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Contractors Seek $23 Million Over Wind Power Port Scope Gaps

August 10, 2016

As it searches for new tenants for a $113-million port terminal in New Bedford, Mass., that was set to stage huge turbines for the now-halted Cape Wind offshore wind project, a state agency faces a $23-million breach-of-contract lawsuit from the 28-acre facility’s two key contractors, Cashman Dredging and Marine Co. and Weeks Marine Inc., over scope deficiencies.

$1 Billion Project To Put Wind Beneath Iowa Utility's Wings

Thomas F. Armistead

August 10, 2016

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One of the largest single investments in Alliant Energy’s multiyear plan to create cleaner and more efficient ways to generate electricity will be a $1-billion expansion of an Iowa wind farm, adding 500 MW of capacity to the 200 MW now in place.

School Design

New Sandy Hook Elementary School Balances Comfort, Security

Hidden cameras, motion sensors, and impact-resistant windows and walls are placed strategically.

Justin Rice

August 8, 2016

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The footbridges and rain garden along the undulating wood rain screen at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., are more than lovely landscaping.

2016 Campaign

Democrats' Platform Supports Big Hike for Infrastructure Investment

Nominee Clinton has backed $275B boost over five years, including infrastructure bank

Pam Hunter McFarland

Tom Ichniowski

August 5, 2016

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Platform calls for reviving heavily used Build America Bonds program, which expired in 2010.

San Diego Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility

Advocates Reaffirm Value of Formal Partnering for Project Teams

Even in an age of increased collaboration, formal partnering has a key role to play, say its supporters

Bruce Buckley

August 2, 2016

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Many recent trends in construction aim to improve teamwork: collaborative delivery methods, lean construction practices and virtual design and construction.

J. Carpenter Tuscon Press Event Presentation

Anatomy of Autonomy: The Automated Jobsite?

Use of autonomous equipment is likely to grow, but as an extension—not a replacement—of the operator

Mike Anderson

July 28, 2016

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As the general public is exposed almost daily to marketing that promotes the prospects of self-driving cars, it’s not too much of a stretch for construction professionals to imagine a similar future for autonomous equipment on the jobsite.

Building Renovation

This Times Square Makeover Is Not a Tourist Attraction

Builders erect tall wall to shield work at congested Manhattan site.

Alisa Zevin

July 27, 2016

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A 53-ft-tall enclosure is safety feature in upgrade of 80-year-old building at Manhattan core site.

Crawler-Crane Collapse Probe Continues at NY Bridge Project

Aileen Cho

Jeff Rubenstone

July 27, 2016

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An investigation is underway into a crane collapse at the site of the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York.

Project Runways

Terminal Spaces, Spaceport Races

Aviation infrastructure tour kicks off with updates from Kansas City, Chicago and Texas

Aileen Cho

July 27, 2016

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Far out on an O’Hare International Airport airfield, Ginger Evans, Chicago’s aviation commissioner, faced a barrage of TV cameras, recording devices and reporters with notebooks. Behind her, a poster board displayed different potential configurations for a brand-new Terminal 2.