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Former Energy Contractor Faces Corruption Charges in Puerto Rico Work

Cobra Acquisitions took over power restoration work in Puerto Rico after a contract with the maligned Whitefish Energy was canceled.

Court Ruled Feds Terminated Small Contractor Based On 'Hostility'

The Dept. of Defense contract team failed to follow criteria for termination firmly established in federal case precedents, Federal clai...

House Oversight Panel Opens Ethics Inquiry into Chao's Actions

One focus of committee probe is whether DOT Secretary's actions aided shipping company her parents founded.

Court Nixes 'Eminent Domain' for Big East Coast Fracked-Gas Pipeline

Will issues of private seizure of state land on the $1B PennEast project and others head for the US Supreme Court?

Industry Execs Target Construction Materials Sector on Labor Abuses

Foundation-funded effort would push owners and specifiers to scrutinize product origins and add restrictions to specs, RFPs and contracts.

Lawmakers Grill Corporations about PFAS Contamination

At a Sept. 10 hearing, Democrats and some Republicans on the House Oversight Committee asked witnesses what lawmakers could do to begin t...

House, Senate OK Bill to Help Newark, Other Cities Fund Drinking-Water Upgrades

UPDATE 9/18/19: House passage sends bill to President Trump for his signature.

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Obituaries

Lance Richotte, The Erection Co.'s New Leader, Dies at Age 53

Nadine M. Post

Adam Jones Sr., founder of The Erection Co., has returned as the Arlington, Wash.-based steel erector’s CEO following the sudden death of Lance Richotte, TEC’s president, CEO and primary shareholder …

Water & Dams

Senate Committee Approves 11% Hike for Corps Civil Works

Tom Ichniowski

Repbublicans defeat Democrats' attempts to block DOD projects' funding shift to border wall. …

Environment

Trump Administration Rolls Back 2015 Clean Water Rule

Pam Hunter McFarland

Pam Radtke Russell

Industry, business and agricultural groups cheered the announcement, but Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen called the repeal of the 2015 rule “shameful and dangerous. No one is above the law, including …

Sustainability

ENR 2019 Top 100 Green Building Contractors and Design Firms: Sustainability Intensifies

Gary J. Tulacz

Designers and contractors are moving beyond a checklist of do’s and don’ts and are exploring new means of building green. …

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Buildings

2019 Top 400 Sourcebook: Turner Begins Work on $250M Cincinnati Soccer Stadium

Bruce Buckley

Turner recently started construction of a $250-million, 510,000-sq-ft Major League Soccer stadium in Cincinnati, called West End Stadium. …

Project delivery

Category 5 Hurricane Dorian Raises Alarm on Resilience

As Bahamas death toll mounts, engineers and policymakers highlight growing risk from bigger storms …

Buildings

Reviewers OK Fix for San Francisco's Leaning Millennium Tower

Nadine M. Post

An independent engineering review team has given its nod to the San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspection regarding permitting of the proposed $100-million structural shoring scheme for the 645-ft-tall Millennium …

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Sept 16, 2019

As the death toll from the record-setting hurricane mounts in the Bahamas and damage estimates there and in the U.S. head into the billions, industry experts see increasing pressure to address infrastructure resilience.

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