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Archives September 2008September 30, 2008 Chicago area construction contractor is awarded nearly $10,000,000.00 in damages against the Chicago Carpenters Union arising from a long time dispute between the contractor, Prate Installations, and the Union. Yahoo News September 17, 2008 - Jacobs Engineering picked up the DOE’s $3-billion contract for infrastructure and site services work at Hanford former nuclear weapon site in Richland, Wash. Fluor did not rebid.Earlier contracts were won by URS amd CH2M Hill.ENR Sept. 29, 2008--Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that the National Safety Council recognized Fluor Hanford, a prime contractor at the Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear cleanup site in Washington State, with its Robert W. Campbell Award.-- Fluor Investor Relations Sept. 25, 2008--Fluor Corporation has been Awarded an EPC contract of about $1 billion for USEC's American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The site will peak at about 800 workers in mid 2009. More infomation - Fluor Website Sept. 25, 2008 - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that a proposed rule for cranes and derricks in construction will be published shortly in the Federal Register. A current copy of the proposed standard is available on OSHA's Web site at www.osha.gov/doc/proposedrule/Cranes_Derricks_Proposed_Rule.html September 25 Snug Harness has announced a new video in their arsenal of entertaining and how-to videos. Each video production showcases specific ways to help prevent OSHA fines by wearing the proper safety equipment on the construction or industrial job site. Sept. 24 EnCana Corporation through its 50-50 integrated oil venture with ConocoPhillips, will begin construction this month of a Coker and Refinery Expansion project ($3.6 billion) at the Wood River refinery in Roxana, Illinois. Yahoo Finance September 23 - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. received a contract provide construction management services for the Bay Tunnel Project in California. The total installed cost of the construction project is valued at approximately $270 million details September 22 - The California health care industry projects that $100 billion will be invested in construction over the next 10 years, with 5,500 projects valued at $28 billion projected in the greater Los Angeles area. details September 19, 2008 GARYVILLE LA – Seven entrances to work, but traffic will remain difficult. One obvious problem for St. John residents, coming from the Marathon construction project, has been the heavy traffic near the refinery. L'Observateur Sep. 20, 2008 - Lexington-based Gray Construction has been named the prime contractor for a $750 million expansion of the BMW auto assembly plant in Spartanburg, S.C. Lexington Herald Ledger 9/15/2008 - The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations to three contractors with proposed penalties totaling $313,500 for alleged violations of safety standards after investigating the catastrophic March 15 collapse of a tower crane in New York City that killed seven people. The accident took place at 303 E. 51st St. in midtown Manhattan. OSHA Press Release Sept. 10, 2008--KBR announced today that a division of its Services Business Unit, BE&K, has been awarded a contract by ADA-ES, Inc. for the construction of its Red River Activated Carbon Plant located in Red River Parish, Louisiana. The contract is valued at more than $232 million. KBR News Release 9-10-2008-- Construction of a new $2 billion coke unit that will soon get under way at the ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery should go on line in two years. Before the end of 2010, the new coke oven is expected to be in operation at the Roxana plant. The new unit will expand prodution capacity from 306,000 barrels to approximately 360,000 barrels a day. The expansion will require at least 1,500 skilled craftsmen. Another 100 permanent jobs will be created. produced each day. www.thetelegraph.com WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offering the full resources of the agency to assist in protecting the safety and health of working men and women responding in the wake of Hurricane Gustav along the Gulf Coast. Full Story |