Thu September 10, 2015
Injured Marine Caught in the Middle of Home Builders Fight
POLSON, Mont. (AP) - A Montana construction company has filed a lawsuit that seeks to have a home built for a disabled Marine sold at a sheriff’s auction to pay what the company says it is owed for work on the project....
Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 09, 2015
Congress Faces Hefty To-Do List
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress returned on Sept. 8 with a critical need for a characteristic rarely evident through a contentious spring and summer — cooperation between Republicans and President Barack Obama....
Wed September 09, 2015
State Recovers $6.1M in Wages Owed to Construction Workers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the state Labor Department has recovered more than $6.1 million in wages due to workers in the state during the fiscal year ending June 30. Malloy said in a statement on the eve of Labor Day the effort ”reflects the importance we place on protecting our state’s workforce, as well as law-abiding employers.’Connecticut Labor Commissioner Sharon Palmer said the money includes nearly $1.5 million recovered after more than 2,300 complaints from workers that they hadn’t been paid....
Wed September 09, 2015
County Reconsiders Net-Zero Energy Construction Goal
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Boulder County officials are recommending a slower rollout of building codes that would require all new construction in unincorporated Boulder County to be ”net zero’ for energy use by 2022 after several board members expressed concern over the costs associated with building a home that produces as much energy as it consumes....
Terry Tang - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri September 04, 2015
State Begins Removing Homes for Planned Phoenix Freeway
PHOENIX (AP) Crews knocked down the first of hundreds of Phoenix homes slated for demolition Aug. 27, marking the beginning of a long-planned freeway development. A bulldozer hired by the Arizona Department of Transportation tore through a vacant house in the suburb of Ahwatukee, reducing the single-family home with a Spanish tiled roof to a pile of brown and white rubble....
Thu September 03, 2015
Voters Green Light Prop 104 in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) Phoenix’s mayor says a transportation plan that will include a sales tax increase has triumphed at the polls. Mayor Greg Stanton, who was running for re-election, claimed victory for Proposition 104 after early results from Aug....
Thu September 03, 2015
US Construction Spending Reaches Highest Level in 7 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending in July climbed to its highest level in more than seven years, boosted by an increase in the building of houses, factories and power plants. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that construction spending rose 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.08 trillion, the highest level since May 2008....
Giles Lambertson - Mon September 07, 2015
Iran Agreement Sparks Deals —at What Cost to Rest of Us?
Sometimes dollar signs float in front of the eyes of businesspeople and impair their broader view of a transaction. That is happening now as U.S. and Western equipment manufacturers think about the money to be made in Iran....
Mon August 31, 2015
U.S. Steel to Close Fairfield Works Mill, Affecting 1,100 Jobs
FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) U.S. Steel Corp. said Aug. 17 that it will close its Fairfield Works mill, one of the largest remaining pieces from Birmingham’s years as a Southern steel-making giant. The decision will affect about 1,100 workers at the roughly century-old plant, company spokeswoman Sarah Cassella said....
Erik Schelzig - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon August 31, 2015
Tenn. Considers Investing in Transportation Jobs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Gov. Bill Haslam sees widespread agreement about Tennessee’s need to spend more on transportation projects. But there’s little consensus on what to do about it, said the Republican governor who has been traveling the state to hold discussions about what he calls a $6 billion backlog in transportation projects....
