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Engineering construction workers reject 8.5% pay offer

Construction Enquirer

Contractors signed up to the National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry set out the final two-year offer to the 7,000-strong workforce last month This followed an extra 75p a hour cost of living increase agreed six months ago between unions and contractors. The employers’ latest two-year offer includes a 8.5%

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Managing from the Mother Ship: How a National Commercial Contractor Operates

HardHatChat

The other day I was talking with a Chicago-area client who didn’t realize Englewood is a national general contractor that manages national commercial construction projects across the country. That includes knowing the landscape of local unions, as well as other market-specific considerations. So how does that work?”.

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Tennessee: Tyson Foods Expanding in Union City

Business Facilities

will invest approximately $80 million to expand operations in Union City, TN. Tyson plans to add 25,000 square feet and new production lines to its Union City plant, effectively doubling its output capabilities at the facility. Tyson’s Union City complex supplies chicken for a national foodservice customer. T yson Foods, Inc.

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Meet Canvas, the Drywall Finishing Robot Offering Level 5 Quality

Construction Junkie

Canvas is currently focused on large commercial and new construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. The crews that Canvas employs to work with the machine are also union workers. It also features an on-board dust collection system and sanding arm to reduce cleanup on-site.

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Q2 Construction Labor Costs $28.13/Hour

Job Order Contracting

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in construction. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. Employment, Unemployment, and Openings, Hires, and Separations. . . Employment, 2015.

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Sustainable mixed-use districts: Crafting urban communities

BD+C

Graphite has played a pivotal role in developing six buildings within a four-block area that serve the neighborhood with a robust offering of residential, commercial office, retail, and public amenities. Where programs are shared within one building, further efficiencies are attained.

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September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

Business Facilities

MD is Commercializing Clean Energy | The University of Maryland’s new Green Energy Institute will develop and attract private investment and commercialize clean energy innovations and deployment solutions. Jump-starting Rural Development | Blueprint 2.0