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awarded Fred Weber a $4.44 million contract Wednesday to remove and replacre the Madison Streetand St. Louis Avenue bridges over Interstate 70 indowntown St. The majority of work on this projecy will start afterHighway 40/Interstate 64 reopensw between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crews will remove the St. Loui Avenue bridge first and then remove and replacre the MadisonStreet bridge. During work to remove the Madison Street bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparatiomn for replacing that bridge later in 2010. This work is part of preliminaryh work on a new Mississippjriver bridge, which is expected to reduce congestion on the Poplar Street Maryland Heights, Mo.
-based Fred Weber is one of the largest privatelh held companies in St. Louis with $353.3 million in revenue in 2008. The commercialk construction firm is also working onthe $245 millionh reconstruction of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’s Shut-Ins state park and is part of Gatewau Constructors, the consortium of contractors performiny $535 million worth of improvements on Highwag 40/Interstate 64.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
NJ inmates work to make license plates - NJ.com
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NJ.com | NJ inmates work to make license plates NJ.com By Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerMichael Allen, an inmate at the Bayside State Prison in South Jersey, adjusts the machine that bonds the reflective facing of New Jersey license plates to the alum inum plate backing. |
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tax credit-fueled filming puts region in spotlight - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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This year, director M. Night who grew up and lives in thePhiladelphia suburbs, is filming “The Last Airbender,” starring Dev the lead actor from “Slumdog Millionaire.” It is the first in the “Avatar” trilogy, which has a reported budgeyt of $250 million. Part of the filminf has been in a studio in the Philadelphi Navy Yard outfitted by at a costof $2 Scenes that are supposed to be Vietnam were shot at a hilltopl pagoda in Reading, Berkss County, an hour west of Philadelphia.
Actora Jamie Foxx and Gerars Butler will appear in another film being shot in andarounf Philadelphia, “Law Abiding Citizen,” a courtroom Locations for filming ranged from City Hall to the defuncgt Broadmeadows prison in suburban Thorton. This filming will start on “How Do You starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson.
This year, director M. Night who grew up and lives in thePhiladelphia suburbs, is filming “The Last Airbender,” starring Dev the lead actor from “Slumdog Millionaire.” It is the first in the “Avatar” trilogy, which has a reported budgeyt of $250 million. Part of the filminf has been in a studio in the Philadelphi Navy Yard outfitted by at a costof $2 Scenes that are supposed to be Vietnam were shot at a hilltopl pagoda in Reading, Berkss County, an hour west of Philadelphia.
Actora Jamie Foxx and Gerars Butler will appear in another film being shot in andarounf Philadelphia, “Law Abiding Citizen,” a courtroom Locations for filming ranged from City Hall to the defuncgt Broadmeadows prison in suburban Thorton. This filming will start on “How Do You starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
GM files for bankruptcy, plans to transfer operations to Wentzville - Denver Business Journal:
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Some operations and equipment from a steel stamping plant inGrand Rapids, which is slated to close as part of the automaker' restructuring, will be transferred to Wentzville, according to Bob a spokesman for the Wentzville plant. It' not yet known how many, if any, Michigan employees will opt to transferto Wentzville, he said. GM officialsz called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambj at9 a.m. Monday to assure him the local plant wouldremain "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said. "That's a positive that corporate thinks this plantt willbe around.
" Still, Lambi said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fenton factora after investing $130 millionn in them, so it was important for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifgy its revenue stream. When Lambi took offic seven years ago, Wentzville countedc on GM for about 55 to 60 percentr of itstotal revenue. Today, that'as more like 15 percent of the city's $24 million generapl fund, because GM pays the city about $3 milliohn a year in real estate taxes, property taxes and othefr fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of 2010, but the Wentzvill plant was sparedbecause it’s the only plant where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergo a previouslu announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resulf in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’sw Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-oldd automaker is among the largesyin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billiomn in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the filefd in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whicu allows the company to operatre while protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-trackk bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additiona taxpayer funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officials would alloew a much smaller GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was lookinb toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p0 union members it now employs. General Motors employs 92,000 in the United States and is indirectlg responsiblefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
governmenft would hold a 60 percent financiap interest in areorganized GM, and the UAW would take a 17.5 percentt stake. The governments of Canada and the province of Ontarii have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stakwe in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholders woulxd get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweet thing," Wheeler said. "Youj hate to have to go through the process of closingy plants andeliminating jobs, but look around, that’e what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire people in the future and be the vibranrt company we once Download a copy of the
Some operations and equipment from a steel stamping plant inGrand Rapids, which is slated to close as part of the automaker' restructuring, will be transferred to Wentzville, according to Bob a spokesman for the Wentzville plant. It' not yet known how many, if any, Michigan employees will opt to transferto Wentzville, he said. GM officialsz called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambj at9 a.m. Monday to assure him the local plant wouldremain "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said. "That's a positive that corporate thinks this plantt willbe around.
