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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

HardHatChat

HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011. We saw drawings for new Chicago restaurant projects, retail construction work, office renovations, school construction and learning center additions – you name it, we saw it. LOW – Unfortunately, we weren’t the only ones receiving drawings to bid on new commercial construction projects.

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Construction Unions Focus on Flagship Facilities for Training

Construction Equipment

State-of-the-art training centers being built by trade unions are offering higher-education type training and are drawing attendees nationwide. In this week's BNA Labor Report , four union training centers are highlighted as the progressive leaders taking steps to bring more skilled workers into the construction trades.

Union 70
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House-Passed Apprenticeship Bill Draws Mixed Construction Reactions

ENR Construction

Unions praise bill, contractor groups say it puts training programs not affiliated with unions at a disadvantage.

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Do the laws of math apply in Washington?

FDR Safety

Fairfax, who retired after the letter was written, was responding to a union inquiry. In the letter, Fairfax said that non-union employees can select anyone, including representatives of a union, to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their worksite. 29 U.S.C. § Enforcement OSHA'

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Unions Focus on Flagship Facilities for Training

Construction Equipment

State-of-the-art training centers being built by trade unions are offering higher-education type training and are drawing attendees nationwide. In this week's BNA Labor Report , four union training centers are highlighted as the progressive leaders taking steps to bring more skilled workers into the construction trades.

Union 53
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What Wal-Mart in Pullman Means for Chicago Retail and Restaurant Construction … and My Heart

HardHatChat

It will be the engine that drives the train to a community revival by drawing interest for new commercial construction projects from national chains, both corporate-owned and franchises. Unions, politics, retail construction. Wal-Mart has agreed to donate $20 million to neighborhood charities.

Chicago 205
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Get the Full, Behind the Scenes Interview with 2018 Viewpoint Technology Award Winner Hatzel & Buehler

Viewpoint Construction Technology

We are also affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as a union contractor. All of that culminated in deciding that Spectrum was the right fit with the cost centers and the union…with benefit tiers. You know, this gives us a broader base of talent to draw from when we’re building the product.

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