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The 2016 U.S. Election: Beyond Trump and Clinton

Voters face hundreds of decisions on bonds to pay for vital improvements

Debra K. Rubin

Mark Shaw JT Long

October 12, 2016

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U.S. voters also will weigh big bucks for projects and big issues for business.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of October 17, 2016

Scott Lewis

October 12, 2016

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Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics

Bid Protest Rules on US Civilian Agency Task Order Awards in Limbo

Debra K. Rubin

October 12, 2016

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New rules may affect bid protests on federal task-order awards of more than $10 million let by non-defense agencies under indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (ID-IQ) contracts.

Industry Group Introduces a Pressed-Brake Short-Span Steel-Girder System

Aileen Cho

October 12, 2016

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Answering a call from the Federal Highway Administration, a group of steel-bridge advocates have introduced a new type of tub girder that requires less fabrication and installation time.

Electrical Contractors See ‘Disrupting’ Forces in 2016

Justin Rice

October 12, 2016

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Surging revenue for firms generating power, light and building communication technologies charged up record attendance for the 2016 National Electrical Contractors Association convention in Boston.

Deepwater Divers' Dangerous Work On Offshore Wind Farm Construction

Johanna Knapschaefer

October 12, 2016

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Three miles southeast of Block Island, R.I., the nation’s first offshore wind farm has emerged after months of hard work by dozens of contractors, including a small team of highly skilled commercial divers.

Disasters/Update

Facing Erratic Hurricane, States and Contractors Leave Little to Chance

Hurricane Matthew Expected to Strengthen to Category 4 as it Approaches Florida Today

Jim Parsons

October 5, 2016

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As Hurricane Matthew’s curious, inverted question mark-shaped forecast tracks keep weather experts guessing, transportation agencies in the Southeast are taking no chances.

Putin’s Nix of Plutonium Pact Clouds MOX Project’s Future

Scott Judy

October 5, 2016

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An ongoing political battle between the Obama administration and Congress over construction of the budget-busting Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina heated up after Oct. 3, when Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is suspending its participation in the international treaty governing plutonium disposition that served as the project’s impetus.

Unions Rumble in Pipeline Protests

Bruce Buckley

October 5, 2016

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After the federal government temporarily halted construction on a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota, disputes continue, pitting protesters against construction crews and unions against each other.