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Autodesk Opens Up Machine-Learning Advisory Tool to BIM 360 User Base

February 26, 2019

Autodesk has added an A.I.-based assistant to its BIM 360 software to identify risks and safety issues in large, sprawling projects.

Drinking Water and Public Health

Pittsburgh Water Agency Promises Faster Action On Lead

Treatment with orthophosphate was seen as interim solution

Jonathan Barnes

February 26, 2019

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Will the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority maintain higher pace of replacement?

Legal

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Mary B. Powers

February 23, 2019

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Supreme Court justices will weigh lower court rulings in a Hawaii-based dispute over treated sewage carried to the ocean through groundwater.

Army Shifts Some Senior Corps of Engineers Positions

Tom Ichniowski

February 21, 2019

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Corps changes are part of broader list of annual reassignments in late winter, early spring.

Legal

Trump Emergency Action Draws Lawsuits from States, 'Green' Groups

Move to shift funds from military, Corps civil projects to wall faces challenges

Pam Hunter McFarland

February 20, 2019

One Comment

Litigants contend Trump lacks authority to declare emergency to build wall using funds Congress appropriated for other uses.

Infrastructure Funding

New Spending Package Has Mixed Results for Federal Construction Programs

Measure reflects Year Two of budget pact's infrastructure boost—over 2017

Tom Ichniowski

February 20, 2019

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Highway funding fares well in fiscal 2019 shutdown-ending package, other programs pared.

US Appeals Court Slams FERC on Long-Muddled State Environmental Permits

Big California-Oregon dam removals, which triggered the Jan. 25 federal ruling on clean-water okays, are moving to contract.

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

February 19, 2019

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Big Calif.-Ore. dam removals, which triggered the Jan. 25 federal ruling on state clean-water okays, are proceeding to contract.

Prosecutions of Union Officials in 2018 Unmasked Theft, Embezzlement

Scott Van Voorhis

February 19, 2019

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A boilermakers union official had a taste for luxury goods, but most of the stealing was small-scale.

Kiewit, Flatiron, SNC-Lavalin Short-Listed for Big Vancouver-Area Span

Pattullo Bridge replacement construction begins later in 2019

Richard Korman

February 18, 2019

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The field narrows for a $1.4-bilion, design-build-finance contract award.

Building Materials

New Territory for Timber

Michael Dumiak

February 14, 2019

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Computer-controlled milling mainstreams plywood and timber products, for large and small practices.

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Autodesk Opens Up Machine-Learning Advisory Tool to BIM 360 User Base

Pittsburgh Water Agency Promises Faster Action On Lead

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Army Shifts Some Senior Corps of Engineers Positions

Trump Emergency Action Draws Lawsuits from States, 'Green' Groups

New Spending Package Has Mixed Results for Federal Construction Programs

US Appeals Court Slams FERC on Long-Muddled State Environmental Permits

Prosecutions of Union Officials in 2018 Unmasked Theft, Embezzlement

Kiewit, Flatiron, SNC-Lavalin Short-Listed for Big Vancouver-Area Span

New Territory for Timber

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