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Companies

ENR 2019 Top 600 Specialty Contractors: How Long Will the Boom Last?

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Gary J. Tulacz
The market continues to grow, but many specialty trade contractors are beginning to look ahead to prepare for an inevitable slowdown. …
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Power & Industrial

Bankrupt PG&E Faces New Furor Over Power Shutdown

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Erica Berardi
California utility is under fire from state regulator on fire-risk mitigation step affecting 730,000 customers and faces new pressure on claimant debt repayment. …
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Companies

Did Concrete Error Doom Florida Bridge?

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Richard Korman
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Scott Judy
FIGG Bridge Engineers and its consultant advance a theory that errors made by others caused the fatal collapse …
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Buildings

ASCE Unveils 'Future Worlds' Concept of a Floating City

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Scott Judy
With Miami the setting for its 2019 convention, the American Society of Civil Engineers unveiled an initial proof-of-concept vision for a sea-based “Floating City,” one of five concepts included within …
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Workforce

Industry Compensation Challenges Grow as Contractors Boost Salaries in a ‘War for Talent’

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Jim Parsons
New study suggests that the causes of an industry-wide compensation boost are not solely a result of market-specific factors or the cost of living …
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Environment

Supreme Court Set to Alter Law on Key Project, Workforce Issues

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Mary B. Powers
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Debra K. Rubin
As new term starts, justices' views in cases from pipeline project routes to LGBTQ bias in the workplace could be surprising, observers say. > …
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Safety Health

Unstable Cranes, Crumbling Building Pose Hazard at New Orleans Hotel Collapse Site

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Jeff Rubenstone
Two tower cranes at the site of the New Orleans hotel collapse are in worse shape than initially thought, forcing responders to reconsider how to dismantle them. An upper section of …