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Risk Management

UK Contracting Giant Carillion Collapses as Rescue Talks Fail

Losses on Middle East projects and P3s doomed the contractor

January 15, 2018

Government and partners take steps to secure contracts, employee pay as lenders bail on deal to fix firm's $2.1 billion debt; some fears of industry-wide impacts.

Congress

House Lawmakers Outline 'Menu' of Infrastructure Solutions

Tom Ichniowski

January 10, 2018

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Bipartisan 48-member group unveiled report in advance of not-yet-released Trump plan.

Editorial

Shining a Light on Infrastructure

ENR Editors

January 10, 2018

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Finally, infrastructure’s moment may soon arrive in U.S. politics, but will critical projects such as replacing 19th-century sewer lines get the attention they deserve?

Construction Employment

Construction Adds 30,000 Jobs in Dec., Jobless Rate Falls Vs. 2016

Rate dips to 5.9% from year-earlier 7.4% but rises from November's 5.0%

Tom Ichniowski

January 5, 2018

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Specialty trade contractors added 23,800 jobs but nonresidential building and heavy-civil categories posted declines.

Congress

House Chairman Shuster to Leave Congress At Current Term's End

Key lawmaker plans 2018 focus on infrastructure legislation

Tom Ichniowski

January 2, 2018

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Transportation Committee leader hits GOP limit on term as chairman at end of current Congress.

Workforce

Legalized Pot in Canada Worries Contractors

Scott Van Voorhis

December 26, 2017

One Comment

Enforcement and test protocol questions for employees surround allowed recreational use, set to take effect nationally in mid-2018.

Construction Materials

After Settlement With Justice Dept., Vulcan Buys Aggregates Company

Tom Ichniowski

December 23, 2017

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Company divests some quarries to gain DOJ approval of $900-million purchase of Aggregates USA.

Ontario Infrastructure Boost To Weigh Climate Change

Scott Van Voorhis

December 20, 2017

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Province sets new project rules in new funding package

New Phase in U.S. Canada Lumber Trade Fight

Tom Ichniowski

December 20, 2017

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The long trade battle over the pricing of Canadian softwood-lumber shipments to the U.S. has become more intense, after a U.S. trade panel’s Dec. 7 ruling that the exports have hurt domestic producers.

2017 Tax Reform

Engineers and Architects Gain Pass-Through Tax Deduction

Richard Korman

Debra K. Rubin

December 20, 2017

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Now passed by Congress, the bill bestows one of its biggest and most controversial gifts—a 20% deduction for pass-through revenue—on the majority of U.S. firms that are partnerships, S-corporations and sole proprietorships.