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Unionized Construction Firms See Fewer Costly, Serious Injuries

Construction Superintendent Magazine

MIAMI, Fla. -- A new study shows construction firms that hire union workers have fewer work injuries requiring workers’ compensation payments for time away from work.

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How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

HardHatChat

Pursuing those jobs meant we would have had to use shoddy subcontractors or non-union labor where union labor would have been best. And if you’re not in a union town, like Miami, then align yourself with the best vendors. And yet, when we work in union markets like Chicago, Boston, New York and St.

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How to Choose the Best General Contractor to Partner with for your “First” Commercial Construction Project

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When they ask us what a retail project is going to cost in Chicago, Miami or any other market, we can give them a solid estimate of cost per square foot based on hard data from similar projects in similar locations. Louis and Los Angeles, you’re likely to have two very different experiences.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

Larger than Miami and Atlanta, Mesa is home to major operations for companies such as Apple, Boeing, Bridgestone, FUJIFILM, Mitsubishi, and Infineon. MESA: STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR TECH COMPANIES. Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area.

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How efficient, collaborative construction boosts speed to market

The Korte Company

The challenge is amplified if those providers are protected by labor unions. Project highlight – USPS Mail Processing Facility (Miami, Florida). Miami was among the U.S. But the Postal Service needed a new facility in Miami, and sour economic conditions wouldn’t stop them. Equipment availability. Days ahead – 111.

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Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

The Korte Company

Then, the local carpenters union approached Host with a deal. He recalls the trips he had to take to Miami to talk to a concrete supplier who developed a special additive that cured concrete faster. “We In just 70 days, crews built the café inside what had been the arched-roof train platforms of Union Station.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

Business Facilities

DuPage County is in close proximity to North America’s largest inland port, the Centerpoint Intermodal Center, which provides direct access to the BNSF logistics park and the Union Pacific Joliet Intermodal Terminal. Bay County is positioned along I-75, a major interstate running from Miami, Florida to Sault Ste. 50 percent of all U.S.

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