Construction News
Holcim Inc. Announces Plans to Mothball Catskill New York Plant
Holcim Inc. announced today that in response to continued economic challenges and market conditions, it will mothball its Catskill, New York cement plant effective June 13, 2011. Approximately 100 hourly and salaried employees will be affected by this decision. Mothballing includes ending production operations and securing the plant in such a way that operating permits [...]
Ritchie Bros. to sell record number of items in Las Vegas unreserved public auction
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct a multimillion dollar unreserved public auction at the Companys auction site in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 24 – 25, 2011. Over 300 consignors have listed more than 2,200 equipment items and trucks to be sold to the highest bidders on auction day—regardless of price—with no minimum bids or reserve [...]
SDG&E Signs Renewable Power Contract With Tenaska Project That Will Use Locally… — SAN DIEGO, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –
San Diego Gas & Electric, a renewable energy company managed by Tenaska Solar Ventures, announced a 25-year contract for up to 150 megawatts (MW) of solar energy to be generated at the Imperial Solar Energy Center (ISEC) West’s proposed 1,057-acre solar energy facility near El Centro, Calif. This project will create nearly 300 construction jobs [...]
Lend Lease’s Multi-Site Business Named 7-Eleven, Inc. Construction Service Provider
Lend Lease last Thursday announced that 7-Eleven, Inc. has named the Multi-Site Group its construction service provider of their new construction portfolio across the United States and Canada. 7-Eleven plans to add at least 500 stores in the United States and Canada this year through traditional growth (individual store leases-purchases), business conversions and acquisitions. The [...]
Graduate School USA to Establish Center for Education and Training at The Wharf in Washington DC
The Graduate School USA announced last Thursday that it has signed an agreement to establish a Center for Education and Training at The Wharf, the new mixed-use waterfront development in Southwest DC. Washington, DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray, along with Council Chair Kwame Brown, Councilmember Tommy Wells, Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr., and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes [...]
Spending on Remodeling Will Rise 9.2% and Experts Warn Asbestos Exposure Imminent
According to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, “spending on remodeling probably will rise 9.2 percent to $125.1 billion in the first quarter from $114.6 billion a year earlier.” According to Bloomberg, “a 13 percent increase forecast for April through June would be the largest jump in five years, referring to a report by [...]
South Carolina’s Newberry College Continues Capital Improvements
Newberry College is continuing a series of campus-wide initiatives to further enhance the academic, social and cultural experience for students, faculty and staff members. Over the past several months, Newberry has been working with West Electrical Contractors of Newberry, Inc. on a variety of capital improvement projects, while continuing construction and renovation on select buildings. [...]
Denver’s ULC Acquires Property for New Library and Affordable Housing With TOD Funds
The Urban Land Conservancy (ULC) today announced the purchase of a two-acre parcel of land along west Denver’s FasTracks light rail corridor that will be developed to include the new west Denver library, a mixed-use workforce housing development, and commercial space. The acquisition is expected to provide opportunity for additional transit oriented development near light [...]
LMU’s Master Plan for Building Improvements Approved
Loyola Marymount University’s 20-year Master Plan was unanimously approved with a 12-0 vote by the Los Angeles City Council on Friday. The plan allows the university to make needed campus improvements over the next 20 years within LMU’s existing footprint. The plan includes building the new Life Sciences Building for the Frank R. Seaver College [...]
