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Oct 13, 2006 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Business News via COMTEX) -- A new business will bring 50 jobs to the former Tower Automotive Inc. factory complex on Milwaukee's north side, a company manager said Thursday. Computer Sciences Corp. is leasing 208,000 square feet at 3420 N. 35th St., where it's operating an equipment storage and service center for the U.S. Postal Service, said Chuck Coy, the company's senior director of managed services. The company has around 30 employees in the facility, and it expects to have around 50 employees by December, Coy said. The postal service ships mailbags and other mail transport equipment from the Milwaukee area to the facility. That job for the Milwaukee area was previously handled out of Chicago.
The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba has announced it's cutting rates for construction firms that encourage a safe workplace. The Incentive Plan in Construction will cut WCB rates by five percent for firms that earn safety association accreditation through the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association, or the Consttruction Safety Association of Manitoba. The plan starts January 1st, and is open to over 5,500 construction firms. It will be funded by the construction firms through a small surcharge increase, which doesn't apply to other industries. CJOB's Brett Megarry reporting.
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The recently introduced Registered Agricultural Contractor scheme has been well received with over 20 Rural Contractors signing up for the process in the first three weeks. RACF Executive Director Roger Parton said that the uptake was steady and he expected it to continue at that pace foe sometime. “This is the start of the busy season and contractors’ thoughts are elsewhere at the moment” he said. “However as the farming and lifestyle communities come to understand the benefits of engaging contractors who have been through a registration process, the rate should pick up”. Contractors seeking to become registered simply apply to the Federation, by phone (0508 787 253) email (Roger[at]rural-contractors.org.nz or download the form from www.rural-contractors.org.nz.
Bilfinger Berger will carry out the turn-key construction of the Stadt-Galerie in Passau. The order volume for this ambitious development project from ECE Projektmanagement amounts to 60 million.
Construction work begins in October 2006 and the shopping center is to be opened in fall 2008. 21,000 square meters of retail space, spread over three levels, provide an attractive location for up to 90 shops.
In Duisburg, Bilfinger Berger is building the Forum, another inner-city shopping center. The client is Multi Development Germany, the volume amounts to 85 million and Bilfinger Berger is the technical leader for the turn-key construction. The opening is planned for fall 2008. A few steps away, Bilfinger Berger is currently building the striking CityPalais for the Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft NRW with a concert hall as well as office and retail space.
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