Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Sunday, September 19, 2010

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Stimulus-funded projects are one of the few brighr spots for theconstruction industry, along with energyt projects and military base realignment work, Simonso said. The unemployment rate for the construction industrty is more than 19 double the rate for the economu asa whole, he noted. Road repaid projects can be awarded quickly compared with other types ofconstruction projects, Simonson said, which is why so many pavingf crews have found work. There's stilk a lot of stimulus money that will be spen t on water andwastewater projects, he Plus, the National Park Service and the U.S.
Army Corpas of Engineers have released long listsd of construction projects that will be awardec in thecoming months. Simonson's association gathered a handful of contractors for a conference call toutingh the benefits ofstimulus work. Christiab Zimmerman, president of Pike Industries in Walpole, said his company has added 100 new workerd thanks to the dozebn stimulus contracts his companyhas landed. Thesr contracts also enabled his company to avoidc laying off more than100 workers. "Mosr of the jobs we're getting are pavingt jobs," Zimmerman said. Don Laskey, president of Laskey-Cliftohn Corp.
in Coos Bay, said his company was glad to geta stimulus-funde d paving contract even though the companyt won't make a lot of monety on it. His companhy is trying to improve its management to compensatde for the lower profir marginand "come out on the othe end of it as a bettefr company," he said. Simonson said some water and wastewatert projects are being delayed because the stimulus bill requireas the useof American-made steel, iron and equipmentg in stimulus-funded projects. Laskey, whose company also builds watertreatmentg plants, said vendors have told him that a lot of the materialds needed for stimulus projects aren' even made in the U.S.
any "That's what's really sad aboug the whole situation," he The U.S. Chamber of Commerce cited the problems the "Buy American" provision are causing for stimulu projects in a June 2 letter to memberz of Congress. Federal agencies are balancingthe "Buy American provision with obligations the U.S. has under various tradr agreements, but many state and localk governmentsare not, the chamber noted. As a even some U.S. manufacturers are beingg barred from stimulus projects becausethey "rely on global productionb chains that integrate components from U.S. and foreigh sources," the chamber noted.
"It is often impossible to avoid sourcing at least a portion of their contentf fromother countries," the letter The chamber urged Congress to reject "Buy American"" provisions in future legislation.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

United Way, Dr. Phillips launch campaign - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The campaign, established with grants totaling nearly $350,000 from Dr. Phillips Charitiesd and , is being administered by United Way’x stewardship program that provides emergency assistanc e tolocal residents. The United Way board backedr a move allowing the organizatiomn to tap reserve funds to cover administrativw expenses so that granyt dollars will go directly to help peoplein need. Unitefd Way President/CEO Robert H. Brown said the campaign represents a temporarhy response to an unprecedented burdenn being placed on the community by the ongoingeconomic Dr.
Phillips Charities is offering a granft ofnearly $300,000, which includes $98,100 in starrt up funds and a challenge matching granrt of nearly $200,000. Dr. Phillips Charities, one of the region’e largest philanthropic organizations, has awarded more than $23 milliohn to local nonprofits over the past three Bank of Americacontributed $50,000 to the The goal is to provide aid to more than 1,359 families over the next five months. Agencies providingb similar services that have exhausted their resourceds can also accessthe dollars. Hearr of Florida United Way isCentrap Florida’s largest provider of funds to the region’s healtjh and human service programs.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

N.C. travel: Motorists down, airlines up - Washington Business Journal:

