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New Jersey:-N.J. school construction projects are delayed by state-contractors dispute

October 23rd, 2009

People; please put aside your differences especially in these times…

Just be thankful NJ doesn’t permit open shops to bid on the projects..

From NJ.com (NJ):

N.J. school construction projects are delayed by state-contractors dispute

Five New Jersey school construction projects — including one to replace a Newark building destroyed by lightning — have been delayed for months because of a fight between the state and a contractors group about the bidding process. » Read more: New Jersey:-N.J. school construction projects are delayed by state-contractors dispute

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Rhode Island:-Construction jobs down 16% in Sept.

October 23rd, 2009

More bad news from RI…

From the Providence Business News (RI):

Construction jobs down 16% in Sept.

The Rhode Island construction industry continued to shed jobs in September as employment in the sector fell 15.6 percent from a year earlier….
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U.S.:-Construction Employment Declines in 49 States and D.C

October 22nd, 2009

More bad news…sorry folks for being the naysayer.  Feel free to send us any good news, if you can find it…

From Boston/SF (US):

Construction Employment Declines in 49 States and D.C

Construction employment again declined in large numbers in all but one state this September compared to last year according to an analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released today by the federal government. The analysis, conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America, also found that the number of states gaining construction jobs from August to September 2009 declined after increasing during the two previous months….
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Mississippi:-Miss. among lowest in construction job loss

October 22nd, 2009

From clarionledger.com (MS):

Miss. among lowest in construction job loss

Mississippi had the eighth lowest rate of job losses in the construction industry, an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America shows.
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Colorado:-Jobless rate dips to 7 percent in September

October 22nd, 2009

From dailycamera.com (CO):

Jobless rate dips to 7 percent in September

Colorado’s unemployment rate fell again, dropping to 7 percent in September and prompting prediction of a continuing downward trend.
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Connecticut:-State jobless rate hits 33-year high

October 21st, 2009

Scary Stat… It’s comparing it to 2007…
From Newstimes.com (CT):

State jobless rate hits 33-year high


Connecticut lost 6,600 jobs and the unemployment rate climbed to 8.4 percent in September.


…there are 25 percent fewer construction jobs in Connecticut now than there were in October 2007….

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Nevada:-Jobless Rate Rises to 13.3 Percent in Sept.

October 20th, 2009

From NY Times (NV):

Jobless Rate Rises to 13.3 Percent in Sept.

Roughly 190,700 Nevada residents were looking for work in September as the statewide unemployment rate reached a new record of 13.3 percent, officials said Monday…. » Read more: Nevada:-Jobless Rate Rises to 13.3 Percent in Sept.

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New York:-Unemployment rate creeps upward in region

October 16th, 2009

Although McGraw Hill thinks 2010 will be better (See previous post), Upstate New York is trying to grapple with today’s statistics…

From UticaOD.com (NY):

Unemployment rate creeps upward in region

Anthony Bell of Utica has been looking for work for about a year. But so far, nothing has turned up.
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North Branch Construction continues with GAO protest over PLA

October 8th, 2009

An update on the PLA protest in New Hampshire…

From the Examiner.com (NH):

North Branch Construction continues with GAO protest over PLA

….Ken Holmes, president of North Branch Construction, told The Examiner that “one of the requirements of the bid is that it is subject to a PLA, which very specifically requires general contractors to use exclusively union workers. But virtually every major contractor and subcontractor in New Hampshire is non-union. This basically knocks all of us out of the ballgame. We believe it’s discriminatory and violates the federal Competition in Contracting Act.”…

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Contract Discriminates Against Majority of New Hampshire’s Construction Workforce

October 6th, 2009

It appears this firm has decided to take on the unions…

From the American Surveyor (NH/DC):

Contract Discriminates Against Majority of New Hampshire’s Construction Workforce

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) member company North Branch Construction, a Concord, N.H.-based general contractor, Oct. 5 filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The complaint accuses the DOL of violating federal law by mandating the use of a project labor agreement (PLA) – a controversial contract that strongly favors union-signatory contractors, increases the cost of construction up to 18 percent, and restricts competition from nonunion contractors and their qualified workforce – in its bid specifications for the construction of a federal DOL Job Corps center in Manchester, N.H.

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