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Companies

Top 200 Environmental Firms Weigh Market in Trump Era

Companies held their own in 2016 even as an election, an uncertain post-Brexit Europe and still-sluggish oil prices loomed over the environmental sector.

Debra K. Rubin

Mary B. Powers

August 10, 2017

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The Top 200 Environmental Firms held their own in 2016, even as the election of Donald Trump, an uncertain post-Brexit Europe and still-sluggish oil prices loomed over the environmental marketplace.

Software Assistant Optimizes Construction Scheduling Options

Tom Sawyer

August 9, 2017

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After five years of PhD research and two years of software development, a start-up enterprise that applies parallel computing and artificial intelligence to construction planning and scheduling is ready to go to work.

Industrial Leads for the Week of August 14, 2017

August 9, 2017

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Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. is planning to establish a new brewery in the proposed Big Wave development in Half Moon Bay.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of August 14, 2017

August 9, 2017

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Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics for August 14, 2017

Strapped Honolulu Rail Picks New CEO

Debra K. Rubin

August 9, 2017

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Former Bombardier exec Andrew Robbins takes over days after legislators meet to address transit job's estimated $3-billion funding gap.

Construction Accidents

After Restoring Power in North Carolina, Contractor Faces Many Claims

At least two class-action lawsuits confront PCL Construction

Jim Parsons

August 9, 2017

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PCL Civil Constructors helped to restore power to two North Carolina barrier islands, but now it faces fallout from the accidental power cut.

Diverse Industry Group Seeks Solutions to the 'RFI Dilemma'

Mark Shaw

August 9, 2017

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There is a long list of issues associated with formal requests for information (RFI), but leveraging technology to shorten that list has proved to be difficult.

Equipment Makers, Rental Firms Report Strong 2Q Sales

Jeff Rubenstone

August 9, 2017

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With signs of rising activity in the U.S. and China construction markets, global equipment manufacturers reported strong sales in the second quarter of 2017, following a period of consolidation and reorganization.

Power Plant Construction

Economics Finally Kill Bungled S.C. Nuclear Expansion Project

Scott Judy

August 9, 2017

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The legal, political and economic effects of two South Carolina utilities’ decision to abandon construction of the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion project have barely begun.

'Construction Ready' Job Program Changes Lives in Atlanta

Nadine M. Post

August 9, 2017

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In 2014, when Ian Miller heard about the Construction Ready program at Westside Works in Atlanta, he thought it was a “money ploy” to get grants to support its own staff, rather than train participants for entry-level jobs.