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Archives September 2009


September 24, 2009 -- BP asks for more time to make plant improvements -- Oil giant BP PLC is requesting more time to implement required safety improvements at its Texas City refinery where a 2005 explosion left 15 people dead, the U.S. agency responsible for worker safety said Wednesday...     ABC 13 Houston
September 24, 2009 -- Mitsubishi announces new U.S. plant -- Pooler GA...After sitting vacant for seven years, a 600-hectare industrial site in Georgia near the city of Savannah landed its first manufacturer Monday as Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas Inc. announced plans to produce giant steam and gas turbines there. The company said it will begin construction before the end of the year on a $325 million plant that will employ about 500 workers. The ...     The Japan Times
September 22, 2009 -- Housing starts increase in August, but year could be the worst on record - Driven by creation of apartments, construction starts for U.S. homes increase for the fourth straight month. Groundbreaking for new homes increased in August for the fourth straight month, another sign the housing market's worst days have passed...     Los Angeles Times
September 22, 2009 -- Rudolph and Sletten to build Solyndra solar plant- A unit of construction company Tutor Perini Corp. said Monday it has been awarded a contract to build phase one of a $733 million thin-film solar panel manufacturing facility in Fremont, Calif., for Solyndra Inc...     INO News
September 22, 2009 -- Construction employment saw significant declines in all but two states this August compared to last year according to an analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released today by the federal government. The analysis, conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America, however did show that the number of states gaining construction jobs increased slightly in August compared to July 2009...     Building Design + Construction
September 18, 2009 --Bond Commission renews St. Rose biodiesel project bonds - The state Bond Commission has renewed its approval for $100 million in GO Zone bonds to continue construction of a biodiesel refinery in St. Rose...     New Orleans Times-Picayune
September 18, 2009 --Wind Turbine Nacelle Assembly Facility for Siemens is Gray’s next green project-Gray Construction, ranked 9th among U.S. Top Manufacturing Facility Contractors, has been tapped by Siemens to design, engineer and construct their new Wind Turbine Nacelle Assembly Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas...     Gray Construction
September 18, 2009 --Construction workers account for one-third of job losses - Construction workers nationwide continued to bear the brunt of the recession, accounting for almost one-third of jobs lost in August, according to an analysis of new construction employment figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...     Finance and Commerce
September 13, 2009 -- Guam to hire 20,000 skilled OFWs - The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said on Saturday that Guam, a US trust territory in the Pacific, has finalized the hiring of 20,000 Filipino skilled workers for the construction of military headquarters and bases starting July next year...     Manila Bulletin
September 11, 2009 -- Atlantic Yards Developer Releases New Arena Plan - The developer Bruce C. Ratner’s six-year effort to build a basketball arena for the Nets near Downtown Brooklyn is moving into high gear, even as he awaits a court decision that could scuttle the $800 million project. The arena, known as Barclays Center, is the linchpin for Atlantic Yards, a 22-acre residential and commercial development at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenue...     NY Times
September 11, 2009 -- Ground broken on $3.4 billion Homeland Security complex-- Washington notables broke ground on the future home of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, symbolically starting construction on the biggest federal building project in the Washington area since the Pentagon 68 years ago. The project will bring together more than 15,000 employees now scattered in 35 offices in the region, placing them on a 176-acre campus strewn with historic buildings in a long-neglected corner of Washington, five miles from the Capitol building...     CNN
September 11, 2009 -- DOL OSHA issues final rule updating personal protective equipment standards based on national consensus standards ..The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published in the Federal Register a final rule revising the personal protective equipment (PPE) sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring and marine terminals standards concerning requirements for eye- and face-protective devices, and head and foot protection...     U.S. Department of Labor
September 8, 2009 -- San Onofre to power up - Work to begin this month to install new generators, nuclear fuel rods - The San Onofre nuclear power plant is preparing for the complex's largest construction job since the plant went on line in the early 1980s - replacing steam generators inside each of the plant's two mammoth domes...     Union-Tribune
September 8, 2009 -- Well, why wouldn't we rename Labor Day after Studs? He narrated this film about workers' health and safety that was banned by Ronald Reagan's OSHA. Most copies were destroyed...     The Huffington Post
September 2, 2009 -- Shaw Awarded Nuclear Power Maintenance Contract by Southern California Edison - The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has been awarded a new three-year contract with Southern California Edison, an Edison International (NYSE: EIX) company, to provide nuclear maintenance services to San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in northern San Diego County, Calif...     The Shaw Group Inc
September 2, 2009 -- Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project - The leader of the effort to build the proposed DesertXpress high-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California said his company has launched a worldwide search for vendors and suppliers so that construction on the $4 billion project could begin by the end of March...     Vegas Sun
September 2, 2009 -- The $2.7 billion Southern Lights pipeline, which is to stretch 1,600 miles from Will County to Edmonton, Alberta, will flow north. All of the company's other pipelines flow south, bringing crude oil to area refineries, including Citgo and Exxon Mobil in Will County...     Southtown Star
September 2, 2009 -- Clark to Build Coast Guard Facility $435 Million Contract Is First Awarded in St. Elizabeths Redevelopment - The $435 million contract, awarded by the General Services Administration, which oversees the government's real estate operations, is the initial phase of a broader $3.4 billion effort to turn the hospital's sprawling campus east of the Anacostia River into the headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security...     The Washington Post
September 2, 2009 -- Those 35-year-old terminals at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport? Learn to love 'em, because the airport is about to spend billions of dollars to keep them going for another 35 years...     The Dallas Morning News



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