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Roadbuilder starts work on Pine Belt interstate project

MBJ Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:19:58 +0000

LAUREL — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has begun a Jones County interchange improvement project at the Interstate 59-16th Avenue/Exit 95 interchange. The $1.18-million project was awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders of Laurel. The project will include the installation of a traffic signal and redesign of traffic flow at the interchange. When the project is [...]

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New MSBOC director goes from lawyer to pioneer

Wally Northway — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:13:26 +0000

Stephanie Sills Lee was well on her way to a stellar career in the field of law when a life-changing event forced her to re-evaluate where she was and where she was going. Little did she know that her new direction would land her as the executive director of the Mississippi State Board of Contractors [...]

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Eutaw Construction suing Port Commission over contract

Associated Press — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:58:18 +0000

GULFPORT — A contract dispute has put on hold elevation work at the state port in Gulfport. The port’s West Pier is being expanded, elevated and updated to house a modern containerized cargo operation. When completed, the pier will include 180 acres elevated for storm-surge protection by 15 feet, to 25 feet above sea level. [...]

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City to reject aquatic center bids; all exceeded budget by more than $1M

Associated Press — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:04:46 +0000

TUPELO — The city will reject bids from companies hoping to build Tupelo’s new indoor aquatic center because all exceeded budget by at least $1.4 million. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports six companies submitted bids for the project, which will put a 45,000-square-foot complex at Veterans Park. Bids ranged from $13.4 million to $15.2 [...]

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Board rejects all bids for construction of new school

Associated Press — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:04:45 +0000

OXFORD — The Oxford School Board has rejected all bids for the construction of the new high school. The high school’s construction is the centerpiece of the district’s building program. Schools Superintendent Brian Harvey tells the Oxford Eagle the board has no authority to negotiate with any contractor and can only accept the project as [...]

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Bryant baffled by opposition to immigration-enforcement bill

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:59:00 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said he doesn’t understand some of the opposition that’s developed to an immigration-enforcement bill, particularly from businesses that say they don’t hire illegal immigrants, anyway. “If they’re not hiring illegal immigrants I am baffled as to why they think this law would be detrimental to their work,” Bryant told reporters [...]

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Contractors, ag groups join opposition to immigration-enforcement bill

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:27:47 +0000

JACKSON — Building contractors and agriculture groups, including those representing the poultry industry and sweet-potato growers, say they’re against an immigration-enforcement bill awaiting debate in Mississippi. Their opposition indicates growing political difficulties for a bill supported by first-term Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who won office last November with the help of tea party groups and [...]

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Bridge-replacement project awarded to Joe Magee

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:32:20 +0000

CLARKE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will soon begin a project to replace the bridge over the Chickasawhay River on Highway 512 in Clarke County. The $4.4 million project was awarded to Joe McGee Construction Company in Lake. Along with reconstructing the bridge, about 1,000 feet of roadway will be reconstructed for [...]

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Contractor dispute halts runway construction at Jackson-Evers

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:51:47 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi’s busiest airport is down to one usable runway with a $13.3 million construction project at a standstill and eight months behind schedule. Completion of runway surfacing at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport was expected in June 2011, but a dispute with the contractor halted the work. Airport CEO Dirk Vanderleest says the [...]

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Nations retiring from AGC of Mississippi; son taking his place

Wally Northway — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:59:05 +0000

JACKSON — After a 35-year career as head of the Associated General Contractors of Mississippi, Perry Nations is retiring. But, the AGC did not have to look far for a replacement. Perry Nations’ son, Lee Nations, has been named the organization’s new leader. Lee Nations’ start date has yet to be made official, but he [...]

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