Wed September 27, 2017
Ritchie Bros. Hosts September Equipment Sale in Las Vegas
More than 1,900 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. ' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Las Vegas on Sept. 15, 2017. With bidders from 40 countries, approximately 80 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Israel, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates....
Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 27, 2017
Long-Mothballed, Unfinished Las Vegas Strip Casino-Hotel Sold for $600M
LAS VEGAS (AP) A long-mothballed, unfinished casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has been sold for $600 million, eight years after construction halted on the 63-story tower amid the recession. A partnership led by New York-based real estate company Witkoff bought the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a hulking bluish tower that was 70 percent finished when construction stopped and has since served as a training site for firefighters....
Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 13, 2017
Raiders One Step Closer to Building Las Vegas Stadium
LAS VEGAS (AP) The Oakland Raiders are one step closer to being able to start building their proposed stadium in Las Vegas after local officials approved the use of the land the team purchased near the city's world-famous casino-resorts....
Wed August 30, 2017
Reno VA Hospital Prepares for 'Project Nevada's Heroes'
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) toured the Reno Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center on Aug. 14 and met with hospital staff to discuss the unique needs of Nevada's veterans and the facility's highly-anticipated construction project....
Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 30, 2017
Raiders Working on Long 'To-Do' List for Las Vegas Stadium
LAS VEGAS (AP) The Oakland Raiders and the public entity that oversees the team's proposed stadium in Las Vegas sought to forge ahead on a long list of crucial pending issues that need to be resolved by an October deadline....
Wed August 02, 2017
Nevada Builders Alliance Presents Visa Program to Boost Worker Shortage
Nevada Builders Alliance presented its newest program to assist construction and construction-related companies in relieving some of the pressure felt by the shortage of skilled construction workers in Nevada at a recent luncheon in Reno....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Thu July 20, 2017
Builders Alliance Unites With U.S. Army in the Name of Education
Nevada Builders Alliance—the largest statewide professional membership based organization in the construction industry—announced the first statewide partnership with the U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success the “PaYS” program....
Wed July 19, 2017
Electric Car Maker Scraps Plans for $1B Nevada Plant
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) An electric car maker deserted its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada, in a move experts said could spell trouble for the company and the broader niche electric automobile businesses....
Wed July 19, 2017
Nevada DOT Injects Stabilizer Beneath Sunken Highway
When a section of highway began to sink as the soil weakened beneath it, the Nevada Department of Transportation had to inject an underground stabilizing agent before it could repair the road surface. The agency recently completed repairs to U.S....
