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Construction Apprentice Programs Face New COVID-19 Learning Curve

May 20, 2020

Restrictions already have disrupted the craftworker pipeline, with many programs shuttered, severely limited and now coping with new rules of engagement.

ENR 2020 Top 400 Contractors: Coping With COVID-19 Chaos

Gary J. Tulacz

May 20, 2020

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The virus pandemic has taken the construction industry by surprise, and major firms now find ways to deal with it.

Joachim Ebert, Arcadis US CEO, Dies at 51; Permanent Successor Named

Debra K. Rubin

May 13, 2020

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Britain's Balfour Beatty and France’s VINCI tap Michael Dyke to manage UK high-speed rail projects worth $6.2 billion.

Coronavirus and Construction

California Opens Door Wider To COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims

Worried businesses and contractors will be able to rebut eligibility of claims

May 13, 2020

Gov. Newsom extends claim potential to all workers outside the home, beyond what 12 other states have done; AGC, Chamber voice concerns about rebutting claims and benefit costs.

Coronavirus and construction

Construction Loses 975,000 Jobs in April, Due to COVID-19 Impacts

Tom Ichniowski

May 8, 2020

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Industry's unemployment rate jumps to 16.6% from March's 6.9%.

Boston Officials Outline Gradual Construction Restart

Projects closed by the city's COVID-19 work-stop order prepare to reopen

Scott Van Voorhis

May 6, 2020

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Non-essential projects shut down by Boston's COVID-19 work-stop order in March prepare for a slow return to work.

Temporary Concrete Plant Approved for Amazon's HQ2

Resident group petitions for work to be halted during COVID-19 stay-at-home order

Stephanie Loder

April 30, 2020

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Amazon received approval for a temporary concrete batch facility for its $2.5-billion Virginia headquarters.

Managing Human Assets Gets Harder in the COVID-19 Era

Bruce Buckley

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

April 29, 2020

Along with financial help to cope with COVID-19 impacts, North American industry firms need HR staffs to untie all the strings attached

Executive News

Stanford Entrepreneur Andrea Goldsmith to Head Princeton U. Engineering

Debra K. Rubin

April 29, 2020

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Suffolk taps Webcor COO to lead its western region

NJ Transit Rail Ops Exec Dies April 18 of COVID-19 Complications

Debra K. Rubin

April 25, 2020

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Ray Kenny, 69, was tapped in 2019 to boost NJT operations, including positive train control deadline; line confirms that CEO Kevin Corbett is on home quarantine after positive test.