The Building Tradesman Newspaper

By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer ..

By Mark Breslin
(Another in a series) ..

GRAND RAPIDS - Eight years ago, the Van Andel Institute opened and became the founding tenant of what's called "Hospital Hill," "Health Hill" or even "Pill Hill" - a formal name hasn't been established. The collection of medical, educational and research buildings along a steep hill on Michigan Street on the edge of the downtown area is currently undergoing about $1 billion in construction activity, spread among several projects. ..

WASHINGTON (PAI) - Calling rebuilding America a bipartisan and nonpartisan issue, the Laborers have launched a massive grass-roots campaign to mobilize both unionists and citizens in favor of dedicated, massive investment in reconstructing the nation's airports, highways and railroads, union President Terry O'Sullivan announced. ..

Check off another requirement as "done" in advance of construction on the Marathon Petroleum Co.'s $1.9 billion Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project. ..