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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X V I I I N OV E M B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 7 8 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E ReVision Energy, a Portland-based solar company that has five offices in three states, partnered with Amicus Solar Cooperative, a nationwide pur- chasing cooperative, and Amurtel, a nonprofit working in disaster relief, to build Solar Outreach Systems to bring dozens of portable solar energy sys- tems to power storm-ravaged areas in Puerto Rico. Shipyard to fill 800 jobs in 2018 e Portsmouth Naval Shipyard expects to add as many as 800 jobs in fiscal year 2018, which would bring the shipyard's civilian workforce to 6,100. e Kittery shipyard has held a job fair and has an immedi- ate need for 160 workers, Foster's Daily Democrat in Dover, N.H., reported. Positions available include chemists, electrical workers, engineer- ing, insulation, mechanics, pipe- fitting, radiological workers, sheet metal workers and other positions. Spokesman Jeremy Lambert said a large number of submarines are due at the shipyard for scheduled repairs and upgrades, increasing the workload. e shipyard is seeking candidates with experience working in industrial settings, such as com- mercial shipbuilding, commercial marine vessel overhaul and repair, power plant construction commer- cial building construction or bridge construction. About 650 entry-level trades and engineering positions will be filled through efforts such as Engineering Pathways, Worker Skills Progression and trades apprenticeship programs, which are advertised on the USAJOBS.gov website. Children's Museum OK'd for move e Children's Museum and eatre of Maine has set its sights on mov- ing into a new three-story building at Portland's ompson's Point by the spring of 2019. e Portland Press Herald reported that the city's Planning Board approved a permit allowing the museum to move from down- town Portland to a 30,000-square-foot site on ompson's Point. Executive Director Suzanne Olson told the news- paper that the museum will remain in its 18,000-square-foot building until completion of a $10.5 million capital campaign. Forefront Partners is work- ing with the Children's Museum on developing the new facility. Market Basket to anchor Westbrook plaza Market Basket, the Massachusetts- based grocery chain that opened in Biddeford in 2013, is planning to open its second Maine store within a new 500,000 shopping center under development in Westbrook. Maine Public reported the gro- cery, which is owned by DeMoulas Supermarkets and has 79 stores throughout the Northeast, would be the 80,000-square-foot anchor of the shopping center being built on the site of the former Pike Industries quarry. Site work is under way at the regional shop- ping center, which is expected to be completed in 2019.e Market Basket grocery store is expected to bring 370 new jobs to the city, Maine Public reported. BIW seeks renewal of tax credit Bath Iron Works is asking Maine lawmakers to renew a tax break due to expire at the end of 2018, stat- ing that the yearly tax credit of up to $3.5 million it's been receiving since the late 1990s is essential for it to remain competitive in a tough bidding environment for a limited number of U.S. Navy contracts. e Times Record reported that LR 2789, "An Act To Encourage Major Investments in Shipbuilding Facilities and the Preservation of Jobs," sponsored by Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath, is one of a handful of bills to be considered in the next session of the Legislature, which begins in January. Looming in the background is the high- stakes $19 billion bidding competi- tion to build 20 frigates for the U.S. Navy that BIW has entered against five other shipyards. Under Maine's Shipbuilding Facility Credit that's due to sunset next year, BIW was required to invest $200 million in its shipbuilding facilities in order to receive a tax credit of up to $3.5 million annually, with the total credit not to exceed $60 million over 20 years. BIW had invested more than $460 million as of 2015, the newspaper reported. BIW's arch-rival, Huntington Ingalls of Mississippi, received $20 million for Mississippi taxpayers in 2015 and was the beneficiary of a $45 WWW.NEPREQUAL.COM Construction Prequalification Services INFORMATION ASSURANCE TRUST 103 Park Street Lewiston, ME 04243 Tel: (844)NEP-QUAL (637-7825) PREQUAL builds a BETTER project. WWW.NEPREQUAL.COM Construction Prequalification Services INFORMATION ASSURANCE TRUST 103 Park Street Lewiston, ME 04243 Tel: (844)NEP-QUAL (637-7825) PREQUAL builds a BETTER project. S O U T H E R N

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