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PG&E's Stepped-Up Fire Mitigation Still Is Lacking, California Officials Charge

Utility's 2020 plan includes thousands more vegetation contractors and more hardening, but the state threatens to yank its operating lice...

Tightened New York City Facade Law Hikes Non-Compliance Penalties

New rules, which follow an architect's death by falling debris, include potential criminal charges against non-compliant owners.

Seattle Expands Bridge Bioswale Projects

A cascading rain garden helps collect and filter 200,000 gallons of stormwater annually

Pier Cap Dispute Compounds Arkansas Bridge Construction Delays

An August 2019 lightning storm interrupted the concrete pour for a 120-foot-long pier cap

Subcontractors See Upside In Contractor Payment Ratings

Some responses to the new payment rating system introduced by Levelset.

EPA Approves New WIFIA Loan to Florida Water Agency

Loan to agency in Kissimmee is EPA's 16th since its first WIFIA loan approval, in 2018.

British Post-Brexit 'Points' Plan for Non-UK Workers Will Hurt Industry, Firms Say

Migration change ends free labor movement from EU nations, as of 2021, and will impact numbers of key craft trades needed for upcoming pr...

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Projects

Judge Orders New York City Tower Owner to Remove Up to 20 Floors

Mary B. Powers

Eydie Cubarrubia

Debra K. Rubin

Developer's attorney claims the court ruling, which cites zoning irregularities in nearly done Manhattan luxury condo, could invalidate certificates of occupancy for 20 city buildings. …

Mississippi Floods Prompt New Look at Controversial Dam Project

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

Pearl River flooding has renewed urgency for regional control efforts, including a controversial plan to build a dam in Jackson that would create a 1,500-acre lake, widen the river and …

Construction technology

AEM Pursuing ISO Standard for Earthmoving Grade-Control Data

Jeff Rubenstone

Citing a growing and increasingly crowded field of grade-control systems and site layout technology, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced on Feb. 18 that it is working with the International …

Texas & Louisiana Construction News

BP Targets Net Zero By 2050

Louise Poirier

BP's plan would result in reducing the company’s emissions to net zero from a current total of 415 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year — and could create new …

Southwest

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum

Doug Puppel

Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Steyer made bipartisan pitches to boost attention to biggest US needs. …

Transportation

Corps 2020 Plan Funds New Dredging Program on Gulf Coast

Tom Ichniowski

Pilot program includes $378 million for Mobile harbor, south Louisiana projects. …

Tech

Driving Toward the Future: Intelligent Vehicles Seek Intelligent Infrastructure

Aileen Cho

Emerging technologies, including autonomous vehicles, are transforming traditional infrastructure roles …

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Construction Economics for February 24, 2020

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Project delivery

One-Stop App Offers Smart Phone Access to NYC Construction Rules and Regs

Eydie Cubarrubia

AGC of New York state's online 'FastFacts' tool includes real-time info on laws, regulations, and even forms, for firms to build in the city.

Blogs

AGC CA Names Blach Construction Chairman Mike Blach New President

By Greg Aragon

State Route 99 Tunnel: One Year Later

By Tim Newcomb

Top Starts 2019: the Preliminary List for New York, New Jersey

By Eydie Cubarrubia

Workforce

Economic Impacts Growing Amid China Coronavirus Scare

Global construction markets watch for recovery signs from the outbreak, now called Covid-19, with domestic industry impacts seen and a government infrastructure boost likely this year.

Mike Kerr, Former President of Hunt Construction, Is Dead at 81

Aileen Cho

Purdue graduate was president of the contractor from 1995 until 2004.

Equipment

New Equipment at World of Concrete 2020 Boasts Redesigns and Improved Connectivity

Jeff Rubenstone

It was a busy year at the annual World of Concrete trade show, held in Las Vegas Feb. 4 to 7. An estimated 54,000 attendees came through the show floor over the week, seeing exhibits from 1,310 companies.

Products

At World of Concrete 2020, Retrofitting Diesel Equipment With Lithium-Ion Batteries

Corinne Grinapol

For those thinking about electrification, Green Machine provides a custom retrofit of diesel-powered small equipment to run off of lithium-ion batteries.

ENR

Feb 24, 2020

The Army Corps of Engineers has laid out its plan for how it will spend $2.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 appropriations for which Congress didn’t specify uses.

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