Construction Employment Rises in 44 States, D.C. Over Last Year

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Forty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between March 2015 and March 2016 while construction employment increased in 28 states between February and March, according to analysis of Labor Department data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the five states experiencing year-over-year construction employment declines are all energy producing states where construction demand has likely suffered from declining prices for coal, oil and other fuels. “Construction employment growth occurred all regions in the latest 12 months,” said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the association. “The only soft spots in construction demand … Read more

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Hill International JV to Design, Manage Construction of Rixos Saadiyat Island Hotel in Abu Dhabi

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., and ABU DHABI, UAE – Hill International’s joint venture with EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from Megaprojeler Insaat Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, an affiliate of Rixos Hotels, to provide design and construction supervision consultancy services in connection with a new five-star, 374-key Rixos Saadiyat Island Hotel located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The two-year contract has an estimated value to the joint venture of approximately $3.8 million. Hill is a 65 percent partner in the joint venture. Saadiyat Island is located off the coast of Abu Dhabi. It is a 10.4-square-mile island planned and created … Read more

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Lodge Kohler Breaks Ground

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Mortenson’s chairman, David Mortenson, along with Herb Kohler, Kohler Co. executive chairman; Mark Murphy, Green Bay Packers president and CEO; Mike Aubinger, Ashwaubenon Village president and other project team members, broke ground recently for Lodge Kohler in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lodge Kohler will be a four-diamond, five-story hotel with 144 rooms with a bar, restaurant and spa. The hotel is part of the 34-acre Titletown District that will also include Hinterland Brewing and Bellin Health sports medicine clinic. This is the first project to break ground for the Titletown District and is scheduled to be complete in fall of 2017. … Read more

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Sundt Construction Company Earns 2015 AGC Safety Award

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Sundt Construction, Inc. was recently named the nation’s safest construction company in 2015 by the Associated General Contractors of America. The association, which oversees the Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards, an annual ranking of construction safety programs, noted that 51 other companies were selected as winners for the quality of their safety programs. “The foundation of any successful construction project is workplace safety,” said Charles Greco, the association’s past president and chairman of Linbeck Group. “By demonstrating excellence in safety, firms like this strengthen our industry and set an outstanding example for others to follow.” Greco said Sundt … Read more

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Clark JV to Build Warriors’ Chase Center

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Joint Venture partners Clark Construction Group and Mortenson Construction have been selected by GSW Arena LLC to build the Golden State Warriors’ new sports and entertainment venue, Chase Center, in Mission Bay, San Francisco. Chase Center is scheduled to open in time for the 2019-20 NBA season. GSW plans to build its new state-of-the-art venue on an 11-acre site in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. The project gained approvals late last year, and was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors in December. The privately financed project includes a state-of the-art 18,000-seat arena, two office buildings, 100,000 square feet of … Read more

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