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Test Your Construction Industry Knowledge!

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Denver Airport. Q3: What percentage of the construction labor force are union workers? Bid smarter and win more work. The BLS states that 14% of the construction labor force were union workers in 2017. Q1: What is the largest construction project in the world? The Willis “Sears” Tower. Al Maktoum Airport, Dubai.

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Where it all began: The U.S. Postal Service’s Design-Build partnership with The Korte Company

The Korte Company

Math check: Withdrawing a must-win bid. Founder Ralph Korte laid down the gauntlet shortly after we completed a renovation of the renowned Union Station in St. Competition was fierce for what little work came up for bid in 1990. We bid the work tight. A miscalculation in the bid. Everybody in St.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. A move to Denver in 1971 landed him a role on a ten-man design team for the largest building to date in the city’s downtown, the Mountain Bell Denver Headquarters. “I Contractors were selected on their “low bid.” .

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