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Construction Workforce

DOL Proposes Rule Setting $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Contractor groups say regulation would have little impact on construction.

Tom Ichniowski

July 23, 2021

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Proposal would implement Biden executive order signed in April.

LA's Hyperion Treatment Plant Clog Will Take Months to Repair

Erica Berardi

July 22, 2021

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Concern grows over "toxic air contaminants" released at city's mega wastewater plant, says the South Coast Air Quality Management District, after 17 million gal of untreated sewage was dumped into the Pacific when the system clogged.

Five Minutes With Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor

Johanna Knapschaefer

July 22, 2021

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Stefan Pryor was appointed Rhode Island’s first Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo (D) and confirmed unanimously by the state Senate in 2015.

Washington, DC-Area Planning Board Revives $11B Md. Express Lanes

Jim Parsons

July 21, 2021

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P3 project that board dropped last month from regional list, a risk to its federal approval, now is kept alive by state lobbying and voting shifts.

Labor

Minnesota School Projects Study Says Unions Increase Safety Without Higher Costs

ABC Disputes the Findings

Annemarie Mannion

July 20, 2021

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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.

Report: FEMA Fails to Require Resilience in Funded Disaster Rebuilds

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

July 20, 2021

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IG says it spent $1.9B in 10 years on recurring road, bridge damage from extreme weather, with too little push for mitigation.

Energy Construction

EPA Asks Corps to Reject $6B Mountain Valley Pipeline Key Permit

Mary B. Powers

July 13, 2021

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Agency says the Virginia pipeline does not do enough to mitigate impacts on hundreds of stream crossings still ahead for 303-mile project, even at 92% completion.