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Millionaire Sitt Invests $1 Million To Improve NYC Airport Infrastructure; Launches Global Gateway Alliance

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Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities is taking it upon himself to improve the infrastructure of New York City’s airports. In fact, it’s predicted that the New York metropolitan region could well face $79 billion in economic losses by 2025 if we don’t do something about the declining state of our airport infrastructure.

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Indemnification Clause in Construction Contract was Expensive for Contractor

Construction Lawyer

In a recent New York case, Koerner v. 281 Broadway Holdings, LLC , a subcontractor was forced to pay for the costs of defense of the owner and general contractor, even though the court found that the contractor was not at fault. The plaintiff was a union ironworker employed by Genetech, the window wall subcontractor.

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Gearing Up for the New Year!

Construction Dive

Rick Snyder (R) for signing into law legislation (Public Acts 348 and 349) that will allow workers in the state to decide whether or not to join a union. ” The new laws could encounter legal challenges, and eventually there may be a ballot proposal to repeal the laws.

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane….

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More than half of Russia’s foreign trade traditionally has been with the 17 countries that make up the European Union; less than a quarter of Russia’s trade has come from APEC’s 21 members, including China, Japan and the U.S. “We -style university campus also has risen on nearby Russky Island.

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COVER STORY: Advanced Manufacturing — Creating Jobs In 3Dimensions

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President Obama also mentioned NAMII in his recent State of the Union address: “There are things we can do, right now, to accelerate this trend. A once-shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the art lab where new workers are mastering the 3-D printing that has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything. “And

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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. Rumors had circulated that the New York-based company wanted to build a plant in the small town of St. He even built a model of the factory and took it with him on a plane to present to Stella D’oro in New York. . Elmo, Illinois.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway.