Vertical work starts on Foxconn factory

August 19, 2019 12:58 pm Leave a comment

Work starts on the Gen 6 plant Foxconn is building in Mount Pleasant. (Photo courtesy of Foxconn)

Crews overseen by the construction manager Gilbane | Exyte began work on Monday on the 993,460-square-foot plant Foxconn Technology Group is building in Mount Pleasant for the manufacture of liquid-crystal-display panels.

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ALTAR-ATIONS: Berghammer oversees renovation of Lumen Christi Catholic Parish (PHOTOS)

August 19, 2019 12:40 pm Leave a comment

Paul Voge uses a reciprocating saw to cut an angle iron outside the church.

ALTAR-ATIONS: Berghammer oversees renovation of Lumen Christi Catholic Parish

James Barry Jr., chairman of The Barry Co., dies at 85

August 19, 2019 10:47 am Leave a comment

James T. Barry Jr., chairman of The Barry Co., has died. Barry died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 85.

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Michigan city reviews options to combat flooded streets

August 19, 2019 10:00 am Leave a comment

The Estral Beach firefighters Courtney Millar, Eric Bruley, and Chase Baldwin kayak in floodwaters on May 8 in the south end of Estral Beach in Berlin Township, Michigan. Wind-driven water caused more flooding in southeastern Michigan along western Lake Erie following recent rainfall that contributed to high water levels in the Great Lakes. (Tom Hawley/The Monroe News via AP)

One Michigan city is reviewing ways to help alleviate flooding from Lake Erie onto its streets.

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The ‘good enough’ home may be just perfect

August 16, 2019 2:30 pm Leave a comment

FILE- In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo a sign hangs outside a house for sale in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. Constructed from aspirational Instagram feeds and reality TV, the dream home floats in the imagination like a castle in the sky but dissolves in the rain of hard numbers. Chasing the dream can lure buyers to overextend themselves financially. Or the high prices can lead first-time homebuyers to delay a home purchase _ and the opportunity to start building home equity.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Constructed from aspirational Instagram feeds and reality TV, the dream home floats in the imagination like a castle in the sky but dissolves in the rain of hard numbers.

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US home building fell 4% in July, slowing housing market

August 16, 2019 11:09 am Leave a comment

A worker carries shingles for the roof of a house under construction on June 19 in Brandon, Mississippi. The pace of U.S. home construction fell by 4% in July despite strong demand from would-be buyers, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

The pace of U.S. home construction fell by 4% in July despite strong demand from would-be buyers, held back by a shortage of skilled labor and affordable land.

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PUNCH LIST: The Domes and Student Fees (VIDEO)

August 16, 2019 8:19 am Leave a comment

The week’s fastest minute in construction.

Records: Upper Peninsula mine approved despite concerns

August 16, 2019 7:39 am Leave a comment

A sign stands in protest on Aug. 13 of Aquila Resources' plan to open a pit mine near the Menominee River in Michigan. The mine would send acidic waste into the river and surrounding waterways, which would then spill into the Great Lake, staff employees say. Harm is likely to come to more acres of wetlands than the mining company has projected, according to evaluators. (Paul Srubas/The Post-Crescent via AP)

Over and over, Michigan environmental regulators had sounded alarms as they reviewed a proposed large, open-pit ore mine in the Upper Peninsula near the Menominee River, prized for walleye fishing and being a tributary to Lake Michigan.

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CONSTRUCTION BARRIER: Lawmakers seek limits on using students fees for UW buildings

August 15, 2019 2:59 pm Leave a comment

The Nicholas Recreation Center is under construction in July on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The project, a replacement of the university’s Southeast Recreational Facility, is being paid for in part with student fees. A bill state lawmakers began circulating on Aug. 8 would greatly restrict UW officials’ ability to use such fees for future construction projects. (Staff photo by Dan Shaw)

A recently introduced bill would restrict how public universities in Wisconsin use student fees to pay for construction projects.

Is the US economy nearing a recession?

August 15, 2019 12:23 pm Leave a comment

Cargo containers are staged near cranes at the Port of Tacoma, in Tacoma, Washington, on March 5. Economists are warning that the odds of a recession are rising. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Financial markets are flashing some big warning signs of an approaching recession, and the global economy is weakening as the U.S.-China trade war intensifies.

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