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More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule

Tom Ichniowski

August 30, 2019

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Building trades back, and ABC opposes, construction exemption from proposed new apprenticeship program.

Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned

Drama plays out over ready-mix concrete contracts as former state senator faces embezzlement charges for a no-work union organizing job related to the joint council that wanted locals to merge

Jeff Yoders

August 30, 2019

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The union that represents Chicago area ready-mix concrete truck drivers and owner-operators has been put into trusteeship by the Teamsters national organization. Its former president says it's part of a long-term attempt to take lucrative ready-mix contracts away from Local 786.

Debra K. Rubin

August 30, 2019

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Canadian giant says the deal for Ecology & Environment Inc. would expand its environmental services niche and U.S. public sector market.

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Don't Change the Rules for Construction Apprenticeship

Richard Korman

August 29, 2019

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Keep the industry exempt from a Trump administration plan to create private oversight of craft programs; the system works to prevent lowering the bar long set.

Erica Berardi

August 29, 2019

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An 37-year-old employee of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. died on site Thursday after a fatal accident at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.

Debra K. Rubin

August 29, 2019

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International Trade Commission says tariff ruling on components from four countries in US market could be made by mid-October; power sector sees market impacts.

Transportation

New York City Opens Second Span of Kosciuszko Bridge

City's first bridge since 1964 comes in four years ahead of schedule

Jim Parsons

August 29, 2019

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Light and music show marks the official opening of $318-million phase on August 28.

LaGuardia Terminal Project is First to Go 'Platinum'

Tom Stabile

August 28, 2019

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$5.1B NYC airport revamp met the new Envision infrastructure sustainability rating bar as an overall $8B upgrade copes with record summer volume.

Bombardier-led JV Picked for Egypt’s First Monorail Project

Two lines will cover 96 km, with 33 stations, for estimated cost of $4.5 billion

Shem Oirere

August 28, 2019

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Egyptian contractors Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors will be responsible for the design and building of all infrastructure and civil works.

Box-Jacking Operation Moves Rail Underpass in a Weekend

Jeff Rubenstone

August 28, 2019

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Innovative box-jacking method from an Italian engineering firm is deployed for the first time in the U.S. for LIRR's grade-crossing elimination project.

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More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule

Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned

WSP Boosts Growth With Planned $65M Buy of US Engineer

Don't Change the Rules for Construction Apprenticeship

Whiting-Turner Worker Killed at Disneyland Resort Jobsite

US Trade Agency Seeks Wind Tower Tariff Probe

New York City Opens Second Span of Kosciuszko Bridge

LaGuardia Terminal Project is First to Go 'Platinum'

Bombardier-led JV Picked for Egypt’s First Monorail Project

Box-Jacking Operation Moves Rail Underpass in a Weekend

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