Dec. 24–The countdown continues for the Top 10 Stories of 2009 selected by the Tribune editorial staff.
The Nacimiento Water Project — the county’s largest public works effort — heads into its final months of construction in 2010.
But even as residents and businesses prepare to use the millions of gallons of drinking water that the 45-mile [...]
Convincing every city in Santa Clara County to adopt green building standards turned out to be easy. But agreement on how to ensure a green building is indeed green and not just “green-ish” is proving tough.
“It’s a much more difficult question,” said Shiloh Ballard, who, on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, shepherded the [...]
New homes fell 11.3% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 355,000 as a popular tax break for first-time homeowners was set to expire, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday.
It was the lowest sales pace since April and followed months of steadier sales boosted by the tax break that was set to expire on [...]
While we at the California High-Speed Rail Authority don’t second-guess the will of the voters the way Jon Coupal seems to – instead we make it our mission to carry out the will of the voters – we actually agree with the position of the taxpayer advocate who doesn’t want a single cent of the [...]
Tom Barr and Brian Willaby are developing the 155-lot Pearson Park subdivision, where they expect build-out to occur much slower than Barr’s previous projects. Infrastructure is in place and home construction should start this month.
Tom Barr is no stranger to developing homes in northeast Springfield.
Barr developed the 100-lot Pearson Meadows subdivision in 2004, where all [...]
CHICAGO — The Sears Tower, that bronze-black monument that forms the 110-story peak of the skyline here and stands as the tallest office building in the Western Hemisphere, will soon have another unique feature: wind turbines sprouting from its recessed rooftops high in the sky.
The building’s owners, leasing agents and architects said Wednesday that they are [...]
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) — Builders in the U.S. broke ground on fewer single-family homes last month as the expiration of the government’s tax credit for first-time buyers approached.
Single-family projects dropped 3 percent, the first decrease since January, while work began on 25 percent more multifamily units such as apartments, figures from the Commerce Department showed [...]
USA TODAY
Construction spending by federal, state and local governments has reached record levels, lifting the economy and employing some blue-collar workers despite a collapse in home building.
The building of new homes and apartments fell in July to its lowest level since 1991, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. A boom in government projects has picked up [...]
SUBJECT: DEQ File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County
Dear Mr. DeVries:
It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity:
Construction [...]
A workforce battered by layoffs and a 15.3% unemployment rate is ready to get to work, even if it means moving or retraining
By Moira Herbst
Mike Agostini needs a job. Having worked in the construction industry for 15 years—starting out as a laborer and moving into supervisory positions—he was laid off in January 2008 by a Kissimmee [...]
