The
Southeast's Top Specialty Contractors
Ranking Reflects $6.5 Billion
in Regional Revenue Among Top 160 Firms
Southeast Construction presents its sixth annual ranking
of Top Specialty Contractors. Full
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MasTec
- #1 and Looking Up
South Florida-based Specialty
Contractor Taking Advantage of Increased Capital Spending
A comparison of MasTec's 2005 numbers reported in this
year's Top Specialty Contractors ranking to what the firm
reported in 2004 does not show a significant difference.
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Undocumented
Workers and the Need for Labor
Southeast Watches with Anticipation
as Congress Debates Immigration
Contractors in the booming Southeast market, already struggling
to find enough labor to build their current projects, are
keeping a close eye on Congress as it wrestles with the topic
of undocumented workers and the need for immigration reform.
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Immigration
Reform: Can Congress Cure Decades of Bad Immigration Policies?
How does a "nation of immigrants" find itself in
this situation? Why can't Congress pass a simple law that
secures our borders yet allows a reasonable flow of needed
labor? Full
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Charlotte
Report: Hot Times in the Queen City
Unbridled optimism abounds
in Charlotte, where all market sectors are seeing strong construction
activity.
While construction in Charlotte was expanding at a
healthy clip last year, the area's builders remained skeptical
about whether it would last. Full
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Mecklenburg
County's New Courthouse
$143 Million Project Heading
for December Completion
In downtown Charlotte, it's not hard to see what's
driving the city's current building boom.
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Charlotte's
Whitewater Center
Contractors, Designer Ride
the Rapids into the Unknown
The world's first self-contained artificial river became
operational last month in Charlotte.
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Concrete
Market Forces at Work
Concrete Supply Improves,
but Costs Continue Escalating
Ready-mix and concrete masonry unit purveyors in the
Southeast expect they can produce adequate supplies of concrete
to meet construction demands, but with rising material, transportation
and labor costs, contractors and owners will likely face additional
price increases.
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Building
Fast in Panama City
Contractor Used Tunnel Forming
for High Productivity on Panama City Projects
Florida's Panhandle beaches have become hotbeds of
condo and resort construction in recent years, with numerous
facilities coming online at a steady pace.
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Big
Pour Kick Starts Ave Maria Project
Suffolk/Kraft Work on 3,000
Cu.-Yd. Mat Pour
In a secluded section of Collier County, Fla., an army of
contractors, laborers and ready-mixed concrete trucks came
together on Saturday, May 13, for one of the biggest concrete
mat pours ever conducted in southwest Florida. Full
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