Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 30, 2017
Raiders Working on Long 'To-Do' List for Las Vegas Stadium
LAS VEGAS (AP) The Oakland Raiders and the public entity that oversees the team's proposed stadium in Las Vegas sought to forge ahead on a long list of crucial pending issues that need to be resolved by an October deadline....
Wed August 02, 2017
Nevada Builders Alliance Presents Visa Program to Boost Worker Shortage
Nevada Builders Alliance presented its newest program to assist construction and construction-related companies in relieving some of the pressure felt by the shortage of skilled construction workers in Nevada at a recent luncheon in Reno....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Thu July 20, 2017
Builders Alliance Unites With U.S. Army in the Name of Education
Nevada Builders Alliance—the largest statewide professional membership based organization in the construction industry—announced the first statewide partnership with the U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success the “PaYS” program....
Wed July 19, 2017
Electric Car Maker Scraps Plans for $1B Nevada Plant
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) An electric car maker deserted its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada, in a move experts said could spell trouble for the company and the broader niche electric automobile businesses....
Wed July 19, 2017
Nevada DOT Injects Stabilizer Beneath Sunken Highway
When a section of highway began to sink as the soil weakened beneath it, the Nevada Department of Transportation had to inject an underground stabilizing agent before it could repair the road surface. The agency recently completed repairs to U.S....
Jeff Gillan - Wed July 12, 2017
Construction Under Way for $4 Billion Vegas Resort
The under-the-radar work being done on the Strip's $4 billion Asian-themed resort is about to become much more obvious. The signs are already there: glass hangs from one of the concrete towers. It's a test, Resorts World tells me, to determine which shade of red — and there are several of them hanging — will be the best to cover the 3,000-room resort....
Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 21, 2017
Vegas Community Hopes Raiders Bring a Super Boon to Economy
LAS VEGAS (AP) When the Oakland Raiders received a $750 million commitment from the Nevada Legislature in October to help build their future home in Las Vegas, they also were directed to ensure the greatest possible participation by the local community in the design, construction and operation of the stadium....
Wed June 21, 2017
Ritchie Bros. Hosts Unreserved Equipment Sale in Las Vegas
More than 1,750 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. ' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Las Vegas, on June 9. With bidders from 34 countries, approximately 76 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Ecuador and Lithuania....
Scott Sonner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 21, 2017
Apple Plans $1B Expansion at Data Center in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) Apple has announced plans for a $1 billion expansion of its massive data center east of Reno, Nev. Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock said the investment will include the hiring of 100 permanent workers, doubling its workforce at the existing site in the Reno Technology Center....
