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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

Pro Builder

To refill the construction labor pool from the fallout of the Great Resignation and combat the skilled labor shortage, home builders must adjust their approach to attract and retain a skilled workforce. How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development. A Career in Construction? Wed, 12/07/2022 - 12:30.

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Mastering theme park construction coordination

The Korte Company

All the above and more combine to ensure cherished memories for patrons—and it takes an experienced, innovative theme park construction company to make it all come together. We’ve mastered theme park construction coordination, thanks in part to our work on some critical projects at Universal Studios in Florida. Universal Studios.

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Prevailing Wages in Minnesota: What Contractors Should Know

Levelset

There are separate rates for highway/heavy construction and building construction. In Minnesota, prevailing wage laws apply to state-funded construction projects that are over $2,500 with one trade contractor or over $25,000 with more than one trade contractor. Deep dive: How Do Prevailing Wage Laws Work in Construction?

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Mindy Keiser always knows where to look

The Korte Company

Working there, I actually learned more about what goes into construction, all the parts and pieces, what’s needed for a project. It gave me a head start on what I was studying in college: construction management.” I started understanding all the divisions in construction because I had seen them so many different times.

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Susan Bowman sets the example

The Korte Company

Before coming to The Korte Company, she spent a few eye-opening years at a different family-owned construction company — and she knew what people sometimes said about kids on the payroll. “By Vernon , St. Louis Union Station and even a $21 million job for NASA. I had a true interview just like anybody else.

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Protecting hospital patients from power outages

CK Power

That’s why we were called in to help create a standby power system for one of St. Louis’ largest healthcare providers. . It’s best to err on the safe side when it comes to seismic preparedness and safety, especially as St. Louis is within the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

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Pulse: 08/13/2012

ENR Construction

Construction Methods. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Construction Technology. Construction Schools. DPR Construction Inc. will serve as the construction manager. Connecticut Winstanley Enterprises LLC is planning to build an office building at 100 College St. Power & Industrial.