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New life, new purpose for Michigan Central Station
Date: Jul-13-2018
DETROIT - What do you do with an 18-story behemoth building, positioned hard-up against a wide set of railroad tracks in an area that's inconvenient to downtown, that was built...
New lock at the Soo takes a step forward
Date: Jul-13-2018
The construction of a twin to the Poe Lock - the largest of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie - took a step forward with the release of a...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-13-2018
Gordie Howe Bridge moving forward WINDSOR, ONTARIO - The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) announced July 5 that the consortium group Bridging North America has been selected to design, build, finance,...
Michigan's boom is building - with fewer workers
Date: Jun-29-2018
Employment in Michigan's construction industry stumbled a bit with our extended winter weather this year, but for the most part it's been a case of ain't no stoppin' us now....
News Briefs
Date: Jun-29-2018
Down goes the U.S. jobless rate Michigan's construction employment is doing just fine, thank you, as you'll see elsewhere on this page. The job picture for the overall economy in...
Our ability to win these battles starts at the ballot box
Date: Jun-29-2018
"Reward your friends and punish your enemies." That oft-quoted line by Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor, was uttered in a completely...
Prices rise for construction materials
Date: Jun-29-2018
Construction employment is up. So are prices of materials. The Associated General Contractors of America reported on June 13 that construction costs accelerated again in May, with steep increases for...
Some fight left in the battle to sustain Michigan's prevailing wage
Date: Jun-29-2018
LANSING - "The good news," Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council President Steve Claywell noted dryly in an e-mailed update to affiliates on the aftermath of the repeal of the...
Trades' solid work transforms Eastern Michigan's Strong Hall
Date: Jun-29-2018
YPSILANTI - One of the largest expenditures in recent years at Eastern Michigan University will yield new and revamped existing space for teaching and learning STEM principles. Strong Hall, on...
Utilities push state's coal plants toward extinction
Date: Jun-29-2018
JACKSON - Consumers Energy announced June 13 it is "seizing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape Michigan’s energy future" with a plan of using zero coal for its energy production by...