(Black America Web) — In a Port-au-Prince warehouse loaded with tarps, plywood, corrugated roofing, nails and other building supplies, company owner Patrick Brun says he had hoped to get contracts from the billions of dollars in international aid promised to Haiti. His 40-year-old company, Chabuma S.A., sells cement blocks, doors, sand bags and other materials […]
(Chicago Sun Times) —The construction workers strike has been going on for almost three weeks now, and workers and contractors alike are feeling the pain. “It’s killing us,” said Jay Javors, president of Midwest Property Group, whose company is building a high-rise at 210 N. Wells. “We’re 10 days behind schedule.” Read More…
(NYT) — The interior-construction industry is hidden from the view of most New Yorkers, but billions of dollars a year are spent building and rebuilding the walls and guts of the city’s corporate towers. The industry is coming into public focus for the second time in a dozen years as investigators from the Manhattan district […]