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New Offshore Wind R&D Group Awards First Study

Debra K. Rubin

September 11, 2019

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Public-private consortium wants $300K project to weigh floating wind farm technology economics.

Concrete Casting in Cambridge, Mass., Believed to Be New England's Largest

Johanna Knapschaefer

September 11, 2019

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In what is likely the largest continuous concrete casting ever performed in New England, John Moriarty and Associates, in collaboration with G&C Concrete, continuously cast 8,000 cu yd of concrete on Sept. 7 for the $215-million Cambridge Crossing Parcel G project.

Reviewers OK Fix for San Francisco's Leaning Millennium Tower

Nadine M. Post

September 11, 2019

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An independent engineering review team has given its nod to the San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspection regarding permitting of the proposed $100-million structural shoring scheme for the 645-ft-tall Millennium Tower—which has settled 17.3 in. over more than a decade.

Renewables Projects Push On in Canada, Despite Politics

Scott Van Voorhis

September 11, 2019

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Alberta's 400-MW solar farm, just approved, will be competitive even with halt of 2015 clean-energy mandate, proponents say.

Legal

TVA Cleanup Pact Cancels Coal-Ash Case Going to Supreme Court

Mary B. Powers

September 6, 2019

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Justices still could settle this year the much-disputed issue of whether the US Clean Water Act regulates groundwater-carried pollutants.

Construction Workforce

Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed

Tom Ichniowski

September 6, 2019

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Industry's August unemployment rate slipped to 3.6% from July's 3.8% but rose from year-earlier 3.4%.

Highway Infrastructure

State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances

Tom Ichniowski

September 6, 2019

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Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.

Odebrecht and Financier Settle on Project Bribes

Debra K. Rubin

September 5, 2019

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Brazil builder, in bankruptcy, to donate $50M to fix communities but faces limited bid debarment in Latin America bank pact.

Equipment Maker CNH Industrial Outlines Spin-Off of On-Road Unit, Future of Alternative Fuels

Case CE owner splits on-road and off-road businesses, lays out five-year plan

Jeff Rubenstone

September 4, 2019

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Citing a shift in the marketplace, heavy equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has provided details its planned spin-off of its on-road truck business from its agricultural and construction equipment business.

Transportation