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Downtown Nampa construction scheduled for late March   NAMPA — A four-month rebuild of Second Street and Third Street in downtown Nampa is set to begin in late March, but the city is taking steps to limit the impact of the construction before the project begins.  Project managers gave new information at an open house Wednesday night at the Nampa Public Library, including how the construction will be staggered and how residents will access downtown businesses during construction.  The contractor, Idaho Materials and Construction, signed a contract for the project Feb. 21. Construction is set to begin in late March...

WorkSafeBC launches three-year construction high risk strategy The injury rate in B.C.’s construction industry has slowly been decreasing in recent years, but it doesn’t give health and safety professionals reason to cheer. That’s because the chance of a worker being injured in the industry was still three times higher than the average in all other industry sectors in B.C. Falls from heights are the leading cause of injuries, with more than 2,000 injuries reported in a five-year span through 2016. Twenty-two workers died from falls. Those statistics don’t sit well with WorkSafeBC which has implemented a three-year comprehensive strategy to...

Investigators Eye Possible $100 Million Construction Fraud New York State Police officers and investigators from the Manhattan district attorney swept into Bloomberg L.P., the financial news and information company, on Lexington Avenue in October. Armed with search warrants and grand jury subpoenas, they demanded access to the offices of two senior executives, apparently as part of an investigation into bribery, bid-rigging and kickbacks in the interior construction industry. That same day, Oct. 12, investigators raided the downtown offices of Turner Construction, a large general contractor that oversees work on Bloomberg offices in New York, seeking records, emails and computers belonging...

Trails projects look to see construction in 2018 Courtesy imageConceptual design for the downtown Gaylord trailhead.   OTSEGO COUNTY — Work will start later this year on the Iron Belle trail extension, and it is hoped that the downtown Gaylord trailhead project also will begin before 2018 ends. According to Rachel Frisch, Otsego County administrator, the final plan package for the trail extension should be ready to be submitted this week with the hopes of bid letting in May to determine who will do the construction. The almost 12-mile extension project should be completed in 2018. Otsego County Commissioner Paul...

Top Construction Stocks to Own as Trump Infrastructure Plan Takes the Spotlight President Donald Trump made improved infrastructure a hallmark of his campaign. Now, it's taking the lead in his tenure as Commander in Chief. The 53-page document released Monday offered more details on the highly anticipated plan from the Trump administration. It calls for at least $1.5 trillion in new investment, increased focus on rural projects, improved training for workers and project times shortened to two years. New details Monday also included expanded use of tax-exempt debt, allowing states to add tolls on interstates and eased lease standards for...