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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

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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.

International projects

Cost Revealed for Troubled Bridge Over London Waters

$69 million spent on Garden Bridge and nothing to show for it

Peter Reina

February 14, 2019

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan scrapped Thomas Heatherwick's green span design in 2017, declining to underwrite long-term maintenance costs.

Companies

SNC-Lavalin Grows Europe Base As Corporate Pressures Mount

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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The Montreal design-build giant's unfolding legal, financial and political issues globally now embroil Canada's prime minister; will CEO Neil Bruce clarify strategy in a Feb. 22 Q4 results call?

Executive News

New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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Kansas Democrat Laura Kelly taps a Burns & McDonnell female exec; NYU engineering school names new construction innovation hub leads.

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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

Cost Revealed for Troubled Bridge Over London Waters

SNC-Lavalin Grows Europe Base As Corporate Pressures Mount

New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times

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