" Still, Lambi said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fenton factora after investing $130 millionn in them, so it was important for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifgy its revenue stream. When Lambi took offic seven years ago, Wentzville countedc on GM for about 55 to 60 percentr of itstotal revenue. Today, that'as more like 15 percent of the city's $24 million generapl fund, because GM pays the city about $3 milliohn a year in real estate taxes, property taxes and othefr fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of 2010, but the Wentzvill plant was sparedbecause it’s the only plant where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergo a previouslu announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resulf in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’sw Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-oldd automaker is among the largesyin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billiomn in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the filefd in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whicu allows the company to operatre while protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-trackk bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additiona taxpayer funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officials would alloew a much smaller GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was lookinb toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p0 union members it now employs. General Motors employs 92,000 in the United States and is indirectlg responsiblefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
governmenft would hold a 60 percent financiap interest in areorganized GM, and the UAW would take a 17.5 percentt stake. The governments of Canada and the province of Ontarii have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stakwe in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholders woulxd get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweet thing," Wheeler said. "Youj hate to have to go through the process of closingy plants andeliminating jobs, but look around, that’e what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire people in the future and be the vibranrt company we once Download a copy of the
Monday, February 20, 2012
Panel of business leaders will scrutinize city
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Nutter last week unveiled a seven-member panel of private-sector leaderzs that will work with the city to identify opportunitieas to cut costs andimprove operations. Efforts are alreadyh under way by the Privatwe SectorOutreach Board, whichh was launched in the fall througyh a joint effort of the city and the . The city’s financiaol crisis has increased the urgency of the boarf and their network of volunteers to step to the plated and provide their expertisewhere needed, said Juditg M.
von Seldeneck, who serves as Although their work will cover a broad spectrujof issues, including the city’ss tax structure, criminal justice system and health costs, the most immediate task will be finding efficiencie s and more cost-effective means for the city to operate, said von chairwoman and CEO of of Philadelphia. “The private sectort has been through this; time and again, companies have gone througb downsizing,” von Seldeneck said. “It’ds something they know how to do, they have shareholders all on their necks and they have to be able to show succesa in atimely fashion.
” Philadelphia has already identified projects where private sector help is all that remains is matchinh outside talent to their needs, von Seldeneck “What we are doing is meeting with teamsz that have been established by the administrationm to get the details, understand the then we assess the companies that have agreed to volunteer von Seldeneck said. “Government is so big, it’ like turning the Queen Mary, it’s goinh to take a lot of efforyt and a lotof people. The good news is there’s a good attitud at all levels. … You have a reallt good platform to build on and we just need to get some successe shere soon.
” It’s that marriage of those outsidse of city government working with those within it that will changre the city for the better, said Dan Gallagher, formeer president of the Philadelphiza Chapter of the Society for Human Resourcw Management. In answer to Nutter’s SHRM is rolling out a publifc affairs initiative in the next couple of monthe that will provide a pool of talent into which the citycan tap. Participant s would remain on the payrolls of their firmz whileproviding part-time or full-time assistancee to the city as they have in other said Gallagher.
He doesn’t expect the economy to hinder the efforrt which already has garnered commitments from afew “It’s definitely challenging, but I thini it’s even more challenging right now for companies to potentiallty give money. I thinlk this creates a creative way to give additional resource tothe city,” Gallaghert said. Long-term goals include the establishmentr of an academy to provide ongoing city leadershilp trainingand development, Gallagher said.
The Universitgy of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government has been discussinfg the possibility with the city over the last few but plans may be stalled by thecurrengt crisis, said David Thornburgh, executive director of the Fels “The city budget situation obviously throws a wrench in the works, but we are trying to explore creative ways with the city to pay for but we are just sort of at the beginning of that Thornburgh said. “The caveat is that private-sectodr firms are under their own strese rightnow too.” Accounting firm KPMG and Comcast Corp.
are among the companies actively supportinbgthe efforts, said Gallagher, who is executive directord of organization development for . “We are lookin to build innovation by taking internall resources that know how the city ticks andexternal resources, which are experts, and partnerinf the two to create optimization,” Gallagher said. In additioh to von Seldeneck, the Privat e Sector Outreach Board includes: Rosemary Turner, vice president and chietf operating officer of UPS MetroPhiladelphia District; Daniel Fitzpatrick, president and CEO, Citizenxs Bank Eastern PA, NJ, DE; Ann Weaver president of ; Michael president of ; J.
William Mills III, regional presidenb of , and Harold L. Yoh III, chairman and CEO of Day Zimmermann.
Nutter last week unveiled a seven-member panel of private-sector leaderzs that will work with the city to identify opportunitieas to cut costs andimprove operations. Efforts are alreadyh under way by the Privatwe SectorOutreach Board, whichh was launched in the fall througyh a joint effort of the city and the . The city’s financiaol crisis has increased the urgency of the boarf and their network of volunteers to step to the plated and provide their expertisewhere needed, said Juditg M.
von Seldeneck, who serves as Although their work will cover a broad spectrujof issues, including the city’ss tax structure, criminal justice system and health costs, the most immediate task will be finding efficiencie s and more cost-effective means for the city to operate, said von chairwoman and CEO of of Philadelphia. “The private sectort has been through this; time and again, companies have gone througb downsizing,” von Seldeneck said. “It’ds something they know how to do, they have shareholders all on their necks and they have to be able to show succesa in atimely fashion.
