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Project Labor Agreements (PLAs): What Contractors Need to Know

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This means contractors working on eligible projects should expect to pay more in labor and benefits and may have to enroll their workers with a union, even if they’re an open shop. It basically guarantees that the project it applies to will use union labor.

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NJ Mall Project Stirring

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Chris Christie called, “the ugliest damn building in New Jersey and maybe America.” For the last couple years, Triple Five Developers (owner of the Mall of America in MN), have been parlaying with NJ state officials over the financing package. The photo below indicates the lack of overstatement.

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The Reasons BIM is Going Nowhere Fast

Building Information Management

budgets, insurance and tax incentives) to help finance sustainable life-cycle performance for buildings and related infrastructure. Policy makers and members of the building community are encouraged to use a common definition for sustainability. The building community needs mechanisms (e.g.,

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Newly Weds Foods To Invest $57 Million, Create 115 Jobs In Northern Kentucky

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Soon more retail products on grocery store shelves and prepared items on restaurant menus in North America will contain ingredients made in Kentucky.”. Newly Weds Foods joins an impressive group of companies in the business park, including Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America. “We John Schickel, of Union.

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The Reasons BIM is Going Nowhere Fast

Building Information Management

budgets, insurance and tax incentives) to help finance sustainable life-cycle performance for buildings and related infrastructure. Policy makers and members of the building community are encouraged to use a common definition for sustainability. The building community needs mechanisms (e.g.,

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Southern Air Relocates To Northern Kentucky

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To encourage the investment and job creation in northern Kentucky, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved the company for tax incentives up to $2.7 John Schickel, of Union. “I Southern Air’s decision to relocate its headquarters to CVG, along with DHL Express’s Americas main U.S.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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The finances of a city once the center of the automotive universe are in the hands of an unelected manager appointed by Michigan’s governor. That vibration you’re feeling under your feet is coming from the long-dormant, hemi-powered engine of one of America’s great cities, sparking back to life.

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