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When the software firm's founder and chief started the company, he and his initial employees offered free jobsite WiFi to potential customers to get them to use their platform.

Contractor claims project design is unbuildable.

Lockwood Andrews Newnam chief engineer details assurances that he claims were betrayed by Flint officials, leading to the city's water crisis.

Kuwaiti translators hired by a former AECOM business and contractor DynCorp under two large US Army contracts claim in a whistleblower lawsuit that the firms knew of alleged abuses, a case that a US district court judge allowed on March 9 to proceed; the firms now operate as Amentum.

Lane Construction can face cross claims, a federal judge has ruled, from another contractor on a road resurfacing project that the widow of a cyclist killed in a 2016 crash charges caused his death.

Austrian contractor Strabag confirms ownership link to Russian oligarch but cites no EU, UK or US sanctions and has cut off dividends to his firm; long-time Ukraine contractor Onur Group will stay put "but we are watching the developments sadly and with concern,” says an official.

Despite many upgrades with new technology for loaders,  excavators and cranes, manufacturers are still busy trying to solve a persistent safety problem: striking workers or pedestrians while moving in reverse.

Learning to build successful teams, communicate effectively and adapt to change are critical skills needed, said participants at ENR conference in Tempe, Ariz. for construction's rising talent.