Sidewinder Enterprises Water Bottling Facility Facing Challenges

May 13, 2025 | Government, Industry

Major Economic Development Project in Jefferson County Earlier this year, the West Virginia Building and Construction Trades Council signed a Letter of Intent with Sidewinder Enterprises to build the Mountain Pure water bottling facility in Middleway, WV. The project...

WV Selected as Site for Multi-Billion-Dollar Natural Gas Power Plant

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...

Union Firms Awarded Piling Contracts at Nucor Facility

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...

WV Pipe Trades Hold 2022 Convention

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...

Cabell-Huntington Hospital Builds Outpatient Center with Union Labor

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...

The Inflation Reduction Act Means Good Jobs for WV

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....