Tag: Job
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Tutor Perini unit cashes in on $220M casino job
Award: Casino expansion projectValue: $220 millionLocation: Porterville, CaliforniaClient: Tule River Gaming Authority Tutor Perini Building Corp. played its cards right and won a $220 million contract for the next phase of a California casino expansion. Los Angles-based Tutor Perini announced that the Tule River Gaming Authority picked subsidiary TPBC to build the Eagle Mountain Casino…
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Gas fitter jailed after doing botched job while suspended
A gas fitter from Norfolk has been jailed after carrying out unsafe gas work in a residential property while suspended from the Gas Safe Register. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that 52-year-old Antony Clifton, from Wymondham, had fitted a cooker at the home in Drayton that left gas leaking from…
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Tutor Perini nabs $1.87B NYC bus terminal job
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Bus terminal staging and storage facility and rampValue: $1.87 billionLocation: New York CityClient: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Tutor Perini has won a $1.87 billion guaranteed maximum price contract to construct the staging and storage…
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Hiring rate, job openings remain historically low
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction counted 3,000 more open jobs on the last day of May compared with April, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Tuesday. The industry had 245,000 unfilled positions at the end of…
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Granite-led JV taps into $240M Nevada water job
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Water infrastructure project Value: $240 millionLocation: Henderson, NevadaClient: Southern Nevada Water Authority Granite Construction has more water business flowing its way. The Watsonville, California-based contractor has won a construction-manager-at-risk contract, along with joint venture partner Contri…
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Granite-led JV taps into $240M Nevada water job
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Water infrastructure project Value: $240 millionLocation: Henderson, NevadaClient: Southern Nevada Water Authority Granite Construction has more water business flowing its way. The Watsonville, California-based contractor has won a construction-manager-at-risk contract, along with joint venture partner Contri…
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Fisher Sand & Gravel nabs $309M border wall job
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Awards: Border wall constructionValue: $309 millionLocation: Santa Cruz County, ArizonaClients: U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded a $309 million contract for U.S.-Mexico border wall construction to Fisher Sand & Gravel, according…
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Job spotlight: apprentice quantity surveyor, Seddon
Finley Topping tells CM People that the experience gained through an apprenticeship far outweighs a full-time university course. Tell us about your role and your day-to-day responsibilities. I started my apprenticeship in August last year and jumped straight into a live project, which has been the best way to learn – from the ground up,…
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Turner, AECOM Hunt JV lands Dallas convention center job
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Convention center expansionValue: UndisclosedLocation: DallasClient: City of Dallas The city of Dallas has selected a joint venture led by AECOM Hunt and Turner Construction for the first phase of the $3.7 billion Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention…
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Job openings stagnate as labor churn flattens
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction job openings dropped by 3,000 positions in April as labor churn in the sector slowed, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The industry counted 248,000 open jobs that employers actively…