China Trade War Could Affect U.S. Jobs in Solar Sector
By George Hershmann, Swinerton Renewable Energy A German-owned company with a facility in Oregon has filed a trade complaint with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission, demanding new tariffs of up to 150 percent on solar panels and cells imported from China. “Chinese manufacturing versus U.S. manufacturing” makes an easy sound bite. But it misses the mark. If punitive tariffs are imposed on imported solar panels and cells, the real losers will be the American construction workers who are building solar...
read moreBreaking Ground On The Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center
By M. Dilworth After more than 10 years of preparation, construction is slated to begin on a state-of-the-art medical complex in Lancaster. Los Angeles County officials joined City officials Monday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the new High Desert Health System Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MACC). The complex will be constructed on a 15-acre site on Avenue I near 3rd Street in east Lancaster. “What we’re taking here is an area that was really a deplorable drug-infested area that’s going to be changed,” said County...
read moreSwinerton Completes Largest Distributed Generation Project in the Imperial Valley
Swinerton Builders Renewable Energy, one of the nation’s leading Solar EPC Contractors, recently got one step towards building a greener San Diego with their recent completion of the largest distributed generation project completed to date in the Imperial Valley. On January 12th Swinerton joined Rabobank, N.A., Five Crowns Marketing staff and community members at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new photovoltaic project at the Five Crowns Cooling Facility. Located in Brawley, California, this distributed generation project will generate...
read moreGoogle, KKR Team in Acquiring Solar Projects for SMUD
Google, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., and Recurrent Energy today announced an investment in a portfolio of solar photovoltaic facilities serving the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
read moreMore Than 130 Companies Unite to Defend U.S. Solar Industry
Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy Represents More than 13,000 Solar Jobs Across U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) announced today that dozens more new companies have joined the coalition in the last week, ahead of a vote at the International Trade Commission, to urge policymakers to quickly find an equitable resolution to the SolarWorld anti-trade complaint. In its first week since its founding on November 8, CASE grew from 25 companies to 52 companies. In its second week,...
read moreFullerton Library Named Facility Of The Year
Swinerton Builders Orange County is proud to announce that our recent Fullerton Public Library Renovation and Expansion project has been selected to receive the 2011 Facility of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association, Southern California Chapter! The award is in the category of cities with populations from 100,001 to 200,000. Engineering Director for the City, Don Hoppe, said the award is very gratifying and that his staff is “thrilled with the final results of the project. The library has been expanded and renovated to...
read moreSwinerton Builders Government Builds Hope and Recognition Through Operation Denim Day
Beyond being a builder, the Swinerton Family of Companies believes that as a company and corporate family, it is their duty to participate in the betterment of the communities in which they live and work, and support causes that are close to their employees’ hearts. In honor of lives lost defending our nation on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, the Swinerton Builders Government (SBG) team kicked off Operation Denim Day, a two-month campaign leading up to Veterans Day. Operation Denim Day is a fundraising effort created by SBG in...
read moreSwinerton Wins Big At Annual AGC Safety Awards
What can we say? Oh, yes – We’re #1! The Swinerton Family of Companies continued our success at the annual AGC Safety Awards this October 28th, taking home several wins. Swinerton Builders took first place in the Safety Awards of Excellence as a General Contractor with over 1 Million Worker Hours. HMH walked away with second place in the Building Division: 500,000 – 1,000,000 Worker Hours category. Our low incident and injury rates and excellent safety programs are at the heart of our success as a company. Our safety standards are...
read moreSwinerton Builders Colorado Is on the FasTrak With RTD
Swinerton Builders Colorado’s dedication to the community and its regional growth was put into the spotlight recently with two new design-build project wins awarded by the Regional Transportation District (RTD). Through these wins not only will Swinerton be developing infrastructure but also building local business by partnering with several DBE firms in the Denver area on the new projects. Both projects are four-story parking structures that will serve riders of the RTD FasTracks West Corridor light rail system and the existing RTD bus...
read moreBiggest S.F. Apartment Project in Years Gets Go-Ahead
From the San Francisco Business Times Swinerton Builders has gotten the green light to start work on a long-stalled 749-unit apartment complex at 10th and Market Streets [in San Francisco, California]. The $200 million apartment project, being developed by Crescent Heights, is a central piece of the city’s plan to bring new activity and investment into the city’s Mid-Market neighborhood. The development, originally for-sale condos, was shelved before the recession started in 2008; it was redesigned as apartments last year. “We got...
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