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Mark your calendars for our 3-day used equipment extravaganza that will
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Anything but elementary: Builders execute sophisticated net-zero, prototype schools
Construction Executive
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When the Lady Bird Johnson Middle School opens in Irving, Texas, this August, students will be greeted by more than clean classrooms, empty lockers and freshly
mowed athletic fields. They'll see a dozen 45-foot-tall wind turbines whirring in the breeze, nearly 3,000 solar panels soaking up the sun, and a stock market-like TV display tracking the building's power usage and energy creation.
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Road still bumpy for construction industry
San Antonio
Express-News
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The construction industry added 2,000 jobs nationwide in May, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors. Those additions brought the national unemployment rate to 16.3 percent, a better showing than 17.8 percent last month and 20.1 percent recorded at the same time last year. Despite that
growth, ABC's Chief Economist Anirban Basu has stated that the increase was a "bitter disappointment" but that more privately funded projects will rebound as public projects come to a close.
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Louisiana leads charge against union favoritism
The
Pelican Post
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Republicans in Louisiana are leading the charge against government mandates they believe would raise taxpayer costs. Senate Bill 76, which prevents state officials from mandating project labor agreements on construction projects, passed the Louisiana House with strong bipartisan support in a 96 to four
vote. SB 76 also passed in the Senate.
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As promised, building unions suing to stop new state laws
Idaho Reporter
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During an Idaho Senate hearing on two proposals that would curb union activities, James Piotrowski of Boise told lawmakers that if the plans became law, he'd start a legal battle. The Senate and House
ended up approving the plans, and now Piotrowski has filed a lawsuit to block the new laws.
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Court ruling on wage scale could have statewide impact
Fort Wayne Sun-Sentinel
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In a ruling that could have statewide implications, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a local judge's ruling that Allen County officials used incomplete data when they established a below-union-wage scale for a renovation project two years ago. Under the state's "common wage" law, local and state governments were required to establish a minimum-wage scale for construction projects costing at least $150,000.
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Glimmer of optimism in housing report
CNN
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Permits for housing construction climbed in May, signaling a glimmer of optimism among homebuilders about the future of the housing market. The number of permits for future housing construction jumped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 612,000 last month, up 8.7 percent from the revised rate of 563,000 in April, the Commerce Department said.
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