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OSFC Approaches $200 Million in New State Funding for School Construction
The Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) reviewed its work for FY10 Thursday and awarded another $345 million in school construction projects to get a start on FY11. The commission is providing just under $200 million of that amount, with the rest coming from...
Federal Health Care Benefits for Small Businesses Highlighted & Disputed
More than 85.7 percent of Ohio small businesses with fewer than 25 employees will be eligible this year for tax credits to help pay the cost of employee health coverage, according to a new report issued by Families USA and Small Business Majority. The tax credit...
ARRA Supports Brownfield Redevelopment of Historic Buildings
Ohio Department of Development Director Lisa Patt-McDaniel announced $597,500 in Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grants Wednesday to four Ohio projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The city of Toledo, Colony Historic Theater Association,...
High Court: Public Contractors May Sue for Bid Preparation Costs
A ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday adds a new dimension to the dispute between the Ohio Inspector General’s Office and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) over bid preparation costs, and puts the Ohio solicitor general’s office on the losing side of...
County to revise rules for contractors: Panel seeks to define factors that should disqualify bidders
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 03:53 AM By Barbara Carmen Faulty rules that Franklin County followed to hire contractors to build its courthouse, ballpark and dog shelter will be revised, Commissioner John O'Grady said. Ohio's top court rebuked the county commissioners in...
ARRA Drives Brownfield Redevelopment
Ohio Department of Development Director Lisa Patt-McDaniel has announced the first recipient of Ohio’s Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Cleveland Public Theater project will receive a grant in the...
Administration Counts Increase In Minority Business Spending, Struggles To Boost Participation
State procurement contracting with minority-owned businesses has risen in recent years, but spending levels are still far below the legal minimum and the Strickland Administration is pressuring agencies to do more. In fiscal year 2009 cabinet agencies increased...
AIA Ohio Board takes action at July Meeting
The AIA Ohio Board of Directors took action on a number of issues at the July meeting help at AIA Columbus and the Columbus Center for Architecture. The mid-summer meeting is usually a busy meeting, but efforts to move both new and existing projects forward made...
OSFC Looks to Future in 21st School Design
The Ohio School Facility Commission (OSFC) is raising the bar on what its means to do school design, and therefore school construction, in the new millennium. The commission hosted the 21st Century School Design Symposium at the Riffe Center this week, featuring...