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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...

Four Innovators Win NYC Buildings Dept.'s First Green New Deal Competition

Agency's inaugural carbon neutrality innovation challenge event attracts ideas to help buildings cut emissions 40% by 2030 from 2005 levels.

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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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Texas & Louisiana Construction News

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. …

Construction methods

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, …

Companies

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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Bentley Systems Sees Strong Performance in NASDAQ IPO

Tom Sawyer

Infrastructure software provider's leap from family-run operation to publicly traded company realizes a long-term goal to reward employees and boost shareholder liquidity, says CEO.

Projects

Michigan Enacts Carbon Neutrality Mandates For Net-Zero State Facilities

Annemarie Mannion

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and be carbon neutral by 2050. If she loses reelection in 2022, a future governor could rescind the mandates,

Blogs

W.T. Byler Named ENR Texas & Louisiana's 2020 Specialty Contractor of the Year

By Louise Poirier

ENR Texas & Louisiana has selected civil site work and turnkey railroad contractor W.T. Byler Co. Inc. as the region’s 2020 Specialty Contractor of the Year

Jaw-Dropping Stadium, State-of-the-Art Music Venue, Scenic Pedestrian Bridge are Project of the Year Finalists

By Jeff Yoders

Philadelphia D&M is ENR MidAtlantic's Specialty Contractor of the Year

By Justin Rice

Construction Economics for September 28, 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

Viewpoint

Informed Analysis and Integration Can Deliver on the Promise of Digital Twins

Darren Martin, CTO, Wood

The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?

Power & Industrial

U.K. Nuclear Fleet Plans Evaporating Amid Economic, Political Problems

Peter Reina

Japan's Hitachi is backing out of a proposed major project in Wales.

Midwest Construction News

Ford Begins Construction on $700-Million Rouge Center Expansion to Add Electric F-150 Production Line

Jeff Yoders

Ford Motor Co. and contractor Devin Industrial Group have already begun construction on a $700-million, 500,000-sq-ft gas-electric hybrid Ford F-150 manufacturing plant at the company's 100-year-old Rouge Center in Dearborn, Mich. The first trucks are expected to come off the line by late 2021.

ENR

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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