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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.

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?

Extreme Construction

Chinese Contractors Take Technological Plunge For Island-Hopping Roadway

Scott Blair

February 14, 2019

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Chinese contractors take the plunge into prefab and BIM for island-hopping roadway

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.

In Bankruptcy, Utility PG&E Faces Big Spend to Cut Fire Risks

Mary B. Powers

February 13, 2019

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California utility giant details 2019 plan for boosted infrastructure and technology—and controversial expanded blackouts—to respond to and prevent devastating wildfires in its huge service area.