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New California Worker Law Has Industry Exemptions, But Not For All

September 20, 2019

Starting Jan. 1, workers in the state must meet a three-part standard to retain classification as independent contractors.

Hurricane-Toppled Crane in Halifax, Nova Scotia Now Is 'Local Emergency'

Scott Van Voorhis

September 19, 2019

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Few details released as province takes over removing Dorian-damaged equipment that fell over high-rise project, and is probing cause and liability; see collapse video.

Hurricane Maria

Former Energy Contractor Faces Corruption Charges in Puerto Rico Work

Current, Former FEMA Officials Also Indicted

Pam Radtke Russell

September 17, 2019

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Cobra Acquisitions took over power restoration work in Puerto Rico after a contract with the maligned Whitefish Energy was canceled.

Construction Workforce

Senate Confirms Scalia to be Labor Secretary

Attorney faces key construction issues, including apprenticeship proposal

Tom Ichniowski

September 17, 2019

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Update 9/26: Nominee approved on 53-44 vote along party lines.

Congress

House Oversight Panel Opens Ethics Inquiry into Chao's Actions

Tom Ichniowski

September 16, 2019

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One focus of committee probe is whether DOT Secretary's actions aided shipping company her parents founded.

Court Nixes 'Eminent Domain' for Big East Coast Fracked-Gas Pipeline

Debra K. Rubin

September 15, 2019

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Will issues of private seizure of state land on the $1B PennEast project and others head for the US Supreme Court?

Industry Execs Target Construction Materials Sector on Labor Abuses

Debra K. Rubin

September 15, 2019

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Foundation-funded effort would push owners and specifiers to scrutinize product origins and add restrictions to specs, RFPs and contracts.

Water Infrastructure

Senate Committee Approves 11% Hike for Corps Civil Works

Tom Ichniowski

September 12, 2019

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Republicans defeat Democrats' attempts to block DOD projects' funding shift to border wall.

Environment

Trump Administration Rolls Back 2015 Clean Water Rule

Action repeals Obama-era WOTUS regs that determined Clean Water Act permitting requirements

Pam Hunter McFarland

Pam Radtke Russell

September 12, 2019

One Comment

Industry, business and agricultural groups cheered the announcement, but Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen called the repeal of the 2015 rule “shameful and dangerous. No one is above the law, including the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers.