Executive News Executive News: Hatch Names NYC Subway Veteran To Boost US Footprint Debra K. Rubin July 23, 2017 No Comments Transport firm HW Lochner elevates Jeanne Cormier to CEO; Purdue Engineering taps Princeton innovator as its new dean.Read More
Commentary on Women in Construction Don't Let Barriers Define Your Construction Career Why big girls shouldn't cry Margie Simmons July 21, 2017 No Comments A veteran woman design executive offers perspective on why the metaphor "glass ceiling" is a double-edged sword.Read More
Finance Is Jacobs Close to a Deal to Buy CH2M? Analysts size up potential for huge construction and engineering acquisition ENR Editors July 20, 2017 No Comments The U.S. giants did not comment on acquisition talks in reports by the Times of London and Bloomberg.Read More
Court Ruling Revives Maryland Light Rail Line Jim Parsons July 20, 2017 No Comments Three-judge panel ruling, which allows construction of $5.6-billion Purple Line to restart, was close to an Aug. 1 state deadline to decide the project's future.Read More
Infrastructure Finance EPA Picks 12 Projects to Apply for First-Ever WIFIA loans Projects are in nine states, including four in California Tom Ichniowski July 19, 2017 No Comments Projects seek $2.3 billion in water-infrastructure loans, but EPA's lending capacity is $1.5 billion.Read More
Transportation Contractors Square Off in Battle for Kansas City Airport Upgrade L.A.-based AECOM offers its own proposal as Burns & McDonnell has a jobs rally Jeff Yoders July 18, 2017 No Comments After technical proposals are submitted later this month, a separate set of financial proposals is due August 10.Read More
Accidents Worker Killed on Library Foundation Job in Woburn, Mass. Johanna Knapschaefer July 18, 2017 No Comments The Medical Examiner now will determine how union laborer Mark Camire, 32, died.Read More
T.Y. Lin Bridge Engineer Dennis Jang, 62, is Dead Aileen Cho July 18, 2017 No Comments Veteran designer, who helped shape numerous signature crossings, died suddenly.Read More
Israel High Court Splits Disputed $500M Rail Power Contract Neal Sandler July 17, 2017 No Comments Losing French and Israeli bidders awarded chunks of railway electrification job won by Spanish firm.Read More
Port Construction Lawsuit Settlement Clears Way for Boston Harbor Dredging Deal includes laying new electric cable away from shipping channels. Tom Ichniowski July 14, 2017 No Comments Corps has $18 million in fiscal 2017 funds to start final design and solicitation-preparation work.Read More