ATLANTA – Raising efficiency to new levels was the focus of the ASHRAE 2010 Annual Conference held in Albuquerque, N.M. Highlights of the meeting included ASHRAE’s receipt of ENERGY STAR® for its Headquarters in Atlanta, celebration of the 35th anniversary of publication of the energy conservation standard now known as Standard 90.1 and an update on the ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient program.
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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – White Construction Group, a Colorado-based commercial general construction firm, received the 2010 Gold STEP Award and the 2010 Outstanding Safety Program by the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. The Gold STEP, Safety Training and Evaluation Process, is a contractor-developed program that provides an objective method to analyze and help improve safety and loss prevention programs. The firm has received the STEP Safety Award numerous times in its 25-year history. This year, White Construction Group was also recognized with the 2010 Outstanding Safety Program for General Contractors under 150,000 man hours.
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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.
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ALBUQURQUE – ASHRAE has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency, for its renovated Headquarters in Atlanta. This signifies that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency.
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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.
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Most Jobs Added in Columbus, Ohio While Eau Claire, Wisconsin Has Highest Rate of Job Growth; Chico, California Has Highest Rate of Decline and Chicago Loses Most Jobs
Construction employment continued to suffer significant declines in the majority of metropolitan areas according to an analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. The figures reflect continued weak private, state and local demand as well as a lack of long–term projects caused by stalled federal infrastructure bills, association officials noted.
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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).
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