” Philadelphia has already identified projects where private sector help is all that remains is matchinh outside talent to their needs, von Seldeneck “What we are doing is meeting with teamsz that have been established by the administrationm to get the details, understand the then we assess the companies that have agreed to volunteer von Seldeneck said. “Government is so big, it’ like turning the Queen Mary, it’s goinh to take a lot of efforyt and a lotof people. The good news is there’s a good attitud at all levels. … You have a reallt good platform to build on and we just need to get some successe shere soon.
” It’s that marriage of those outsidse of city government working with those within it that will changre the city for the better, said Dan Gallagher, formeer president of the Philadelphiza Chapter of the Society for Human Resourcw Management. In answer to Nutter’s SHRM is rolling out a publifc affairs initiative in the next couple of monthe that will provide a pool of talent into which the citycan tap. Participant s would remain on the payrolls of their firmz whileproviding part-time or full-time assistancee to the city as they have in other said Gallagher.
He doesn’t expect the economy to hinder the efforrt which already has garnered commitments from afew “It’s definitely challenging, but I thini it’s even more challenging right now for companies to potentiallty give money. I thinlk this creates a creative way to give additional resource tothe city,” Gallaghert said. Long-term goals include the establishmentr of an academy to provide ongoing city leadershilp trainingand development, Gallagher said.
The Universitgy of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government has been discussinfg the possibility with the city over the last few but plans may be stalled by thecurrengt crisis, said David Thornburgh, executive director of the Fels “The city budget situation obviously throws a wrench in the works, but we are trying to explore creative ways with the city to pay for but we are just sort of at the beginning of that Thornburgh said. “The caveat is that private-sectodr firms are under their own strese rightnow too.” Accounting firm KPMG and Comcast Corp.
are among the companies actively supportinbgthe efforts, said Gallagher, who is executive directord of organization development for . “We are lookin to build innovation by taking internall resources that know how the city ticks andexternal resources, which are experts, and partnerinf the two to create optimization,” Gallagher said. In additioh to von Seldeneck, the Privat e Sector Outreach Board includes: Rosemary Turner, vice president and chietf operating officer of UPS MetroPhiladelphia District; Daniel Fitzpatrick, president and CEO, Citizenxs Bank Eastern PA, NJ, DE; Ann Weaver president of ; Michael president of ; J.
William Mills III, regional presidenb of , and Harold L. Yoh III, chairman and CEO of Day Zimmermann.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Texas A&M sequences the first Quarter Horse genome - Liberty Vindicator
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Texas A&M sequences the first Quarter Horse genome Liberty Vindicator Genome sequencing is not a new science, but advances in sequencing technology, often referred to as next-generation sequencing, have made it easier and cheaper to sequence the genome of an individual, according to the researchers. |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Arizona awards transportation stimulus contracts - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Phoenix Amount: $365,000 Project: Bridge rehabilitation, I-40, Apache County Contractor: Granite Construction Co., Tucsob Amount: $1,873,811 Project: Pavement preservation, State Route 83, Santa Cruz Countyh Contractor: Granite Construction Co., Tucson Amount: $2,512,165 Project: Pavement preservation, U.S. 191, Apache County CKC Construction & Matrials LLC, Safforfd Amount: $336,511 Project: Pavemenf widening, U.S. 191, Cochise County FNF Construction Inc., Tempe Amount: $5,541,928 Pavement preservation, I-10, Cochise County C.S. & W. Contractors Inc., Phoenix Amount: $5,808,917 Road reconstruction, Walnut County, Coconini County Contractor: R.K. Sanders, Inc.
, Phoenix Amount: $406,3765 Project: Safety fence replacement, I-10, Mohave County Contractor: Fann Contracting Prescott Amount: $1,899,987 Project: Pavementr preservation, I-17, Yavapai County Contractor: D O Contractors Inc., Glendale Amount: $334,303 Project: Safety fence State Route 80, Cochise County
Phoenix Amount: $365,000 Project: Bridge rehabilitation, I-40, Apache County Contractor: Granite Construction Co., Tucsob Amount: $1,873,811 Project: Pavement preservation, State Route 83, Santa Cruz Countyh Contractor: Granite Construction Co., Tucson Amount: $2,512,165 Project: Pavement preservation, U.S. 191, Apache County CKC Construction & Matrials LLC, Safforfd Amount: $336,511 Project: Pavemenf widening, U.S. 191, Cochise County FNF Construction Inc., Tempe Amount: $5,541,928 Pavement preservation, I-10, Cochise County C.S. & W. Contractors Inc., Phoenix Amount: $5,808,917 Road reconstruction, Walnut County, Coconini County Contractor: R.K. Sanders, Inc.
, Phoenix Amount: $406,3765 Project: Safety fence replacement, I-10, Mohave County Contractor: Fann Contracting Prescott Amount: $1,899,987 Project: Pavementr preservation, I-17, Yavapai County Contractor: D O Contractors Inc., Glendale Amount: $334,303 Project: Safety fence State Route 80, Cochise County
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