Construction Reality Show Seeks to Close Income Gap

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The Percy Jobs & Careers Center launched Master Craftsmen, an online reality show, featuring craftsmen who use their skills and specialized knowledge to build today’s modern infrastructure. The show is designed to reestablish the skilled trades as an opportunity to move up the income ladder and comes at a time when skills are responsible for the growing disparity in income. Those with skills earn a lot and those without, according to some estimates, earn in real dollars what an unskilled worker did in 1973. “Globalization and technology have fostered high levels of income inequality and the unskilled worker has suffered most,” … Read more

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Plenary Consortium Selected for Corner Brook Acute Care Facility Project

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Corner Brook Health Partnership consortium has been selected to design, build, finance and maintain a new acute care hospital in Corner Brook, located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with an estimated contract value of $750 million. The new seven-story, 600,000-square-foot hospital will be connected to the 145-bed long-term care home that Plenary Health is building on the site. It will have 164 beds with the same services provided at Western Memorial Regional Hospital, as well as an expanded cancer care program including radiation services. In the coming months, the team will work toward reaching financial and commercial close. Construction is … Read more

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NCC to Build New North Zealand Super Hospital

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The Hovedstaden region of Denmark has chosen NCC to construct the New North Zealand Hospital, the last of the super hospitals to be built in Denmark. NCC and the New North Zealand Hospital will now work out the details and plan to sign an agreement during the fourth quarter. The hospital will comprise a four-story, 118,000-square-meter building. The project is already well known for its design, with a building that resembles a four-leaf clover from above. The hospital will be built in Hillerød. NCC has experience with hospital construction and using digital tools to create sustainable and flexible projects. This … Read more

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NFL Chicago Bears’ Halas Hall Modernization Moving Toward Goal

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The first phase of the partial demolition, expansion and renovation of Halas Hall, the iconic Lake Forest, Illinois headquarters of the National Football League’s Chicago Bears, has been completed by Mortenson. Strategic planning and innovative solutions have enabled the team to stay on track in meeting the accelerated project timetable while also accommodating additional scope. Even with the additional work, the project remains on schedule to wrap up in August for the Bears’ return from summer camp. The first phase, turned over on April 1, focused on football operations. It included demolition of part of the original facility and building … Read more

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How to Improve Employee Retention through Mentorship

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By Ryan Van Dyke In a society where work-life blending is becoming more common and people are seeking both personal and professional fulfillment in their career, the head-down, clock-punching workplace isn’t meeting employee needs anymore. Construction careers are especially precarious with both demand and the lack of skilled workers rising concurrently. With seemingly unlimited opportunities at the “jobsite next door” in today’s economic climate, employees who feel their skills are undervalued or are unhappy with their career trajectory are likely to leave with little risk. Many companies have worked to improve craftworker benefits to attract and retain top talent – … Read more

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