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2 firms will build new Boeing plant
Companies also joined forces to construct 2 supplier factories
The same construction team that built the two original 787 supplier factories in North Charleston will take on Boeing Co.'s bigger expansion.
The aerospace giant announced Friday that BE&K Building Group of Charlotte will link up with Turner Construction of New York to serve as the general contractor on the 584,000-square-foot aircraft assembly plant at Charleston International Airport.
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Boeing deal: Details to be kept quiet
'One year gives companies time to lay ... groundwork'
Politicians and other state officials privately crafted a $450 million incentive deal to land Boeing Co. on the promise of thousands of jobs and a multibillion-dollar economic impact, but the details of that deal could be kept from public view for the next year.
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Stress test
More strapped homeowners feel strain of foreclosures
The region's higher rate of home foreclosures has yet to slow, and the prolonged anxiety hanging over thousands of local households is starting to take its toll.
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How do reverse mortgages work?
Seniors who are longtime homeowners may have another tool for surviving the economic recession: reverse mortgages.
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Pulling together on Boeing incentive deal
Political foes put aside differences, join forces to lure aviation giant
For at least a little while, Boeing has made South Carolina's caustic political divisions disappear. An emotional Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor choked back tears Friday surrounded by dozens of South Carolina's elected leaders.
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TRIDENT TECH: Gearing up to teach thousands assembly skills
Boeing is coming: Now what?
Power tools emit high-pitched screams inside a Trident Technical College classroom as students learn how to drill a fastener into a thin composite plate. None of the two dozen students take their assignment lightly.
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New attention focused on length of airport's runways
Several years ago, the region's top economic development officials and top business leaders rallied to lengthen the runways at Charleston International Airport.
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Lawmakers offered lure worth $450M
The power brokers sat together in Senate leader Glenn McConnell's office and huddled around the phone 15 minutes before the Boeing announcement.
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Boeing: 'Hiring in the thousands'
Details not available yet, but open slots are estimated to be about 3,800
Piecing together Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner airplane is a task that will require thousands of local workers. And throughout the economic recession, the number of out-of-work South Carolinians who have manufacturing skills but can't find a job has swelled.
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Help wanted: Boeing to hire 3,800 for new assembly plant
Tim Coyle, vice president the Boeing Charleston, would not say how many hires will be local residents, but said the labor force should include a “fair amount” of employees from both Charleston and from other areas.
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