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Five Global Teams Short-Listed for $1B First Phase of Red-Dead Water Project

Jordan will choose winner out of 17 submitted proposals by mid-2017

Neal Sandler

December 12, 2016

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Jordan will choose winner from among 17 original submitted proposals by mid-2017

The Trump Cabinet

Trump Makes His Picks To Head EPA, Labor Dept.

Nominees' expected agency changes are already controversial

Pam Hunter McFarland

December 9, 2016

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Nominees' expected agency changes are already controversial.

Global Sourcebook

Outlook Improving in Shaky Global Building Market

Firms say they expect 2017 to be more positive than anticipated

Bruce Buckley

December 8, 2016

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Faced with economic uncertainties around the world, many global design and construction firms have struggled to find a steady stream of opportunities, but some are cautiously optimistic that conditions are improving.

Global Sourcebook

Markets Face Uncertain Future

Brexit, the U.S. election, OPEC’s move to cut oil production and the increasingly embattled European Union have firms scrambling

December 8, 2016

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The global construction market has taken a series of hits over the past two years.

SNC-Lavalin Aims Past Scandal to New Levels of Growth and Transparency

Pushing beyond a corruption crisis, Canadian design-builder expands globally in core sectors.

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

December 8, 2016

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Pushing past its corruption crisis, design-builder gears up for global growth in core sectors.

Brundage-Bone Acquires Three UK Concrete Pumping Firms

Jeff Rubenstone

December 7, 2016

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Making its first-ever international expansion, Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping will acquire three companies in the U.K. that provide concrete-pumping services.

Sustainable Design

We Knew Concrete Was a Carbon Sink—New Study Tells How Much

Factors in the material's favor when it comes to battling climate change and limiting greenhouse gasses

Thomas F. Armistead

December 7, 2016

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Concrete’s large carbon footprint—that is, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the cement manufacturing process—is estimated to be 5% of industrial CO₂ emissions, a source of concern in the battle against human-caused climate change.