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Fast, Nimble Approach Needed to Compete in Manufacturing

Pam Hunter McFarland

Jim Parsons

June 30, 2016

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Despite a generally mixed near-term outlook for the U.S. economy, manufacturers are continuing to call on design firms for help in staying competitive in an increasingly volatile marketplace.

Construction Starts

Construction Off to a Slow Start in 2016

June 29, 2016

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Through the first five months of this year, total construction starts were $257 billion, 12% below the same period a year ago.

Project Delivery

Dallas Calls Do-Over on Badly Needed Drainage Tunnel Job

The reasons are unclear why the city took the project away from Brazil’s Odebrecht

Richard Korman

Scott Van Voorhis

June 28, 2016

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The two lowest bidders for the tunnel did not get the contract.

Obituaries

AECOM Exec VP Ira Levy, 68, and Gensler Vice Chair Emeritus Walter Hunt, 74, Die

Executives played key roles in design-sector growth of their companies.

Aileen Cho

Nadine M. Post

June 26, 2016

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New York City-based executives helped shape their firms' design-sector growth.

Construction Economics

Tim Grogan

June 23, 2016

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Design

Museum Explores Ove Arup's Pioneer Engineering

Exhibition includes Sydney Opera House and Pegasus, an early vacuum-tube computer

Peter Reina

June 22, 2016

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One of Europe’s notable museums of art and design this month started detailing structural engineering, focusing on the work of Anglo-Danish Ove Arup, whose firm he founded in 1946.

Public Works

Brazil's Woes Take Toll on Rio Olympics Construction

Preparing for the games and for the eyes of the world amid numerous controversies.

Augusto Diniz

June 21, 2016

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While officials claim most work will be done and the federal government is infusing cash, Brazilian firms worry about not getting paid.

Top 100 Professional Services Firms

Professional services firms find growing opportunities as owners refuse to staff up to build, preferring to outsource the work

Gary J. Tulacz

June 16, 2016

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Clients are no longer requesting, but demanding, a broader array of services as fewer owners have the capacity to manage construction programs from the earliest stages of planning to the operation of the completed facilities.

Construction Planning Gains Momentum as Dodge Index Rises 2.4%

June 15, 2016

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The Dodge Momentum Index rose 2.4% in May, according to the latest release from Dodge Data & Analytics.

Jacobs Set to Build Delayed $5-Billion Mongolia Copper Mine Expansion

Debra K. Rubin Nicholas Zeman

June 15, 2016

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The June 8 award to Jacobs Engineering of an engineer-procure-construct contract for the $5.3-billion next phase of the giant Oyo Togoi underground copper-and-gold mine in Mongolia gave industry-sector investors and analysts some hope that the sluggish mining sector might be rallying.