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Water & Dams

Trump Ends Infrastructure Talks Before They Begin. Now What?

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Tom Ichniowski
Industry officials still see path forward, with highway-transit bill a key. …
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Business

ENR 2019 Top 400 Contractors: The Market Keeps Growing

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Gary J. Tulacz
The market has hit its tenth year of growth, one of the longer expansions in history. But firms don’t see any signs of a cooling off. …
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Government

Amid Funding and Design Battles, Border Wall Contracts are Challenged

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Mary B. Powers
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Debra K. Rubin
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Tom Ichniowski
As Congressional Democrats push new blocks to use of military project funds for barriers and President Donald Trump seeks expensive changes, awarded contracts face bid protests. …
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Construction methods

Salesforce Transit Center Reopening Still Not Set

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Nadine M. Post
The independent panel reviewing the investigation of San Francisco’s troubled Salesforce Transit Center is tasked with both determining the cause of brittle fractures in two bottom flanges of twin built-up …
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Sustainability

$1.7 Billion Houston Drinking Water Goes Big to Address Subsidence, Growth

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Pam Radtke Russell
To counter subsidence and population growth, Houston is building one of the world’s largest drinking water plants and laying miles of pipe …
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Government

In New Pact, US, Canada, Mexico Cancel Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum

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Tom Ichniowski
Agreement lifts tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum in place for almost a year. …
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Risk

Spreading Cracks On FIU Bridge Failed to Alarm Project Team

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Scott Judy
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Richard Korman
At a meeting held the morning of the collapse to discuss cracking, the engineer of record assured the project team the bridge was safe. …