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Chicago’s Union Station Tower Uses First 80-ksi Steel Sections in the US

ENR Construction

MKA specifies new ArcelorMittal steel products to create larger upper-level spaces in the 51-story tower and deal with site issues near Chicago Union Station.

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FYI – Pro Labor Is Not Necessarily Pro Union

Constructonomics

I’ve occasionally dansed around the issue of construction labor unions on this site, but of course I have not taken any definitive stance on one side or the other. Labor union grew substantially as a result of the industrial revolution in the late 1800s. The construction industry is not as strangled by labor unions (a.k.a.

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320 S. Canal, Chicago's Union Station Tower, Uses First 80-ksi Steel Sections in the US

ENR Construction

MKA specifies new ArcelorMittal steel products to create larger upper-level spaces in the 51-story tower and deal with site issues near Chicago Union Station.

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US Dept. of Labor Issues Final Rule Revising Davis-Bacon, Prevailing Wage Requirements

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Construction unions hailed the new rule, but contractor groups have strongly criticized it, with the Associated Builders and Contractors already planning a legal challenge.

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The Straight Talk On Labo(u)r Unions

Constructonomics

But regardless of the spelling, labor (labour) unions in the construction industry are like the pink elephant in the room that nobody dares to speak of. While construction labor unions can act and have acted as the 800 pound gorilla, in the previous reference they are clearly the pink elephant. *. For a few reasons.

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Chicago's Union Station Tower Uses First 80-ksi Steel Sections in the US

ENR Construction

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. Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago’s Loop.

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The Carpenter Contractor Trust An Introduction

Construction Marketing

But the reason we hear that cliché so frequently is that it carries with it a ring of truth that resonates within all of us. It would also smooth out any possible rough edges between union carpenters and contractors. The Carpenter Contractor Trust (www.CCTNetwork.org), or simply “The CCT,” is a labor management trust formed in 2001.