Oct 13, 2022 | Industry
Last month, energy company Competitive Power Ventures announced it had selected West Virginia as the state it would build a new natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant with carbon capture and storage. According to the company, the plant will produce about 1,800...
Sep 20, 2022 | Industry
Last month, union contractors Beaver Construction and Goettle were each awarded a contract for piling work at the Nucor Steel site in Mason County, West Virginia. The contract awards are the first major construction contracts won by union firms since the announcement...
Sep 1, 2022 | Industry
WV State Pipe Trades Financial Secretary Eddie D’Aquila (podium) speaks to members of the West Virginia Pipe Trades at their annual convention in Roanoke, WV as WV Pipe Trades President Bryan Raber (right) looks on. 56 members of the Plumbing and Pipefitting industry...
Aug 15, 2022 | Industry
The West Virginia State Building Trades thank Cabell-Huntington Hospital for their continued use of union construction workers to build a new outpatient center. A five-story, 75,000 square-foot, $51 million Cabell-Huntington Hospital Outpatient Center is still under...
Aug 1, 2022 | Industry
As this story goes to print, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a landmark energy, healthcare, and tax bill called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The $433 billion bill is poised to be the country’s biggest clean energy investment in U.S....
Aug 1, 2022 | Industry
On July 28, energy industry leaders came together to discuss the next steps for establishing West Virginia as the new home of hydrogen energy production during the WV Hydrogen Hub Coalition Industry Day. However, according to representatives from the office of Senator...
