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January 2021 Construction Spending Again Improves Analyst Opinion of Construction Spending Construction spending is remarkedly strong considering the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Private construction had been fueling construction growth (and is still contracting) - but currently, public construction is fueling the growth. Consider this report slightly worse than last month. Construction employment has contracted significantly from pre-pandemic levels. Econintersect analysis: Inflation-adjusted construction spending up 3.1 % year-over-year. 3 month rolling average is 5.7 % above the rol...

Marty Walsh (Courtesy Biden-Harris Transition) Boston mayor chosen as Secretary of Labor, Rhode Island governor for Secretary of Commerce Biden nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as Secretary of Commerce. Additionally, he has nominated Don Graves as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Isabel Guzman as Small Business Administrator. Graves is a banker who served on President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Guzman is director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate. Walsh is in his seco...

Biden Picks Boston Mayor Walsh for Labor Secretary Joe Biden announced Friday that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is his nominee for Labor Secretary, replacing outgoing Trump pick Eugene Scalia. Calling him “a good friend and a standup guy,” Biden said he was “tough as nails,” beating childhood cancer, becoming a union member and president, as well as graduating from college at age 42 before becoming the mayor of the Massachusetts capital. “Marty understands, like I do, that the middle-class built this country, and unions built the middle-class,” the President-Elect said when introducin...

If you've ever traveled around Northwest Indiana, you've almost certainly seen something Hasse Construction has built. Co-owner Bill Hasse sometimes drives with his wife around the Region to check in on projects he's working on, currently including the new Dyer Fire Station at 213th Street and Calumet Avenue. Hasse Construction has done major construction projects across the Calumet Region, including at major hospitals and at factories along the lakefront, including at Cargill, Unilever, Safety-Kleen, Praxair and ArcelorMittal. It's built infrastructure, fire stations and other significant bu...

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