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MCGRAW HILL FINANCIAL INC : McGraw Hill Construction Introduces Dodge ...
4-traders (press release)
NEW YORK, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw Hill Construction (http://www.construction.com) today announced the launch of Dodge DocuPro(TM), an innovative document management solution integrated with the company's Dodge Global Network of ...

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McGraw Hill Construction Introduces Dodge DocuPro™
PR Newswire (press release)
NEW YORK, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw Hill Construction (http://www.construction.com) today announced the launch of Dodge DocuPro™, an innovative document management solution integrated with the company's Dodge Global Network of ...

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How to Get the Most Value From Your Home Inspection
Fox Business
Once an offer on a property is accepted, most buyers hire a professional home inspector to assess the condition of the home. The inspector will write a detailed report for the buyer to use in deciding how to proceed with the se. Should the buyer cancel ...

East End traffic slowdowns coming with bridge construction
The Courier-Journal
Hartlage said the light will be operational near the end of the month and coordinated with the existing light at U.S 42. It will turn red, briefly stopping traffic in both directions, when a sensor on the construction road is triggered by an ...

Civic Agenda: Whatcom County planning agency works to cut permit time
Bellingham Herald
The building services division answers questions regarding life safety codes, conducts plan review and field inspection of approved plans, works on fire review, co-shares arson investigation responsibility with the Sheriff's Office, and also works with ...

Moving into 'the meat' of construction on US 36
Broomfield Enterprise
But that auspicious outlook could change this summer and fall, as the $425 million highway widening effort moves into what construction managers are calling "the meat" of the endeavor. Miles more of roadway will be squeezed into constricted lanes ...

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Business roundup: Post to create nearly 100 jobs
Detroit Free Press
The City of Battle Creek may offer a property tax abatement, and the Michigan Strategic Fund has awarded a $700,000 business development grant. Doug Voshell, BCU's ... Xcel officials say the inspection will help identify potential problems before they ...

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Casper gears up for summer road construction
Billings Gazette
The Wyoming Department of Transportation will also have a few construction projects in the area, the most notable at the intersection of Wyoming Boulevard and Casper Mountain Road. Spokesman Jeff Goetz said the intersection will be rebuilt to resemble ...

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REWatch: Buyers Need More Options
nwitimes.com
Licensed in Indiana since 2009, his firsthand local knowledge plus broad-based real estate experience including home building and remodeling helps Evans meet the needs of residential, commercial and investment clients from his home base in Valparaiso ...

Change in construction law puts more burden on workers
New York Daily News
For more than a century, as builders erected the Woolworth Building, the Empire State Building and now the new World Trade Center, an arcane 1885 state law has protected the construction workers who push the city higher and higher into the sky.
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Students rise to meet 'construction challenge'
TriCities.com
Karsun is one of a half-dozen students participating in the 'construction challenge' team competing at the national Technology Student Association conference at the end of the month. The team, the school's first to compete in the construction category ...

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Lift Bridge Construction Leads To No-Wake Zone On St. Croix
CBS Local
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Anyone heading out onto the St. Croix River will have to abide by a new rule. The new bridge construction is underway and a no-wake zone is in effect for nearly a mile along the river. The St. Croix River offers an easy getaway ...

URS and KBR to Participate in $800 Million Construction Contract
Motley Fool
Of these, the largest was "an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract with provisions to issue cost-plus-award-fee or firm-fixed-price task orders for global contingency construction projects worldwide." (Say that three times ...

US 36 overhaul: Moving into 'the meat' of construction
The Daily Camera
But that auspicious outlook could change this summer and fall, as the $425 million highway widening effort moves into what construction managers are calling "the meat" of the endeavor. Miles more of roadway will be squeezed into constricted lanes ...

Construction starts on new Warm Springs school
San Francisco Chronicle
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Construction has started on a new K-8 school in Warm Springs that will shorten the commute for many kids. Middle school students who live on the Warm Springs Reservation have had to commute to Madras because the reservation has ...

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Police roundup: This week in crime
Wayne Post
Gangemi's vehicle was stopped by police for driving with a suspended license and police quickly discovered the car's inspection had also expired. Remington was a ... Remington was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and ...

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Government meetings
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
... residential inspector position and a quarter-time commercial plumbing inspector due to retirements; temporarily contract out for residential, commercial plumbing and commercial building inspections; and additional compensation for a nonunion employee.

Broward courthouse 'going up fast'
Sun-Sentinel
"It's going up fast," exclaims Mark Hendricks, supervisor of Central Broward Construction. Construction of the new Broward County Courthouse is on schedule to be completed by 2015. Staff photo Carmen Rodriguez. (Carmen Rodriguez / Sun Sentinel /June 6 ...

Ascension proposal would restrict peddlers
Daily Comet
"The Parish has a substantial interest in protecting the well-being, tranquility, personal safety, and privacy of its citizens, which includes the ability to protect citizens from unwanted intrusions upon residential property," the ordinance reads ...

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The Ann Arbor Chronicle
Ann Arbor Looks to Future: Housing, Transit
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
On the housing side, a unanimous vote of the council approved the transfer of ownership for city properties managed by the Ann Arbor Housing Commission (AAHC) to the commission itself – an arrangement that's actually more common across housing ...

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