Latest construction news and information for the Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota regional heavy, highway and non-residential building construction industry en-us http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513.html Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:55:59 PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/tJDR5D10AJU/390050439.html Progressive Contractors Inc., the company that was resurfacing the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis when the bridge collapsed, settled lawsuits with sur... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/390050439.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/SA2ROXMENgY/460049046.html TRIP, a national transportation research group in Washington, D. C., has been traveling across the country to bring attention to conditions of... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/460049046.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/Oj-jDi9cePI/400048240.html Have you been reading about the lawsuits filed by all the parties involved in the I-35W bridge collapse? I can't keep track of the dozens of ... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/400048240.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/07_OncGTqqU/1210045921.html Last week, James Oberstar, chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee announced the committee is releasing the draft of a pro... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1210045921.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/1gf08JCWwj0/290045429.html It's that time of year again. Yes, construction season arrived, slowly and surely, and motorists are asked to watch out for work zones, constr... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/290045429.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/baS9GvHcEFk/1220045122.html Jim Ryan was a soft-spoken man who led his family business to be one of the best known construction companies in the Midwest and the U.S. He died o... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1220045122.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/N-t8owMLLSk/1100044310.html Minnesota and North Dakota are working towards a plan to control flooding in the Red River Valley. It's about time! Although two governors, s... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1100044310.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/Z4AADB5IxOo/510043051.html The Labor Department reports that U.S. unemployment is at 8.5% or 13.2 million people without jobs. The rate may increase during 2009 whi... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/510043051.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/l9B-hUyOPvQ/340042434.html Here's the most recent version of how some of the Economic Stimulus package will be spent. The $787 billion package was signed into law and&nb... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/340042434.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/ZdTnT37zmb0/1780041978.html For those who are interested in the amount of funding each state will receive from the Economic Stimulus Package, known by its formal name, the Ame... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1780041978.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/0ocx-BgnNwc/510041451.html By now we know that every state and most communities have their hands extended to receive money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/510041451.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/YsAIYqpyC08/750041075.html The federal stimulus package is only a week old but, already, Congress is looking at ways to manage distribution as states and local communities lo... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/750041075.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/-oYEUGJnkUo/1730040373.html With this economy, we wonder if our lives will ever be on the rise with jobs, homes, savings, spending and businesses on a downward spiral beginnin... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1730040373.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/Rx_7asL3UQg/360037636.html The construction industry could help start the economy on a profitable path. That's what President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday, December 6,... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/360037636.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/r_ce4m9iVkw/1840036584.html The preliminary findings of the National Transportation Safety Board said that gusset plates at two crucial points on either side of the bridge hol... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1840036584.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/8Auntb8Q4CY/1570035957.html Days before the release of the final report on the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, Jim Oberstar, D-MN, chair of the House Transportation and Infras... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1570035957.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/MQ1Q7YDstqs/1290035329.html The construction industry predicts shortages of many materials to make products and at the top of the list is aggregates that go into concrete and ... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1290035329.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/MOQGKf1lNm0/180035018.html As the worldwide financial crisis continues, construction projects in all states are left hanging because no one knows if Washington D. C. will fun... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/180035018.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/kBWTNt_57W0/580034458.html The financial crisis is hitting the commercial construction industry now. In September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a drop of 35,000 jobs... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/580034458.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/mdaLIJqmzoU/100034210.html The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, owners of Mystic Lake Casino, south of the Twin Cities, is going green with its recent construction ... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/100034210.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/Y23CjgqxY_Y/1370033537.html Gov. Tim Pawlenty made the announcement at a press conference on the newly-built I-35W Bridge on Monday, Spetember 15 that the bridge will open to ... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1370033537.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/kkfR1Jj1DMI/1520033152.html The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that the I-35W Bridge will open on Tuesday, September 16. Gov. Tim Pawlenty will conduct a new... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1520033152.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/u8B4bwixak0/1720032572.html St. Paul, Minnesota, was proud to host the Republican National Convention going on this week. Months ago, officials began preparing roads, lan... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1720032572.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/caZZ-30o180/820032082.html Did you hear about North Dakota's new wealth? Yes, the state that National Geographic magazine called "the emptied prairie" has res... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/820032082.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ConstructionBulletin/~3/-XXaPatZo74/1940031394.html On August 1, Minnesotans remembered the victims of the I-35W bridge collapse. An interfaith service began at 11 a.m. at the Basilica of St. Mary in... http://www.constructionequipment.com/blog/1130000513/post/1940031394.html