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Economic troubles, unemployment and uncertainty about the futured are expected to spura 2.7 percen drop in expected motorists this holiday weekendc from 971,000 in 2008 to 945,00 0 in 2009. This markx the second straight year July 4th travelohas declined. The announcement follows 10 consecutive days of decreasinggasolinee prices, from a state average of $2.665 per gallon on June 20 to $2.6q1 per gallon on June 30. Currently, the lowest averagd gasoline prices in the statew can be found in High Poinrat $2.53 per gallon, while the highest can be foundx in Durham at $2.66. the overall 61-cent increase in average pricesa over the last 61 days appears to be keepintg travelers offthe road.
many will turn to air travel this with 59,000 passengers taking flight across the state — a 5.4 percent increase from 56,00p0 during the holiday weekend in 2008.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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At , Inc., that scenario won’t become a reality because company president Frank Bryan and the work sitesupervisor won’t allow it. One challenge for B&B Specialty Contractorsw is maintaining a professional image among itsconstruction staff, something which is especially importanr due to its focus on the finish-ougt of commercial interiors. This means its employees find themselvexsin office, industrial, hospitality, retail, medical and education work spacesx every day, a situation which requiresa a special touch. “If you go into the office of a companulike , they want you to hang that wall coverinyg in their conference room, clean up and get out of Bryan says.
“They don’t want to know you were even B&B Specialty Contractors doesn’t allos its construction workers to have earrings orother piercings. It also requireds them to wear shirtss with the company logo and ashirt pocket. Shirtss must also be tucked in while employeee are on thejob site. The company also takesx job site conduct very not allowing cursing or any otherdisruptive behavior. This has a been a significangt set of rules forthe company’as employees since Bryan founded it in 1977. “Wed work around occupied space and we understanra company’s need to conduct its businese and be around construction at the same time,” Bryan says.
“W pride ourselves on staying out ofa customer’s way as much as we Another of B&B Specialty Contractors’ main as with any construction is to prevent cost overrunx on projects. B&B Specialty Contractorz prevents cost overruns inmany ways, but especially by carefullgy choosing which companies it partner s with on jobs. The company migh t do millions of dollars of work with a particula rsubcontractor annually, which helps ensures quality because it becomed a long-term business relationship. To maintainh that work flow over thelong term, companies will go out of theif way to make sure B&B Specialty and their clients, are happy.
“By partnerinvg with select subcontractors and doing a volume of busines s with those firms virtuallyeliminates nickel-and-diming the Bryan says. “Also, prompt payment to subcontractoras and vendors enables us to achieve the very best for theinvestmenf dollar, passing these savingws along to the client.” B&B Specialty Contractors also continually monitors every job to make sure it stays on time and unde budget, making sure it keeps the property ownerd and developers in the loop of Kevin Clarkson, senior vice president of assetf services with Memphis, got to know B&gB Specialty Contractors when the company was working as a subcontractor for a different general contractor years ago.
“Througu that experience and afteer we realized that they did more than subcontractor we started working with them as agenerakl contractor,” Clarkson says. B&v Specialty Contractors’ focus on tenant improvement andinfilpl work, especially in office buildings, has set the company apart when it comea to dealing with clients such as CB Richard “They don’t build things out of the ground and therefore they’re geared up to do very specificf jobs which make up a chunki of our business,” Clarksomn says. “The relationship really works well.
” B&B Specialty Contractores has been diligent about getting good pricinh and has always beenon deadline, accordingh to Clarkson. “Those qualities matched up one-for-one with what makez CB Richard Ellisstand out,” he says. “We’rd always deadline driven and we’re alway cost driven. It meshes very well.”

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Tampa Museum of Art names Seth D. Pevnick curator - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Gettyg Villain Malibu, Calif. He remainz co-curator of its upcoming The Chimaeraw ofArezzo exhibition, which opens in In his new role, Pevnick will design and oversee the installationn of the permanent collection in the Barbaras and Costas Lemonopoulos Greek and Roman Gallery. He also will organize and circulatse Greek andRoman exhibitions, perform and publish research on the and educate the public on the museum’s antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidate in the Interdepartmental Graduatwe Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeologt inLos Angeles. He received a master of arts degre in archaeologyat U.C.
, a master of arts degree in elementarty education from in Los Angeles and a bachelor of arts in classicalp archaeology from in Hanover, N.H., a releass from TMA said. TMA’s new location remains unde r construction at Curtis Hixon Waterfrongt Park indowntown Tampa. The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbety Center building is set to open inearly 2010. TMA’s interim facility is locates onHoward Avenue.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Hawaii Medical Center files turnaround plan - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Hawaii Medical Center officials detailedf the change in theitr latest reorganization plan filed Mondayin U.S. Bankruptcy Court in They will keeptheirr other, more profitable hospital, HMC West in Ewa, a for-profi t entity. In Monday’s 59-page filing, Hawaii Medicalo Center asked the courft to reduce the amount of money it owesto , specificallty the $46 million for the purchases of the two hospitals and $14 million for the land It also is negotiating with creditors and lenders to repagy millions in loans over the next four St. Francis CEO Sister Agnelle Ching said in a statement that she is concernexd with thenew plan, adding that St.
Franciw has been more than patient with Hawaii Medical Center both before and duringv thebankruptcy proceedings. “W have not received payments on our loanz to them fora year, and the past-due amoun t has now reached more than $9 million,” she said in the “These are funds we have been countinb on to expand our health-care servicexs to the community. Our expansion plans have been put in jeopardyt and we do not want to delay our plans any HawaiiMedical Center, which bought the formef St. Francis hospitals in January 2007for $67.9 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcgy Court last Aug.
28 after its lender, Siemen s Financial, refused to extend existing loan agreements for its HMC East and HMC Last year, the hospital laid off more than 230 employeed to cut costs and It now has approximately 700 employees. Hawaiui Medical Center is a partnershilp ofCHA Hawaii, an affiliate of , a leading U.S. hospita management company, and the more than 130 Hawaii-based physiciane who form LLC.