Idaho National Lab blows up old dome-shaped reactor (The Times-News)
ARCO, Idaho (AP) — An icon of Idaho’s contribution to the nuclear age is no longer. The dome-shaped “Loss-of-Fluid” test reactor building at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho was demolished last week by workers using explosives and heavy equipment. more.
GULF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS FACE MANPOWER SHORTAGE: RECRUITER (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Demographics Construction firms in Gulf countries are facing a severe shortage of quality human resources with too many companies competing for a limited supply of talent, especially from India, which itself is witnessing strong growth, according to a survey. more.
Shasta Builders’ Exchange primes students, others with hands-on career .
Record Searchlight - Roger Mullis / Record Searchlight EASY DOES IT: Pat Robinson, a manager at Axner Excavating Inc., gives 14-year-old Matthew Young of Redding a crash course in backhoe operation during Saturday?s construction fair at the Shasta Builders? Exchange . more.
Construction zone nightmare (New York Daily News)
The death of Clever Jara, an immigrant worker killed in a fall from a scaffold last week, comes amid a massive construction boom marred by rising building code violations and flagrant disregard of zoning. more.
Pleasant Hills development runoff a problem
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - She’s worried that landslides and mine subsidence will occur because of the heavy construction equipment. The property, once owned by Robinson, has been sold to an undisclosed developer, according to Mr. Banfield, who said no plans had been submitted . more.
Food packer set to create plant, jobs
Reading Eagle - . Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. is expected to open a plant in June and provide mostly walk-to-work jobs during the next three years, city officials said. An agreement is not yet signed but plans are moving ahead and the company wants to begin construction . more.
