
Sunday's party, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the town hall building, will be the headline event of two days packed with community activities. ... Red, White and Blue firefighters will also be on hand to do safety, “firewise” and defensible-space home ...

HS for Construction pitcher Britney Rodriguez wins Daily News softball player ...
New York Daily News
Her brilliance in all facets of the game earned her Daily News softball Player of the Year honors and was one of the big reasons Construction got over the hump and defeated Tottenville to win its first-ever city championship after losing in the ...

Scottish independence: The 200 bodies 'needed post-independence'
BBC News
The list, which was compiled by the Scotland Office, includes government departments such as the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence and extends to bodies such as the BBC and Met Office. ..... Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) - Maritime ...

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Home construction climbs 5% in May: McGraw Hill
Housing Wire
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $495.7 billion, new construction starts in May advanced 5% from April, according to McGraw Hill Construction. Much of the uptick came from nonresidential building, which registered moderate growth for the second ...
Building Boom Cities: The Metro Areas With The Most New ConstructionForbes
Construction Safety Programs Are Yielding Business Benefits for Firms ...SYS-CON Media (press release)

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Loan Broker Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison in Conspiracy to ...
Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)
Judge Quarles also ordered Park to pay a money judgment of $91,449,700 and forfeit all the property involved in the offense. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Small Business ...

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Former owner of Otsego paper mill to spend 1 year in prison for violating ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Davis' sentencing came a little more than four months after he pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Clean Air Act by failing to obtain a thorough asbestos inspection for the mill's powerhouse building before stripping out pipes that he knew ...

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Huntsville Housing Authority launches business to inspect other cities' public ...
al.com
Most housing authorities don't employ their own building experts and rely on contractors to handle HUD-mandated property inspections, he said. Lundy said the housing authority will likely use the new company to inspect its own 3,300 units, rather than ...

Shale Plays Pump Up Pipeline Sector
Engineering News Record (subscription)
These are good days for pipeline engineering and construction firms. There is a steady flow of ... "Right now, the market [for pipeline work] is good," says David Sheehan, chairman of Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co., Tulsa, Okla. "It's not great ...

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Worker, Firefighter Injured During Construction Accident In Philadelphia
KYW Newsradio
Jay, a worker across the street at the Byers Charter School, saw them use an on-site crane to lift the injured construction worker out, with two firefighters inside a bucket tending to the injured worker. “They brought him out in a bucket, they brought ...

Director of Asset Management
City Limits
Oversee all aspects of commercial storefront planning and leasing. Prepare and monitor ... Develop annual property management work program, coordinate semi-annual inspections, and provide leadership and vision for long-range strategic plan. Work with ...

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Agents target unlisted foreclosures with more success
Inman.com
More than 8 in 10 real estate owned (REO) properties — 500,000-plus homes that could ease today's sharp inventory shortage — are unlisted, according to an estimate provided to Inman News by data aggregator RealtyTrac. And more than 9 in 10 of the ...

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Building Boom Cities: The Metro Areas With The Most New Construction
Forbes
“Apartment housing has been seeing increases since 2010 and certainly New York City has been a part of the resurgence for multifamily building,” says Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs at McGraw Hill Construction, a New York City-based ...

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Building Boom Cities: The Metro Areas With The Most New Construction
Forbes
At the height of the economic downturn more than 700 construction projects were idled across New York City's five boroughs, according to the city's Department of Buildings. Some faced foreclosure while others found creative ways to make use of their ...
Home construction climbs 5% in May: McGraw HillHousing Wire
Construction Safety Programs Are Yielding Business Benefits for Firms ...PR Newswire (press release)

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Issues to ponder before allowing food trucks in the Port City
Alexandria Times
This depends on where the vehicle is registered and how diligent the enforcement agents in that jurisdiction are regarding inspections. A fee or bid process for food truck licenses could be an answer to ensuring that this new form of commercial ...

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Inman.com
Existing-home sales increase as inventory shortage persists
Inman.com
Existing-home sales in May hit their highest level since November 2009 when a tax stimulus was fueling sales, according to the National Association of Realtors. May's seasonally adjusted annual sales rate of 5.18 million units was up 12.9 percent from ...

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Chris Nielsen joins Redfin as CFO
Inman.com
Nielsen's experience as chief operating officer at Zappos.com, a popular retail site specializing in shoes and known for its customer service, will help Redfin as it continues to expand, the company said. “He's a believer and a doer, ridiculously smart ...

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Village to bank: Fix vacant Kohl's building
Journal Times
The board also instructed McNulty to work with the Racine County Sheriff's Office to have citations for the code violations issued to the property's owner, NorStates Bank in Waukegan, Ill., “with the highest forfeitures allowed by village ordinances or ...

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Inman.com
In defense of part-time agents
Inman.com
Part-time agents are sometimes considered unprofessional. But people become part-time agents for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they don't want to work full time, or they already have full-time “day jobs.” Sometimes they are career changers who are ...

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