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Lewis and Clark Viaduct

Transportation Officials Make the Best of a Bumpy 2020

Aileen Cho

Jim_Parsons

January 6, 2021

The year 2020 provided a bumpy budgetary ride for all modes of transportation, and some industry insiders don’t expect airport and transit ridership to return to pre-pandemic levels for years.

African American Museum Being Built on Historic Site

Cultural Facilities

African American Museum Project Treads Lightly on Historic Site

Jim_Parsons

January 5, 2021

The International African American Museum, being built in Charleston, S.C., highlights history where it happened.

Former Trump Atlantic City Casino Set for February Implosion

Stephanie Loder

December 28, 2020

Contractor H&K Group will take down the derelict 39-story NJ beachfront structure now owned by investor Carl Icahn.

Portland Green New Deal

Portland, Maine's Green New Deal Worries Local Contractors

Stringent apprenticeship requirements take hold on Jan. 1

Johanna Knapschaefer

Johanna Knapschaefer

December 27, 2020

Firms are concerned that new ballot initiative's mandates, which take effect Jan. 1, could threaten their eligibility for city public works.

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Jobsite Fatalities

UPDATE: Laborer Jamie Fitzgerald, Killed in Dec. 9 Ohio Plant Collapse, is Recovered on Jan. 9

Debra K. Rubin

December 21, 2020

At power plant demolition site where Fitzgerald and another worker died, contractor Adamo Group also imploded a 900-ft stack it says posed a site hazard.

deal

Coronavirus and Construction

In Year-End Push, Hill Leaders Reach Deal on $900B Relief Package

December 20, 2020

Measure also includes funds for water resources, school HVAC, transit, airports and state highways

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Entertainment Venues

AECOM Out as General Contractor on $1.6B MSG Sphere in Las Vegas

December 18, 2020

Company, brought on board as GC in June 2019 shortly after work started, has been relegated to a supporting role on the project.

El Paso water

Border Barrier Work Runs Into New Walls

Debra K. Rubin

December 17, 2020

Projects and contracts get more local pushback and new scrutiny as $15-billion Trump construction program speeds to end of his presidency

Ascent Timber

Materials

Milwaukee's 25-Story Ascent Stacks Up as Tall Timber Role Model

Fire officials accept the unprecedented use of the sustainable material in a 284-ft-tall wood and concrete frame

Nadine Post

December 16, 2020

Milwaukee forges a developer-friendly permitting path for construction of a 284-ft-tall timber and concrete tower

Main Street Loans to construction

Pandemic Finance

How Some Companies Boosted Their Finances Under a Little-Used Federal Program

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Scott Van Voorhis

December 13, 2020

Overshadowed by PPP rescue loans, the smaller Main Street loan program ends Dec. 31.

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