ST. PAUL, Va. — A convoy bringing a 400-ton component to Dominion’s Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center project arrived on the construction site early this morning. The arrival of the stator — the largest stationary component of the new electric generator — marks a major milestone in the construction of the 585-megawatt power station. Construction began in June 2008 and is approximately 65 percent complete. The station is on schedule to begin generating electricity commercially in the summer of 2012. The $1.8 billion power station will produce enough electricity to power 146,000 typical homes at peak demand. The project is … Read more

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Six hundred construction jobs could be created over the next two years with the construction of the new Porter hospital main campus, Porter Health System CEO Jonathan Nalli said Thursday.   Those jobs could support a payroll between $60 million and $65 million, Nalli said. Beyond being a replacement hospital, the new facility at the northwest corner of Ind. 49 and U.S. 6 in Liberty Township could spur the economy and help move Northwest Indiana out of the recession, he said. Without specifying a number, Nalli said new jobs would also be created by the need to … Read more

Project to Bring 2,000 Construction Jobs NEW ORLEANS — Fulfilling President Obama's commitment to rebuild New Orleans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki joined state and local officials for a ground-breaking ceremony for a new 1.5 million-square-foot medical center for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “This is a historic day for all of Louisiana,” Secretary Shinseki said.   “With this ground breaking, we begin rebuilding a new legacy, a new chapter in the history of this proud city.” VA's new full-service medical center campus in New Orleans is at a site bounded by Canal Street, S. Galvez Street, … Read more