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Trump Border Wall

Most Comments Blast ENR's Trump Editorial

September 16, 2020
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ENR’s editors used its opinion page to weigh the pros and cons of the Trump presidency for the construction industry and found that the cons heavily outweighed the pros.


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Fixed-Price Issues Affect Engineers Too!

December 12, 2019
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Professional liability attorney David Hatem speaks out on project risk imbalance.


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Letter: Merit-Shop Training Educates and Upskills

September 11, 2019
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The commentary, “Keep The Rule Exemption As Is,” claimed that construction should remain excluded from the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s proposed rule on apprenticeship expansion because union apprenticeship programs set the bar high on quality training and earning potential.


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Letter: Battery Storage Fire Risks Need Greater Attention

August 21, 2019
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The article “Fire at Arizona Energy Storage Battery Draws Scrutiny” (ENR 7/8-15 p. 18) illuminated the potential hazards associated with energy storage systems and lithium-ion batteries and accurately noted that the technology “now make[s] up 98% to 99% of all new battery-type storage systems.”
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workzone

LETTER: Speed Cameras in Work Zones: Keep Them Out

October 12, 2016
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Where speed cameras are used, the speed limits are artificially low and tickets go out just barely above the speed limit.
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Letter: Misrepresented Reality of CM Accreditation

August 31, 2016
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Again, we must take exception to a recent article that misrepresents the reality of accreditation for construction-management programs in universities and colleges in the story “A Big Increase in CMF-PM Fees” (ENR 6/20 p. 44).
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Letter: CM Viewpoint Confuses Important Differences

June 15, 2016
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In her viewpoint column, “Managing the Construction Manager in a Cost-Plus Contract,” Barbara Res expresses a significantly obsolete understanding of agency construction management.


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Letter: Levee Failture Clarification

May 25, 2016
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In your story on the Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps project in New Orleans (ENR 5/9 p. 24), with regard to the severity of Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge in Lake Pontchartrain, wave heights were typically similar to those assumed for the design of the structures (IPET, vol. 1, p. 2).
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Letter: The New York Transit Hub Isn't a 'Boondoggle'

March 23, 2016
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This letter is in response to an ENR article, headlined “Bird of Pay” (3/14 p. 7), and a New York Times article, “Santiago Calatrava’s Transit Hub Is a Soaring Symbol of a Boondoggle” (3/2).
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Letter: CM School Accreditation Is Not a New Phenomenon

November 21, 2015
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The article “CM Schools Boost Standards With First US Accreditations” (ENR 10/19 p. 17) is misleading in its title and inaccurate throughout much of the content.


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