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Bribe Indictment Targets New York State Building Trades President James Cahill

Charges against members of Steamfitters Local 638 include payoffs from nonunion firms.

French Building Giant Vinci Offers $6B for Energy-Industrial Unit of Spain's ACS

Spanish firm agreed to negotiate the non-binding offer for the unit, which focuses on P3 project development, construction and operation.

Granite, STV Leaders Change; New Titles for American Bridge, LTK Chiefs With Firms Bought

Calif. firm elevates COO amid ongoing financial review; Design chief Milo Riverso departs; US contractor buys American Bridge from Taiwan...

BREAKING: Construction's Sept. Job Gains Rise a Bit, Jobless Rate Dips

Most of the monthly job gains were concentrated in nonresidential construction.

Duke Energy Signs $540M Contract for Takedown of Florida Nuclear Plant Gets Underway

Joint venture is set to decommission the Crystal River plant by 2027 for Duke, now targeted for takeover by NextEra.

Lane Construction Awarded $176M Toll Road Contract in Texas

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority award to extend the 183A Toll Road in Williamson County, Texas is set to complete in 2024..

Near Deadline, Trump Signs Spending Bill With 1-Year Highway-Transit Extension

Ten-week CR averts government shutdown, also adds $13.6 billion to ailing Highway Trust Fund.

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Ethics & Corruption

What Fraud Charges Reveal About Rescue Loans and a Fast-Growing Florida Roofer

Richard Korman

Scott Van Voorhis

How did the owner of Target Roofing & Sheet Metal allegedly use Paycheck Protection Program funds to buy a pleasure boat? …

Materials

3Q Cost Report: Lumber Prices Soar as Construction Begins to Recover

Alisa Zevin

A slow recovery has begun following economic fallout caused by COVID-19 …

Information technology

3Q Tech Report: New Ideas for a Strange Era

Jeff Rubenstone

Innovations in construction technology are reconfigured for the COVID-19 pandemic as firms look to preserve the momentum behind digitization …

Companies

3Q Cost Report: Execs Believe the Downturn Will Continue Until 2021

Gary J. Tulacz

Most markets are in decline, but many industry leaders hope that the worst will soon pass …

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Mid Atlantic Construction News

Boulders Slow Progress on New Chesapeake Bay Tunnel

Jim Parsons

Big boulders are causing big headaches for Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel expansion project, adding to other issues that have pushed the $756 million effort two years behind its original 2022 …

Southwest Construction News

Latest Updates On The Coronavirus Pandemic

ENR Editors

ENR tracks new industry impacts as COVID-19 forces project closures and interrupts global business. …

Project delivery

Trump Order to Fast-Track Projects as Stimulus Shows Unclear Impact so Far

Mary B. Powers

Is June 4 directive to expedite reviews of projects such as the Lake Powell, Ariz., water diversion pipeline, moving them forward? Congress seek details and states raise concerns. …

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Oct 5, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many construction tech pilot projects and ventures, but the industry is rising to the challenge and finding new ways to aid essential construction and keep the digital momentum going.

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