BD+C

MARCH 21, 2020

The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, and the President of North America’s Building Trades Unions, Sean McGarvey, issued the following joint statement urging Government Officials to Exempt Construction Work from Regional, State and Local Work Shutdowns:

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 12, 2019

the First Tech Federal Credit Union is a new workspace for 500 employees. Located in the Dawson Creek nature area near Hillsboro, Ore.,

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

Construction unions and contractors have agreed a pay increase from next month of at least 6% for around 500,000 site workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council agreement. Unite national officer Jerry Swain said: “Following lengthy negotiations, Unite was able to secure a significant increase in construction pay rates.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The very active developer Sterling Bay has proposed a 958-foot-tall, 2-million-sf office tower that would be connected to Union Station in Chicago’s West Loop, on real estate owned by Amtrak. The office tower would be one of the tallest in the city.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The Union Trust Building, commissioned by coal magnate Henry Clay Frick and completed in 1917, originally was a 240-store shopping arcade with 700 offices on its upper floors. This 11-story Flemish-Gothic–style building has had several owners.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In just 19 months, the project team transformed a 3.2-acre acre surface parking lot into a dynamic 806,081-sq-ft residential and retail development adjacent to Arizona State University.

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BD+C

JUNE 10, 2021

By decking over the 100-meter-wide, 800-meter-long rail corridor leading to Union Station, the project looks to reclaim a 16.5-acre acres are available for an urban park with six acres that feature residential, office, hotel, retail, and transit facilities. acre site just west of CN Tower.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

To turn an underutilized block next to Chicago’s busiest commuter hub into a landmark 52-story building, the design and construction team had to dig deep for creative solutions.

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BD+C

JULY 9, 2021

LPA Architects conducted a post-occupancy evaluation, or POE, of the eSTEM Academy, a new high school specializing in health/medical and design/engineering Career Technical Education, in Eastvale, Calif.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 31, 2023

Contractors signed up to the National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry set out the final two-year offer to the 7,000-strong workforce last month This followed an extra 75p a hour cost of living increase agreed six months ago between unions and contractors. The employers’ latest two-year offer includes a 8.5%

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HardHatChat

MAY 31, 2012

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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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 15, 2016

North Jersey.com reports unemployed New Jersey union construction workers are protesting today outside the offices of state Senators Bob Gordon, vice chair of the transportation committee, in Fair Lawn and Loretta Weinberg, the Senate majority leader, in Teaneck.

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 28, 2023

A freedom of information request made by the Unite union discovered that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook only 7,647 unannounced inspections in 2022/23 – a 2% decline on the previous year when there were 7,793 inspections. The number of surprise construction site safety visits has fallen to a record low.

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BD+C

JULY 15, 2016

Twenty-two New York City-area groups including trade unions, the District Attorney's office and general contractor representatives, have asked the judge in a case concerning a construction worker’s death to impose the maximum penalty on the contractor.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 9, 2014

OSHA last year cleared the way for union representatives to accompany OSHA compliance officers on worksite inspections even if the union doesn’t represent the company’s workers, and now the consequences are being felt. All this potentially provides an opening for union organizers to get a presence in a non-union workplace.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 20, 2022

These include: The Autodesk Membership Training Provider Program : More than 215 trade unions and industry associations are now enrolled in Autodesk’s program that aims to increase the digital skills of members. Project-ready professionals need to be adept at using technology on the jobsite and in the trailer, as well as in the office.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2015

. -- Gilbane Building Company was awarded the Navy Federal Credit Union headquarters campus expansion project, designed by J3 Design Collective, in April of 2015 and is getting ready to break ground this fall. This expansion is expected to add 600 new jobs to Navy Federal Credit Union in Fairfax County.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

JUNE 18, 2015

Hensel Phelps marked the groundbreaking for the booming market of Denver, Colorado’s newest project, Union Tower West. The firm will soon add to the skyline the 315,000-square-foot hotel and office developed in collaboration between Portman Holdings and Hensel Phelps Development Group. The project is located at 1801 Wewatta St.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 30, 2018

million-square-foot, 50-story office tower and public park. Chicago's city council on Wednesday will vote on this piece of the overall $1.5 billion redevelopment of the historic train station, which includes a 1.5

