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Boldt Company Expands Staff, 5/25/2009
Oscar J. Boldt Construction opened another office in Minnesota. The new Rochester office serves clients in southern Minnesota and is at 3621 Ninth St. N.W., Rochester, MN 55901. New telephone is, 507-289-2642, and fax is, 507-289-0324. Other Minnesota offices are in Cloquet and Grand Rapids. Its main office is in Appleton, WI, with 10 additional offices throughout the United States. More
Software Eases Contractors' Work by Ivy Chang - 05/18/2009
About 40 years ago, the U.S. government began a program for military navigational purposes that turned global positioning system (GPS) into a technology that now benefits the public. The satellite-based system uses a network of 24 to 27 satellites orbiting the earth and provides navigation signals to land-based receivers to track information that is computed immediately and accurately.
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Opus South Files Bankruptcy 05/18/2009
Opus South Corp., an operating division of Opus Corp., Minnetonka, MN, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. bankruptcy court and will exit the southeast U.S. market. The economic decline and its effects on commercial and residential real estate created unsuccessful sales for Opus, which owes between $50 million to $100 million, according to bank-ruptcy documents.
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Equipment Exports Up 20% 05/18/2009
U.S. construction equipment exports rose 20% from 2007 to 2008 at more than $20.7 billion, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. South America bought $3.3 billion of equipment, a 44% increase over 2007, and Asia took delivery of $3 billion worth of U.S. construction equipment, a 25% increase.
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Southwest Adds More Service Staff - 05/11/2009
Less than a month after Southwest Airlines began service to Chicago Midway at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the airline announced it will begin service to Denver International Airport on May 26, 2009. The Metropolitan Airports Commission said Southwest travelers to Denver can connect to 37 different cities when they arrive at Denver.
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A&P buys Rushforth Construction Staff - 05/04/2009
Adolfson & Peterson Construction, Minneapolis, purchased Rushforth Construction, Tacoma, WA, which helped establish A&P as a national construction company with offices in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. Rushforth is a family-owned business whose strategic goals fit well with the Team-Build approach at A&P.
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ConsensusDOCS Staff - 04/27/2009
South Dakota becomes the first U.S. state to authorize the use of standard contracting documents as Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation in March to reduce the cost of starting publicly funded construction projects. State officials can use ConsensusDOCS as a template instead of hiring attorneys to update old contracts.
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EMCOR Firm Honored for Mechanical Contracting Excellence Staff - 04/27/2009
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut honored EMCOR Services New England Mechanical (NEMSI) with a first place Mechanical Award for its work on "The Renaissance," a new high-rise residential building in Shelton, CT. The award was presented at the ABC annual dinner as part of the organization's 2009 Excellence in Construction program, which recognizes the best construction proje...
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Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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