News Blogs and Blurbs Relevent to The Construction Industry Workforce
November 12, 2008 -- Zachry Holdings Inc., a long-time leader in the construction industry, has completed its buyout of Southerland Associates Inc. — an engineering, construction and fabrication services company based in Charlotte, N.C.
The acquisition will allow San Antonio-based Zachry to expand its reach into the southeastern United States. Business Journal
Nov. 11, 2008--KBR has been awarded a disaster relief contract, valued at up to $75 million over a five-year period by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, for its advance contract initiative for emergency power for the Western region of the United States.
KBR News Release
Nov. 11, 2008--The Shaw Group Inc. Environmental & Infrastructure Group has been awarded a task order to provide support for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Louisiana Housing Mission.
Shaw News Release
Nov. 11, 2008--The economic slowdown has prompted U.S. Steel Corp. to put off construction of a new $450 million plant in Alabama. Construction on the initial 450,000-square-foot facility was supposed to start this year on a 360-acre site near the town of Epes.
Pittsburgh Live
November 8, 2008 -- The head of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Edwin Foulke Jr., is resigning effective Sunday. A U.S. Labor Department spokesperson confirmed Foulke will be leaving at the end of the week “having led his agency to achieve the lowest injury, illness and fatality rates in recorded OSHA history.”
The State
November 8, 2008 -- The nation's nonresidential building construction job market declined for the second month, losing 4,100 jobs in October, according to the employment report released by the U.S. Labor Department.Employment in nonresidential construction now stands at 769,200. Since this time last year, nonresidential building construction has lost 38,200 jobs, or 4.7 percent. Meanwhile, the residential building construction job market continues to post larger declines with 8,100 jobs lost in October, and 118,800 jobs, or 12.4 percent, lost since October of last year.
Business Examiner
November 1, 2008, 31 Marathon Oil Corp. has delayed a planned $1.9 billion expansion of a gasoline refinery in Detroit amid lower crude oil prices. . Marathon says it's working on a new timeline and cost estimates. The project was expected to be finished in 2010, creating up to 135 permanent jobs and hundreds of construction jobs.
October 29,2008 - Representatives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) participated in a conference on urban crane safety recently held by the New York City Department of Buildings. State and local government officials from around the country attended the meeting, which also included representatives from Canada and the United Kingdom. OSHA News Release
October 31, 2008 - There could be 1,500 construction workers on the job building the Cash Creek power plant in eastern Henderson County by 2011. Add other coal mines that are hiring, plus a proposed coal gasification plant, Peabody Energy's proposed power plant in Muhlenberg County and other big energy projects, and there could be a need for 5,000 to 6,000 workers in northwestern Kentucky in the coming years. Gleaner News
October 28, 2008 07:05 pm - Valero Energy Corp. announced they were placing the construction of a 45,000 barrel-per-day coker expansion project at the Port Arthur Refinery indefinitely and delay improvement projects at othe sites due to cost and economic uncertainty. The refinery will continue, however, with their 50,000 barrel-per-day hydrocracker. Port Author News
October 29, 2008 - Zachry chairmen of the board shares thoughts with employee on some important contested political races News Story
October 29, 2008 - Twenty-three illegal immigrants believed to be from India were arrested today in a raid involving the ethanol plant under construction by Wanzak Daily Globe
October 28, 2008 - CB&I has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract, valued in excess of $150 million, by Westinghouse Electric Company to build two containment vessels for a southeastern U.S. utility consortium. More Information
October 28, 2008 - The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the availability of the ASSE/ANSI A10 Crane Safety Standards Package to help safety professionals conduct safe crane operations in construction and demolition operations. Safety Online
October 25, 2009 - French nuclear engineering firm, Northrop to build parts for reactors
Areva SA, the French nuclear engineering firm, and Northrop Grumman Corp. will build a $360 million plant in Virginia to make large reactor parts, anticipating a growth in U.S. nuclear power plant construction. More
October 24, 2008 - KBR today announced it has been awarded multiple project task orders by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under its current CENTCOM Multiple Award Task Order (MATOC) Contract. The task order awards total just more than $197 million. KBR will provide design, engineering, construction management and/or project management services for six projects in Iraq KBR Press Release
October 21, 2008 - Jose Santos Gonzalez, owner of Tarrasco Steel company, was arrested in March 2007 for employing more than 70 undocumented workers for bridge construction projects in New Orleans, Memphis and Greenville. Delta Democrat Times
Ocober. 21 2008 - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it is performing engineering, procurement, and construction services for Flint Hills Resources' new diesel desulfurization unit in Corpus Christi, Texas. Press Release
October 16, 2008 - KBR has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Georgia Power Plant Scherer Baghouse Unit near Macon, Georgia. Its construction unit, BE&K will provide full EPC services for the installation.
KBR Press Release
October 14, 2008 - Zachary to restart construction at Hillabee Power Plant, near Alexander City Alabama
Yahoo Biz
October 7, 2008 - The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by NV Energy for the continuing construction of a new 500-megawatt (MW) combined cycle, natural gas-fired power plant.
The Shaw Group
October 7, 2008 — CH2M HILL has been awarded a contract with Connacher Oil and Gas Limited's Montana Refining Company Inc., to provide Front-end Engineering and for potential upgrades to the refinery.
CH2M Hill
October 7, 2008 -Construction employment declined in September, with 35,000 jobs lost, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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October 4, 2008 - DOL data shows 9 straight months of job loss. 159,000 in September, mostly form Construction and Manufactoring.
NPR
October 4, 2008 - Fluor Corporation chosen by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as the newest participant in the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Corporate Pilot. Fluor Press Release |
OSHA VPP Corporate Pilot Program
October 2, 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it has received 19 Part I applications from 17 electric power companies for nuclear plant construction loan guarantees.UPI
October 2, 2008 - Appomattox Bio Energy, Virginia’s first ethanol production facility, is holding a groundbreaking Friday. The Petersburg Progressive Index
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