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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.

3Q Cost Report: Global Pandemic Recovery Is Underway But Remains Uneven

Developed and developing countries are seeing recovery happen at different rates

3Q Cost Report: Compensation Stays Steady Despite COVID-19 Disruptions

Eased worker shortages have kept pay hikes stable in 2020, but future uncertainties still loom

Leaders Shift at Granite, STV; Engineers Without Borders Gets New CEO

Contractor elevates COO to top roles amid ongoing project charge review; STV chief Milo Riverso departs design firm

NJ Raises Bar on 'Environmental Justice' Project Siting Restrictions

Project participants await details on law enacted Sept. 18 that sets what may be strictest U.S. rules on siting pollution-emitting facil...

China Pledges to Scale Up Its Climate Commitment

China announced last week at the United Nation’s 75th General Assembly and first virtual General Debate that it will scale up its climate...

$215 Million Awarded to Two Louisiana Coastal Restoration Projects

Two projects have been awarded $215 million in an effort that will restore more than 4,600 acres of wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habi...

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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 …

Construction 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 …

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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 …

Safety Health

Latest Updates On The Coronavirus Pandemic

ENR Editors

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

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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. …

Transportation

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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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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