Report: Jacksonville construction company endangering workers

A Jacksonville-based construction company is facing scrutiny for putting the safety of its workers at risk, according to a news release.

The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued several citations to Great White Construction Inc. for safety violations, including failure to install fall protection at construction sites.

Between September and October 2014, Great White was issued six citations for safety violations at two sites. The company could…

Lee’s Summit may hire its own commercial brokers

Lee’s Summit is considering a plan to hire an area real estate firm to identify property most suitable for future commercial development, The Lee’s Summit Journal reports.

The City Council should decide next month whether to hire CBC Real Estate Group to provide a sense of what the market is looking. That will allow the city to target new infrastructure to help in a goal of gaining a better balance of commercial and residential development.

The plan includes a six-month contract with CBC that…

Md. residents concerned HHS jobs may move to Utah

Fearing the loss of up to 100 federal jobs, some residents of Montgomery County have turned to U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr., D-Md., of Kensington, to get answers, according to The Gazette.

The residents told Van Hollen approximately 100 jobs with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Services Center may be moved to Utah. The Program Services Center has offices in Washington as well as Bethesda and Rockville.

Van Hollen said he’s reached out to Department of Health and Human…

In the money March 30: Austin startup funding wrap-up

At least four Austin-area startups reported raising investment capital last week, according to the companies and federal filings.

• Energy efficiency specialists Noesis Energy Inc. raised $5 million as part of a planned $10 million financing involving two investors.

• Retail monitoring software maker eyeQ Inc. reported collecting $1.2 million in seed funding.

• Website hosting and management company WP Engine Inc. received a $23 million financing from a lone investor.

• Pharmaceutical…

Subcontractors, suppliers say J.T. Turner owes them hundreds of thousands

Savannah construction subcontractors and suppliers say they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by J.T. Turner Construction, which announced in mid-March it was closing after almost 40 years in business.

They are questioning how Turner can close his doors while his son, Tripp, continues to operate under another Turner company name in South Carolina, reports Savannah Morning News.

Tripp Turner was, until recently, running his father’s namesake company, the paper adds.

A statement released…