Saturday, August 8, 2015

After 15 years, one developer's journey to get a project done is over



Armed with a $45 million construction loan from Citizens Bank, Brown Hill Development is scheduled to break ground Wednesday on the Bridge, a 17-story apartment tower in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia.

NJ Transit offer for rail workers includes 10-percent pay raise, health insurance cost increase



NJ Transit has offered its unionized rail workers a 10-percent pay increase over 7.5 years, according to a summary released by a coalition of union groups. But that raise would be offset by a big increase in employees’ health insurance costs, which could translate to a pay cut for about 1,400 workers, according to the unions.

Saturday, August 1, 2015

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 127 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JUNE 2014 & 2015 AMID UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FEDERAL HIGHWAY/TRANSIT FUNDING



Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. and El Centro, Calif. Top Growth List; New Orleans-Metairie, La. and Santa Fe, N.M. Experience the Largest Numerical and Percentage Declines for the Year

CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO LOWEST JUNE LEVEL SINCE 2001 WHILE EMPLOYMENT TIES SIX-YEAR HIGH; OFFICIALS WARN OF GROWING WORKER SHORTAGE



Record Weekly Hours for Craft Workers, Pause in Employment Level Point to Need for Measures for Recruiting and Preparing Future Employees to Avoid Risk of Project Delays and Cancellations, Association Says