by Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
Tags: build, builder, building, construction, consumer products, contractor, distribution, ship, shipping, warehouse
SOUTHAVEN — Consumer products company Helen of Troy will build a new $37-million warehouse in DeSoto County. The company, based in El Paso, Texas, already owns a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse in Southaven. It will give up 700,000 square feet of leased space in Memphis, Tenn. Officials said Helen of Troy would create 300 jobs. It’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: agency, boat, build, builder, building, constrctor, construction, e, employee, employment, expansion, government, incentive, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, marine, mployer, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, state, work, worker
PASCAGOULA — VT Halter Marine has started construction on a new multimillion-dollar ship repair facility at the company’s Pascagoula yard. Gov. Phil Bryant and company officials say the expansion at the Bayou Casotte shipyard will create 400 new jobs. The company has three ship construction facilities, all located in Mississippi, with one facility in Pascagoula [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2012
Tags: auditor, build, building, construction, disaster, disaster recovery, federal, flood, flooding, government, higher education, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, storm, storm surge, tropical, university, Weather, wind
LONG BEACH — A federal auditor says FEMA should demand the return of $5.3 million of Hurricane Katrina reconstruction money from the University of Southern Mississippi. The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General says it reviewed $12.2 million of the $41.1 million that USM received to rebuild its Gulf Park campus in Long Beach following [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2012
Tags: agency, build, builder, building, certifiacte of need, construction, government, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, relocate, relocation, state
OXFORD and WEST POINT — The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued certificates of need (CONs) to two entities for proposed projects. Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi Inc., d/b/a Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford received a CON to replace its 217-bed licensed hospital facility with a new facility one mile [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: building, Commercial Real Estate, culture, demolish, Heritage, historic, histoy, hurricane, raze, satorm, tropical, Weather
PASCAGOULA — Hurricane Isaac has done irreparable damage to the Brumfield’s Building, a fixture in downtown Pascagoula since the 1920s. A spokesman for the family said a contractor has been selected and the building will be torn down, once the city has been consulted and all requirements and considerations met. Losing the building will knock [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: build, builder, building, construction, contractor, energy, equipment, Oil, plant, sand
PHILADELPHIA — A Mississippi company has announced plans to assemble equipment for Canadian oil sands projects in northwestern Montana. The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune reports Philadelphia-based Yates Constructors plans to open an assembly plant in the Bynum, Mont., area, north of Choteau along the Rocky Mountain Front. Sweetgrass Development executive director Sarah Converse says Yates [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 9,2012
Tags: build, builder, building, construction, contractor, economic development, export, exporter, exporting, exposition, foreign market, import, importer, importing, international trade, mission, state agency, subcontractor, trade show
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) invites Mississippi businesses to participate in a building/construction exposition and business development mission from March 1-7, 2013, in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The event will connect Mississippi firms in the building and construction industry with business opportunities in these three Caribbean markets. During the trip, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
Tags: apprpriation, bond, borrow, building, construction, credit, debt, finance, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, loan, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi House and Senate will try to agree on a package of long-term borrowing next year, after failing to authorize one this past spring, a top lawmaker said. Senate Finance Committee chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said leaders want to cover the state’s needs without creating too much bond debt. The state issues [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 2,2012
Tags: bid, boat, boater, boating, builder, building, city, construction, contract, government, habor, municipal, municipality, outdoor, water sports
PASS CHRISTIAN — The city of Pass Christian has split its harbor improvements project into three parts. Mayor Chipper McDermott tells WLOX-TV the decision was made after bids came in higher than expected on the $33-million project. McDermott said the phase one dredging work is already finished and phase two, which involves concrete pilings, is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: airport, asphalt, builder, building, construction, contractor, dispute, quality, runway, travel
JACKSON — Work has resumed on a runway at Mississippi’s busiest passenger airport after a dispute with the contractor brought construction to a standstill last year. The project to remove bad clay and repave one of two runways at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport stalled over a disagreement about the quality of the asphalt being [...] [...]
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