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Safety Health

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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Government

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 …
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Safety Health

EPA Proposes to Extend Timetable to Replace Lead Drinking-Water Lines

Pam McFarland
Some view plan as modest improvement from 1991 rule, but critics say it weakens current protections. …
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Projects

Before Collapse, Communications Failed to Save Bridge Project

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Scott Judy
In reports submitted to the NTSB, FIGG Bridge Engineers and MCM blame each other for the fatal collapse of the pedestrian bridge project. …