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 21, 2023

Construction subcontractors are reporting long delays and even being cut off from HMRC’s CIS helpline as 400 tax workers continue strikes organised by the PSC union. Only HMRC officers can sort these issues out. The 400 HMRC customer service advisers are planning more action this week with industrial action set to last until June 2.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Union Tower West reflects the eclectic nature of Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago’s Loop. Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped —helped the design team reduce the steel by almost 20% at 320 S.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Comprising two connected 15-story, 175-foot-tall towers, Dexter Yard will bring 540,000 sf of mixed-use space to the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. The SkB Architects-designed building will provide 515,000 sf of lab and office space and about 25,000 sf of ground floor retail.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 11, 2023

Union sources said the 57-year-old victim was carrying-out piling work when the accident happened last week. Balfour is building a new laboratory and office complex for AWE at the nuclear warhead research centre. A Balfour Beatty worker has died following a construction accident at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 22, 2011

We saw drawings for new Chicago restaurant projects, retail construction work, office renovations, school construction and learning center additions – you name it, we saw it. Due to our 20,000-plus national network of subcontractors, we can build a commercial construction project with union or a non-union labor.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 16, 2022

This $4-million multiphase renovation project modernized outdated office space and technology.

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FDR Safety

MAY 17, 2013

Fairfax, who retired after the letter was written, was responding to a union inquiry. In the letter, Fairfax said that non-union employees can select anyone, including representatives of a union, to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their worksite. 29 U.S.C. §

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For instance, if the site includes retail, restaurant, hotel, residential, and office space – it is crucial to time noisy work such as jackhammering in order to cause minimum disruption to residents and hotel guests, in particular. And, of course, the desire to use union vs non-union labor can dramatically influence costs and timelines.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

Unite national officer Jason Poulter said: “This deal will serve as an important building block as unions increase their organisation to ensure that workers covered by the agreement are paid fairly.” Unite said it will now be looking to agree similar arrangements with other employers in the construction engineering sector.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The first, a greater emphasis on remote working opportunities, could manifest itself as an uptick in shared co-working spaces rather than a central office, Don Powers of Union Studio Architecture & Community Design told the National Association of Home Builders.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The 250-ft-tall, 650,000-sq-ft 16 Chestnut is one of the final buildings to be constructed in Denver’s Union Station neighborhood.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

JUNE 4, 2019

It is unlawful for unions to secondarily picket construction sites or to coercively enmesh neutral parties in the disputes that a union may have with another employer. Takeaways: The NLRB’s regional offices that are responsible for investigating unfair labor practice charges filed against unions take their direction from the GC.

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PC Construction

JANUARY 4, 2016

When Rachel Potts, a member of the Harwood Union High School community, learned of two students interested in pursuing a career in construction, she reached out to PC Construction for a little help. Senior Project.

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Construction Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Cabinet Office says it will unveil the secondary legislation early in 2024, although with a general election looming the Cabinet Office might easily find itself diverted to more pressing concerns. Guidance will be issued from December, the Cabinet Office has intimated. Nick Barrett Editor

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

JUNE 4, 2019

It is unlawful for unions to secondarily picket construction sites or to coercively enmesh neutral parties in the disputes that a union may have with another employer. Takeaways: The NLRB’s regional offices that are responsible for investigating unfair labor practice charges filed against unions take their direction from the GC.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 5, 2023

Electricians are set for a 7% wage rise from 2024 after a new pay deal was hammered out by electrical contractors and union Unite under the JIB collective agreement. Unite National Officer, Jason Poulter, said: “Unite members have voted to accept a two-year which will create economic certainty for them for the lifetime of the deal.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The redevelopment of the former San Diego Union-Tribune Publishing Co. campus, including an overhaul of a five-story office tower and a three-story printing press facility, both constructed in 1973, created Class-A office space.

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