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...Michigan and Ohio are next, and Arizona follows. “It just gives you chill bumps to think about in the next 10 to 20 years — what is the Midlands region gonna look like?”...
...The scale of fab construction in the US is now stretching contractors’ ability to find workers with speciality skills. TSMC plans high-volume chip production in its first Arizona plant early next year....
...Just over a year ago, the National Rifle Association, riven by infighting and filing for bankruptcy, seemed to be a diminished force in America....
...Jörg Jahnke Dachbau, a Berlin roofing company, is facing a new year’s slump with few parallels in its history. “It’s an absolute disaster,” said its managing director, Joachim Meder....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, warned the sector’s difficulties may be about to deepen....
...He was told the main contractor was delaying the payments. By February, Pawlaczyk had been kicked out of his accommodation and had started sleeping on a mattress at the site....
...“Here you can enter and exit construction really easily,” says John Martinez, president of the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association in Dallas....
...Contractors pared down their workforces after the housing market collapse....
...Larry Crotts, a contractor from Phoenix in Arizona, said it was difficult to find qualified workers. “Before I had a full crew where each member had an expertise from drywalling to landscaping....
...Power players The United States Energy Association holds its ninth annual State of the Energy Industry Forum, in Washington....
...It was while perched on top of a block of Regency-style apartments in Cheltenham that conservation roofing contractor Rhyddian Gilberston decided window boxes could be a good business....
...Arizona recently completed a string of public hearings on a plan to add thousands of privately operated prison beds....
...It is a tiny business, so small that the biggest fishing industry trade association, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), doesn’t even collect data on it....
...His advice for those trying to understand roofing and siding? “Think like a raindrop.”...
...The Arizona senator now believes his inquiries - facilitated by his powers as a leading member of a powerful Senate committee - have uncovered far-reaching flaws in US defence procurement....
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