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EPA Announces $513 Million WIFIA Loan for San Francisco Wastewater Upgrades

June 19, 2020

Federal loan will finance water pretreatment and improvements at city's main treatment plant, part of a $1 billion project.

Long-Span Option Selected for Portland’s Burnside Bridge Replacement

Tim Newcomb

June 18, 2020

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Portland's Burnside Bridge will be replaced with a new, $825 million long span bridge that spans Portland’s Willamette River.

Portland's PAE Living Office Building Designed For Hospital-Level Quake Performance

Nadine M. Post

June 18, 2020

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Designers, contractor in Portland, Ore., invest in the first resilient ‘Living’ office building

Revived Bi-State Effort To Replace Washington-Oregon Bridge Gets New Leader

Tim Newcomb

June 12, 2020

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Greg Johnson, a former WSP senior vice president, is named program administrator.

West Seattle Bridge Decision Coming This Summer, Tunnel Discussion Starts

Tim Newcomb

June 10, 2020

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The Seattle Dept of Transportation expects to determine the bridge’s the structural stability in “late June or early July.”

Construction Accidents

SoFi Stadium Ironworker Dies After Fall from Roof

Erica Berardi

June 8, 2020

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Construction was halted after the worker's fall at the Inglewood, Calif. project.

Turner Construction Finds Major Productivity Gains in Sensor System for Cranes

CraneView from Versatile uses cameras, sensors and machine-learning to uncover hidden insights into how cranes are being used on site

Jeff Rubenstone

June 4, 2020

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After working though a recent pilot project, Turner Construction has found that a smart IoT crane-monitoring device from tech company Versatile is changing the way they run their cranes, with real benefits for productivity and weeks shaved off of construction schedules.

Seattle Seeks Engineers to Design Possible West Seattle Bridge Replacement

June 3, 2020

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RFQ issued in case repairs to current structure are not enough.

Construction Projects Halted, Fires Set in Several Major US Cities Amid Protests

Erica Berardi

Scott Blair Bruce Buckley

Debra K. Rubin

Jeff Yoders

June 1, 2020

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Project sites set ablaze in Minneapolis, D.C. and Ohio, as construction is shut down in downtown Chicago and in California; NYC sets first curfew in decades amid looting, even of boarded-up stores.