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Construction Groups Push Back on OSHA's COVID-19 Reporting Rule

March 23, 2020

Tracing the virus to workplace exposure for recordkeeping, as noted in March 13 agency guidance, presents a compliance challenge, firms say.

Industry Workshop Focuses on Calif. Infrastructure For 2028 LA Olympics

Aileen Cho

March 23, 2020

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Global event will require smart-city technologies and billions of construction that will start during the current COVID-19 pandemic, firms said at recent conference.

Obituary

COVID-19 Claims John LaPlante, 80, Chicago's First DOT Commissioner

Engineer died March 22 from his non-industry related infection.

Jeff Yoders

March 23, 2020

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Engineer, also a former manager for design firm T.Y. Lin, died March 22 from his non-industry related infection.

Coronavirus and Construction

Tourism’s Tumble Halts Airline’s $420M Florida Resort Project, for Now

Is what happened in Florida a sign of more to come?

Richard Korman

March 23, 2020

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Travel and tourism, which had provided a boost to Charlotte Harbor, Fla., is in trouble all over the world.

Cloud Infrastructure Keeps Firms Afloat During Coronavirus Pandemic

But transition may be rocky for firms looking for quick solutions

Jeff Rubenstone

March 22, 2020

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Some design and engineering firms that have shifted to cloud-based IT infrastructure are finding they can maintain their workloads even as many employees are forced out of their offices due to the pandemic.

Canada Provinces Are Not Shutting Projects, But Some Owners Scale Them Back

Scott Van Voorhis

March 20, 2020

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Officials don't want COVID-19 to sidetrack a key economic driver, but western megaproject sites are sending workers home. Confirmed cases rose on March 22 to 1,302 from 1,099 a day earlier.

Kansas OKs $10 Billion Transportation Program as Economic Stimulus

Jim Parsons

March 20, 2020

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New package has safeguards to protect project funds from budget raids that siphoned billions in the existing program; Kentucky $4B funding bill also set to pass.

Perspective: A Virus-Shaken Economy Could Erode Markets for New Construction

Alisa Zevin

March 19, 2020

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Rider Levett Bucknall's Julian Anderson says belt-tightening is set to become the industry's new normal.

Heavy Equipment

Ritchie Bros. Sees Large Number of Bidders on Equipment in US and France, Despite Coronavirus

Equipment auction house expects pandemic to drive shift to online bidding

Jeff Rubenstone

March 19, 2020

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Equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. has reported a high volume of bidding for equipment this week, citing a growth in online bidders.

COVID-19 Global Market Slowdown Shuts Equipment Maker JCB Through March 30

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

March 18, 2020

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UK firm's hiatus will enable it to "replan our production," says its CEO; company is weighing a government request to produce ventilators for affected patients, media report.