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Fort Worth police warning contactors about bogus building inspector
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago
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Police are warning contractors to be on the lookout for a man impersonating a building inspector and demanding payment in the field for bogus construction permits. The suspect went to a construction site in the 3500 block of Pioneer Street twice in November...
Tags: Fort Worth, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Fort Worth Texas, Police, Tarrant County Texas, Building engineering, Construction
Donelon to discuss Chinese drywall-related insurance issues
Shanghai :: China | 1 day ago
Credibility Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Monday to discuss the insurance coverage issues consumers have encountered when their homes have defective drywall imported from China. Some insurance companies have cancelled...
Tags: China, Shanghai, Health, Jim Donelon, Insurance, Home insurance, Drywall, Types of insurance, Construction, Chinese drywall controversy, Social Issues
Legal loophole keeps school construction cash local
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility In June, Grass Valley's Sierra Foothills Construction Co. and Tru-Line Builders used the arrangement to win the $13.2 million contract for the second phase of expansion and renovation at the Sierra College campus in Grass Valley. That work was paid for...
Tags: Grass Valley, Sierra College, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Thomson Grass Valley, Career and technical education, Civil engineering, Subcontractor, Construction, Contract law, Building engineering, Education
Contractor found guilty
Thimphu :: Bhutan | 1 day ago
Credibility BPC in early 2000s had awarded the rural electrification works to a Khaling-based construction firm called Three Star Construction Company. The firm carried out four rural electrification works in Trashigang and Trashiyangtse from 2002 to 2007. Rural...
Tags: BPC, rural electrification, contract firm, monetary value, contract licence, Bhutan, Thimphu, Construction, Law Crime
Brakes put on Victorian fire bunkers
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Last week the Victorian Government introduced fire bunker interim safety guidelines until new national safety standards are in place next year. Victorian members that they refuse to approve many of the permits...We're not actually criticising the Victorian...
Tags: bushfire shelter, fire bunkers, interim measures, AIBS, Australia, Sydney, Fire, Wildfires, Bunker, Building code, Fire door, Fortification, Construction, Bushfire, Disaster Accident
Temperature rises on insulation scheme
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility Changes are being made to the Warm Up New Zealand Heat Smart home insulation scheme. The Government has announced the fund will now become a multi-year appropriation, allowing flexibility to bring funding forward to meet demand. Energy and Resources...
Tags: insulation scheme, New Zealand, Auckland, Energy policy, Construction, Thermal insulation, Efficient energy use, Politics, Energy conservation, Building engineering, Insulators, Sustainable building, Building insulation, Heat transfer
You don't have to be a millionaire to buy a house
Stockton :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The Great Recession has ravaged savings and boosted unemployment rates, forcing people become more conservative with their cash. It has also made homes a lot more affordable -- at least for those people still working...That's down slightly from the previous...
Tags: metro area, median income, NAHB, tax credit, household income, affordable metro, Stockton, Real estate, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Housing Affordability Index, Business Finance, Affordable housing, Construction, National Association of Home Builders
New law would require military to train veterans for good paying jobs
Washington – Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) introduced legislation to help ensure that veterans have quality, well-paying job opportunities. The bill, Veterans to Work Pilot Program Act of 2009, will expand job opportunities by creating a 5-year...
Tags: Rep. Adam Smith, military veterans, jobs, Intelligence, apprenticeships, construction, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, USS Missouri
How SMES Can Win Public Sector Contracts
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 days ago
Credibility Learn how to work within the public sector’s procurement process. The UK public sector employs some 5.8 million people — around one-quarter of the UK workforce — in government, emergency services, the NHS, the military, and higher education.
Tags: public sectors, Neil Malpas, OJEU, sectors contracting, small firms, eu procurement, Belgium, Brussels, Manufacturing, Operations research, Purchasing, Construction, European Procurement, Business Finance, Procurement, Supply chain management, Systems engineering
City Seeking Outside Firm to Administer Construction Licensing Exams
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The city has administered most of the tests in-house for decades, but recently sought proposals from outside firms to give the written and practical examinations for 16 construction and building maintenance trade licenses, from crane operator and master...
Tags: building department, Buildings Department, crane operating, Mr. Sclafani, outside firms, outside contractor, administered construction, safety managers, licenses exam, sites safety, New York, Electrician, Crane, Rigger, Disaster Accident, Prometric, Psychometrics, Construction
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