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Hundreds of Workers File Class-Action Lawsuit Over Health Effects of World Trade Center Cleanup
Hundreds of people who worked on the World Trade Center cleanup have filed a class-action lawsuit against the leaseholder of the towers and those who supervised the job, alleging they did little to protect workers from dust, asbestos and other...
North Korea: Pyongyang Says Explosion Caused By Construction Work
Reports of an enormous explosion in North Korea last week have sparked concern that the country may have carried out a nuclear test. The first reports came from media in South Korea, which has been locked in a military stalemate...
Protesters Occupy Native Burial Site
Dozens of Native Americans and sympathetic protesters have spent much of the past two weeks occupying an overgrown acre in Bloomington where a construction crew has uncovered an apparent Dakota burial ground. The nonviolent protest placed the Mdewakanton Dakota tribe...
New Alliance to Protect Construction Workers from Excavation Hazards
Protecting construction workers from excavation hazards is the goal of a new alliance forged by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Dig Safely New York Inc. and the New York State Department of Labor's On-Site...
Vinci First-Half Profit Rises 29% on Construction, Roads
Vinci SA, the world's biggest construction company, said first-half profit rose 29 percent on gains in its French building and roadwork units. More of this article from Bloomberg.com here......
Hurricanes Charlie and Francis a potentential windfall for tree service companies
The Monday after Hurricane Charley hit central Florida, Carol King Landscape in Orlando was running on an emergency generator and their phone was ringing off the hook. Bruce Bachand, the companys vice-president and COO, says after a day or two...
New feature: Construction Industry Company Profiles
I have started a new feature this week; to help companies promote themselves, add to the awareness of the Construction Industry and to provide a possible service to the construction community. Our first feature is on an executive recruitment firm...
Prosecutors target Hyundai Construction
Prosecutors raided the construction arm of Hyundai Group yesterday as part of an investigation into alleged subcontracting corruption. Prosecution investigators confiscated documents and computers from the the civil engineering, architecture and housing divisions and executives' offices at Hyundai Engineering and...
U.S. July Construction Spending Rose 0.4% to Record $997.2 Bln
U.S. construction spending rose 0.4 percent in July to a record annual rate of $997.2 billion, led by work on housing, a government report showed. More of this story from Bloomberg.com here...
Iraqi militants execute 12 Nepalese construction workers
A militant Iraqi group has beheaded one Nepalese kidnap victim and executed 11 others with bullets to the backs of their heads, in the worst carnage to date after a slew of kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq. More of this...
Ancient Pasargadae threatened by construction of dam
Three archaeological teams from France, Germany, and Poland are traveling to Iran to help Iranian experts save the Tang-e Bolaghi mountain pass, part of the historical site of Pasargadae which may be submerged under water in less than two years....
New-home construction slows in California
New-home production slowed slightly in July, but building permits for single-family homes remained more than 10 percent ahead of the first seven months of 2003, according to numbers released by the California Building Industry Association. More of this Inman News...
Bar now offers construction law specialty
The Florida Supreme Court recently established construction law as the 20th practice field now available to attorneys for board certification. Attorneys interested in construction law board certification will soon be able to apply at The Florida Bar Web site at...
150 Workers Died Building the Facilities
Olympic Sized Horror in Greece You won't hear about it in NBC's gauzy coverage, but estimates range that as many as 150 construction workers died in work place accidents building Olympic facilities. The new center right government of Costas Karamanlis,...
Queens colleges to get millions for construction
Three local colleges are slated for a piece of the $1.4 billion in capital assistance slated for City University of New York schools in the 2004-05 state budget, allowing them to move forward with a series of major renovations, officials...
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Weyerhaeuser to sell Lynchburg packaging factory
"International Paper has agreed to buy all of our packaging mills. They bought the whole business. So as far as we know at this point, they're going to continue operating the business at each location." A corrugated packaging factory in Lynchburg could come under new ownership later this year. via WSLS-TV Roanoke
Weyerhaeuser agrees to sell Australia Group to Carter Holt
Weyerhaeuser Co., the Federal Way, Wash., forest-products company, said it agreed to sell its Australia Group to Carter Holt Harvey. via Market Watch
Company earnings shatter many analysts' projections
"We're continuing to increase our staff" The gravy train keeps rolling at Fluor Corp., the engineering and heavy construction company with a large local presence. via GreenvilleOnline.com
Toll Brothers Reports Preliminary 2nd Qtr Totals for Home Building Revenues, Backlog and Contracts
Toll Brothers, Inc. , the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today reported second-quarter and six-month totals for home building revenues, contracts and backlog for the periods ended April 30, 2008. via PrimeNewswire
Microsoft exec Jeff Raikes to run Gates Foundation
"I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining the Gates Foundation" The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said Monday that Microsoft Corp. executive Jeff Raikes will take over in September as chief executive of the world's largest charitable foundation. via Daily Herald
Beazer Homes restates prior earnings
Troubled homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc. said Monday it restated financial results for several prior-year periods and reported that it swung to a hefty loss in its fiscal fourth-quarter of 2007 amid a steep ... via The Macon Telegraph
Boca's Devcon International Corp. to stop listing stock on Nasdaq
Boca Raton-based Devcon International Corp., which specializes in electronic security for homes and businesses, said Monday it expects to stop listing its stock on the Nasdaq exchange May 16 after notification it does not comply with requirements for $10 million in shareholder's equity. Instead, it will pursue a spot on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board, which requirements are less strict. The announcement comes as management reported a net loss of $5.9 million for the quarter ended March 31A-, down from a $6.8 million loss in the same quarter year earlier. The net loss to common shareholders was $7.1 million, down from $8.2 million a year earlier. Read more
Home builder Standard Pacific sees bigger loss after land charges
"The company continued to make progress with these initiatives in the first quarter, increasing our cash position and improving net new home orders and quarter-end backlog from year end" Shares of Standard Pacific Corp., one of the hardest-hit builders during the housing downturn, plunged more than 25% on Monday morning after the company reported a wider quarterly loss and booked more ... via MarketWatch
Onex eyes move into gambling
"You say Las Vegas is overbuilt. That was certainly my reaction. But you sit down with Alex [and] he'll take you through it. And every single period when Vegas has been overbuilt, it went on to build more rooms successfully." Corp. is ready to place a bet on the U.S. gambling industry, with struggling casino icon Tropicana Entertainment LLC a potential target for Gerald Schwartz's buyout firm. via The Globe and Mail
Shareholder firms weigh in on Insituform board fight
As Insituform Technologies Inc. and a dissident shareholder fight for control of the board, each side is searching for outside support. via STLtoday
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