Union Ironworkers Raise the Bar with Continuous Training, Competitions, and New OSHA Relationship

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Iron Workers Union reinforces skills development, safety to ensure its ironworkers are ready to meet the construction demands of industry rebound. AUSTIN, Texas   — While U.S. industries struggle to rebuild, today’s union ironworkers are preparing to lead the next wave of new business construction. That’s because amidst the economic challenges of the past several years the Iron Workers International Union (www.ironworkers.org) — teaming with the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) and the Ironworkers National Training Fund (www.ironworkers.org/organization/Apprenticeship.aspx) — has invested heavily in worksite-ready training programs for union ironworkers. In March, the Iron Workers Union announced an unprecedented … Read more

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Hardin Construction Awarded Second Major Project At Medical Center Hospital In Odessa, Texas

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ATLANTA, GA – For the second time within a year, Hardin Construction Company, LLC has broken ground on a new project for Medical Center Hospital (MCH) in Odessa, Texas. MCH selected Hardin Construction to build a two-floor vertical expansion of the hospital’s Women’s Center, including a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and expansion of the hospital’s maternity ward. The project, valued at $28.9 million, also includes demolishing a portion of the existing central energy plant and constructing a new central mechanical plant, to include road and parking lot repaving and a new playground area. The project recently got underway … Read more

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Reno Contracting Construction Trailer Achieves LEED Certification

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Unique Green Jobsite Trailer Features Recycled Materials and Energy Efficiency Systems SAN DIEGO — Reno Contracting, announced another first today with the LEED certification of a Job Site Construction Trailer. This is the first and only structure of its kind to achieve such a rating. The trailer serves as the operations offices for the Reno on-site team, and is presently located on a jobsite in Anaheim. The trailer has achieved certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED for New Construction Version 2.2. LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green … Read more

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Raising Energy Efficiency Highlighted at ASHRAE Meeting

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ATLANTA, Ga. — Raising efficiency to new levels was the focus of the ASHRAE 2010 Annual Conference held in Albuquerque, N.M. Highlights of the meeting included ASHRAE's receipt of ENERGY STAR for its Headquarters in Atlanta, celebration of the 35th anniversary of publication of the energy conservation standard now known as Standard 90.1 and an update on the ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient program. Some 1,456 attendees took part in the conference held June 26-30 in Albuquerque. A highlight of the meeting was induction of the Society's first female president, Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, partner, Pathfinder Engineers & Architects, … Read more

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White Construction Group Receives Multiple Safety Awards

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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — White Construction Group, a Colorado-based commercial general construction firm, received the 2010 Gold STEP Award and the 2010 Outstanding Safety Program by the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. The Gold STEP, Safety Training and Evaluation Process, is a contractor-developed program that provides an objective method to analyze and help improve safety and loss prevention programs. The firm has received the STEP Safety Award numerous times in its 25-year history. This year, White Construction Group was also recognized with the 2010 Outstanding Safety Program for General Contractors under 150,000 man hours. “We"re pleased to be recognized again … Read more

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