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Pulse: Project News for the Week of July 19, 2021

July 15, 2021

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Tribridge Residential is planning to redevelop a 4.4-acre portion of the Goat Farms Art Center in Atlanta.

Fla. Collapse Prompts Interest in Non-Destructive Testing

Jeff Rubenstone

July 15, 2021

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When news came of the collapse of the Champlain Towers residential high-rise in Surfside, Fla., Pouria Ghods thought back to another fatal collapse, almost exactly nine years earlier at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario.

Site Check-in App Built for Pandemic Shifting to Broader Uses

Jeff Rubenstone

July 15, 2021

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When the first COVID-related restrictions came down on U.S. construction sites in the spring of 2020, many contractors were caught flat-footed compiling information on workers and visitors for contact tracing.

Collapsed DC Pedestrian Bridge To Be Rebuilt Within Three Years

July 15, 2021

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The District of Columbia plans to replace a pedestrian bridge that collapsed June 23 after being struck by a truck.

Champlain Towers Collapse Prompts Call for Change

Aging buildings are undergoing heightened scrutiny

Scott Judy Stephanie Loder

Nadine M. Post

July 15, 2021

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One of the deadliest accidental building collapses in U.S. history is causing state elected officials, buildings officials, industry groups and others to reassess older buildings and consider the need for stricter regulations and enhanced inspection standards.

Engineering Justice

The Roads to Justice: Building New Bridges

The new era of planning infrastructure projects includes a goal of rectifying past wrongs and increasing inclusion in decisions

Aileen Cho

July 14, 2021

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The era of interstate construction was often shaped by blatantly racist practices.

ENR Top List

2021 Top 200 Environmental Firms: Market is Whirlwind of Change

July 14, 2021

Pandemic and energy transition usher in new needs for firms' expertise as reality finally sets in on the globe's ecological fragility. See which firms made this year's list.

Construction Economics for August 2, 2021

July 14, 2021

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Construction Economics for July 19, 2021

July 14, 2021

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Energy Construction

EPA Asks Corps to Reject $6B Mountain Valley Pipeline Key Permit

Mary B. Powers

July 13, 2021

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Agency says the Virginia pipeline does not do enough to mitigate impacts on hundreds of stream crossings still ahead for 303-mile project, even at 92% completion.