Wed August 09, 2017
Housing Community in Mich. to Replace Historic Area
LANSING, Mich. (AP) An Indianapolis-based developer is planning to transform the former Michigan School for the Blind campus in Lansing into a housing community. It has taken TWG Development LLC about two years to get all the necessary approvals for the $24.4 million project, including tax incentives, The Lansing State Journal reported....
Mon August 07, 2017
Doosan Portable Power Adds Roland Machinery Location to Authorized Dealer Network
Doosan Portable Power announced it has expanded its authorized dealer network with the addition of Roland Machinery's Bolingbrook, Ill., location as an authorized dealer of Doosan air compressors, generators and light towers....
Sarah Rahal - Thu August 03, 2017
Construction Equipment Strikes UFO Factory, Damages Building's Foundation
UFO Factory abruptly closed Wednesday after a construction incident damaged the building. Owners of the rock club and bar at 2110 Trumbull in Corktown, Mich. said the damage happened at 11:30 a.m. Dion Fischer, one of three owners, said three employees felt the collision....
Annalisa Frank - Wed August 02, 2017
Dow Chemical to Build $100M Research Center
Dow Chemical Co.'s innovation center near its Midland, Mich., headquarters will cost $100 million and construction is slated to start "soon," the company announced Monday. The 100,000-square-foot research and development center at the Heritage Dow Corning Corporate Campus is expected to accommodate about 200 employees, 100 of which will be new jobs, according to a news release....
Wed July 26, 2017
Grant to Help Fund Work on Pathway
A $2 million grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation will help fund the design and pre-construction phases for uncompleted parts of a 26-mile recreational path through Detroit. The bike and pedestrian Inner Circle Greenway connects neighborhoods and residents to parks, commercial corridors, the riverfront and downtown....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed July 26, 2017
Crews Work on Michigan's 'Golden Corridor'
The 90,000 cars and trucks that daily travel along a 3.7-mi. stretch of M-59/Hall Road between M-53 and Romeo Plank are the biggest challenge for the crews of Angelo Iafrate Construction as they work to complete the $60 million rebuilding of the highway....
Tue July 25, 2017
Michigan Company Breaks Ground for Construction of $154M Facility
Stryker Corp.'s groundbreaking ceremony for its $154 million research and development facility in Portage, Mich. drew more than 250 people July 24 under sunny skies and with a sunny outlook for the future of the company....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Juliet Linderman - Thu July 20, 2017
Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Flammable Panels
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air."Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London....
VICTORIO CABRERA - Tue July 18, 2017
Midwest City Ranked Hotspot for Construction Jobs
Toledo's a hot place to be for construction jobs, a new report said. Analysis by ABODO, an online apartment-rental marketplace, highlighted Toledo's confluence of abundant, well-paying jobs and affordable rents....
