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February 9, 2010


Stimulus to Create Up To 23,000 Construction Jobs in Mich.



March 17, 2009


When it comes to creating jobs in Michigan, the nearly $800-billion federal economic-stimulus package is expected to significantly help one industry in particular: the state's long-suffering construction companies and their workers.

Under the spending plan, Michigan is expected to receive about $850 million for projects designed to fix or improve its roads, highways and bridges. The timing couldn't be better. Thanks to the severe downturn in the state's construction industry, there are more than enough workers to fill the 20,000 to 23,000 jobs expected to be created.

About 17,350 unionized laborers, carpenters, operating engineers and bricklayers and finishers are out of work in Michigan, in addition to a similar number of nonunion workers in these fields, according to Glenn Bukoski, vice president of engineering services for the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association, the state's construction trade group.

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