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Fluor Reports $1.7-Billion Loss in Delayed Release of 2019 Corporate Results

Report follow months-long internal and outside reviews of project charges; execs say firm stays in energy sector with tougher bid controls

New York State Bans Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerants

New York has finalized regulations designed to significantly reduce the use of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons—a refrigerant c...

Ex-Ironworkers Local President Sentenced to Prison Term for Extortion

Former head of Indiana ironworkers' local sentenced for leading attack by local members on non-union contractor's workers.

State Dept. Embassy Building Program Continues Busy Pace

In past six months, department awarded seven construction and 11 design services contracts.

McCarthy Workers Test Fall-Protection Harnesses Designed to Better Fit Women

Contractor was a recipient of an AGC-Autodesk grant program that funds the purchase of safety harnesses for women.

CURT, CII, ECC Launch Alliance To Offer Greater Resources, Efficiencies

Three major construction owner organizations—the Construction Industry Institute, the Construction Users Roundtable and the Engineering a...

Bechtel, Ex-AECOM Unit's $58M Pact Settles U.S. Cleanup Site Labor Overbilling Suit

Contractors, in agreement with whistleblowers and feds over charges of alleged excessive labor costs on giant Hanford waste project, did ...

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

Mary B. Powers

Whether June 4 directive to expedite federal reviews of projects such as big Lake Powell, Ariz., water diversion pipeline, is moving them forward is tough to determine; lawsuits and Congress …

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Pensacola Bridge Repair Plan Grows as Inspectors Uncover More Damage

Jim Parsons

Assessments of the damage inflicted upon the newly built, three-mile-long span are still ongoing, says FDOT. …

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Lake Charles Tower’s Window Damage Perplexes Engineers

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

Damage from Hurricane Laura is "not typical." Other forces may have been at play. …

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1,401-Ft-Tall One Vanderbilt Ranks as Third Tallest Office Tower in the U.S.

Nadine M. Post

With the recent opening of the 1,401-ft-tall One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City’s supertall office building stats are on the rise. The tower is the third tallest in North America, …

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Kiewit and Two Ex-Managers Face Canada Jobsite Fatality Criminal Trial

Scott Van Voorhis

Trial date will be set on Sept. 30 in case stemming from 2009 death of field employee in British Columbia hydro project rockfall accident. …

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Skanska Will Work With Florida on Barge-Caused Damage to Pensacola Bay Bridge

Jim Parsons

Contractor for recent $430-million upgrade of span says its hurricane-caused eastward shift was "unprecedented and entirely unexpected." …

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Chicago Debt Document Says $8.5B O'Hare Revamp May Be Delayed

Jeff Yoders

An document filed by Chicago says the $8.5-billion revamp of O'Hare International Airport may be delayed as airline revenue, a key funding source, has been decimated by the pandemic, but …

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Sept 28, 2020

Florida Dept. of Transportation investigators are assessing damage to the Pensacola Bay Bridge, which sustained multiple impacts from two construction barges unmoored by Hurricane Sally’s storm-driven waves on Sept. 15.

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