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Labor

Minnesota School Projects Study Says Unions Increase Safety Without Higher Costs

ABC Disputes the Findings

July 20, 2021

New study says that union construction projects are similar in cost to non-union projects because higher union labor costs are offset by savings in other project components such as materials and safety, but critics point to prevailing wage laws that may have skewed its findings.

Development

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Selected To Design 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Village

Nadine M. Post

July 19, 2021

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SOM will lead the design of the Olympic Village for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics taking place Feb. 6-22, 2026.

2021 Top 500 Sourcebook: Making Way for Freight

Southern Calif. interstate expansion to ease congestion

Jim Parsons

June 30, 2021

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A six-mile segment of Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, Calif., will be augmented with tolled express lanes to provide much-needed capacity for the corridor's growing volume of freight traffic.

home built using gantry-mounted 3D printer

House Made of 3D-Printed Concrete Goes Up in Arizona

Jeff Rubenstone

June 23, 2021

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Using a gantry-mounted printer and a specialized concrete admixture, the project is the first to use the PERI 3D printing system in the U.S.

Hits Keep Coming to Boston's Fenway Neighborhood

A series of projects are set to transform the once dingy streets around the home of the Boston Red Sox

Scott Van Voorhis

June 15, 2021

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With the Fenway Center tower and many more projects, the Fenway neighborhood of Boston is one of the epicenters of the city's current development boom.

Fenway Center Eyes Boston Air-Rights

Deck over the MassPike designed with cloud-based connection optimization gains traction across the industry

Scott Van Voorhis

June 15, 2021

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The 1.3-million-sq-ft Fenway Center air-rights project in Boston includes a 90,000-sq-ft deck over the Massachusetts Turnpike next to Fenway Park.

UK-Based Plunge Pool Will Be "Huge" Research Asset

Peter Reina

June 11, 2021

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A 50-m-deep plunge pool will be the centerpiece of a planned U.K. research and testing facility at a site near Cornwall, England.

Flint Water Crisis and America’s Clean Water Access Failings

Water infrastructure disproportionately shortchanges people of color and low-income neighborhoods

Pam Radtke Russell

June 10, 2021

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What does environmental justice look like when it comes to water infrastructure siting and water quality?

Environmental Justice

Will New Efforts Bring Equity to Communities Long Impacted and Underserved by Infrastructure?

June 10, 2021

Inequities exist in all sectors—from highway alignments to industrial sites and wastewater treatment plant locations—but finding solutions won’t be easy or without controversy.

Repair Work Underway On I-40 Span

No timeline or cost for bridge repairs under design by state DOTs. Arkansas DOT terminates bridge inspector.

Aileen Cho

Jim Parsons

May 27, 2021

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Workers with Kiewit Infrastructure Group race to stabilize a fractured tie girder that forced an indefinite closure of the key Tennessee-Arkansas crossing.