Construction On Mtwara Gas Plant Project Starts
AllAfrica.com
WORK towards constructing the 600MW gas fired power plant and a 650 km transmission line in Mtwara has started with the major partners starting ground study and selection of equipment for the venture. The project is a public-private partnership ...

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Construction ramps up around Macomb County next week
The Macomb Daily
MDOT officials announced they will close Quinn Road at Gratiot beginning Monday as construction crews widen the intersection and install a dedicated turn lane from westbound Quinn Road to Gratiot. The $128,000 project is expected to be completed by ...

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Lexington Herald Leader
Construction underway on Citation Boulevard to connect Leestown, Georgetown ...
Lexington Herald Leader
Since the beginning of June, construction crews have been clearing trees around Greendale Road, Buck Lane and Mercer Road to make way for Citation. On Lees town, work is underway to move utilities — gas, electric and water lines — so the road may be ...

Rebar Falls for First Time in 5 Days as China Construction Slows
Bloomberg
Demand for the building material normally wanes in the summer in China as high temperatures hamper construction, said Wang Yongliang, an analyst at Beijing Cifco Futures Co. The recent price increase also led to more production among Chinese steel ...

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Home construction industry struggling to overcome skilled labor shortage
Gazettextra
Ferguson said he's got the two homes—a 2,200-square-foot, two-story home in Evansville, and a 1,700-square-foot, ranch-style home in Edgerton—planned and ready to go. He hires subcontractors for some of the construction on new homes. Right now, he's ...

SR 99, Mercer Street closed for weekend construction
KIRO Seattle
Officials with the Seattle Department of Transportation announced Sunday that State Route 99 and Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North have reopened after being closed for weekend construction work. The construction is part ...

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The Denver Channel
Forgotten cemetery uncovered by construction crew in Igancio, Colorado
The Denver Channel
IGNACIO, Colo. - Human remains from 26 bodies have been uncovered at a construction site in Ignacio. The Durango Herald reports that the bones could be a century old and that the land appears to have been a multi-ethnic burial ground. The first bones ...

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CBS News
Capt. Chesley Sullenberger: SF airport construction possible factor in crash
CBS News
Sullenberger, the famed Bay Area pilot who landed the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight, said the construction might have been a contributing factor impacting landings at the facility. He said that the FAA-mandated construction is intended to increase the ...

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Wincopia Farms construction could start in spring
Baltimore Sun
She said the pace of construction would depend on the market and would not be limited by the county's rules that can stop home-building if it is found that public facilities such as schools and roads cannot handle the growth. When Beazer emerged in ...

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Kim Kardashian -- Publicly Humiliated By Construction Workers
TMZ.com
The Bay Adelaide Centre in Toronto, Ontario is currently under construction -- but in an effort to alleviate public concern, building honchos posted a sign telling the locals, "Construction set to finish faster than a Kim Kardashian marriage." Ha. We ...
Kim Kardashian Mocked In Hilarious Construction Sign NoticeThe Inquisitr
Construction Sign Humiliates Kim Kardashian for Something She Did a Long ...The Stir
Kim Kardashian takes a hilarious hit from construction site signmsnNOW
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Andy Lorenz: Healthier construction industry good news for everyone
Knoxville News Sentinel
However, after nearly six years, the construction industry is making modest strides toward a recovery, according to the Associated General Contractors of America's recent national Hiring and Business Outlook. Construction activity over last year is ...

Reporter-Times
Karst topography poses challenges for I-69 construction
The Herald-Times (subscription)
This hilly underground landscape occurs naturally and allows unfiltered surface water into the groundwater, which makes construction in karst areas an environmental — and costly — challenge. kAm$EF5:6D 7@4FD65 @? E96 4@?DECF4E:@? @7 x?
Karst a challenge for I-69 constructionReporter-Times

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Bridge construction driving homeless out of camp
14 News WFIE Evansville
Dozens of homeless people are being driven from their makeshift camps in southern Indiana because of construction of a new bridge over the Ohio River. Fifty-one Michael McKell tells the Courier-JournalMore >>. Dozens of homeless people are being driven ...
Bridge construction forcing homeless from Southern Indiana sitesThe Courier-Journal
Ohio River bridge construction driving homeless people out of their southern ...The Tribune

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Residential , commercial construction up in Hobart
nwitimes.com
HOBART | Construction in Hobart during the first six months of this year has well surpassed figures from the same period last year, officials said. "We're up considerably in commercial construction and also up in residential construction from this same ...

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Roundabout construction at Wharf Street in Bellingham to delay traffic
Bellingham Herald
BELLINGHAM - Construction begins Tuesday, July 9, on a roundabout at Wharf Street that is intended to improve safety and handle traffic to future development on the waterfront. Work will take place weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with disruption of ...

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Construction of new K-8 school to have far-reaching benefits
Minneapolis Star Tribune
A state-of-the-art public elementary school for children with autism and other emotional and behavioral disorders will open in Blaine in the fall of 2014, a move that is expected to benefit special education students across the north and east metro areas.

Allentown hockey arena construction ramping up - View photos
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Construction crews in recent weeks have begun erecting concrete walls for the PPL Center, the 8,500-seat arena that will become home to the Philadelphia Flyers' minor league affiliate when it opens in September 2014. Located at Seventh and Hamilton ...

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Construction to begin on Highway 32 in Tehama County
Sacramento Bee
Portions of State Route 32 along Deer Creek in Tehama County will close July 15 for two weeks before the entire highway closes for construction, which is expected to be completed in November. One-way traffic controls will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 7 ...

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Dallas Morning News
Texas hospital construction takes divergent paths
Dallas Morning News
Officials at the new Parkland have earned their bragging rights for undertaking “the largest hospital construction project in America.” When it opens in May 2015, it will be considerably larger than the old 730-bed Parkland hospital, boasting 862 beds ...
Texas hospital construction takes several divergent pathsTexarkana Gazette

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Construction industry jobless rate falls below double digits
Baltimore Business Journal
The unemployment rate for workers who last worked in construction declined to 9.8 percent from 12.8 percent in June 2012, not seasonally adjusted, and the number of unemployed construction workers dropped by 214,000 to 825,000. The latest numbers ...
Construction unemployment falls to lowest June level in five yearsAlbuquerque Business First
Construction unemployment rate dips below 10% for first time in 5 yearsPhoenix Business Journal
Nation's Construction Industry Adds 13000 Jobs in JuneAmerisurv
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