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CONEXPO 2020

Equipment Dealers Say Certified Technician Shortage Is Getting Worse

Caterpillar donates $300,000 donation to training in trade schools

Jeff Yoders

March 11, 2020

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Trade group survey says members could need up to 73,500 technicians in five years.

Balfour Beatty Shares Good News, and New Risk, in Latest Results

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

March 11, 2020

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UK contractor notes strong year-end numbers and key role in rail megaproject, but CEO concedes looming coronavirus project impacts.

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Design Review Finds Concerns on $962M Houston Bridge

Scott Judy

Louise Poirier

March 10, 2020

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Project construction, which started in 2018, was halted in January to complete the third-party review.

Construction Disputes

Clark and Perkins Eastman Settle Lawsuit Over $1.2B D.C. Project

Richard Korman

March 10, 2020

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Firms did not disclose terms in ending their design dispute over mixed-use development, The Wharf.

Report: Quality Management Problems Could Further Delay Virginia Rail Project

Jim Parsons

March 9, 2020

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D.C. area transit authority analysis of $2.8B Silver Line cites safety and other concerns that contractors and oversight agency have failed to address.

The Illinois Transportation Probe

Grand Jury Charges Former Illinois State and Chicago Official With Bribery

A new indictment expands to Chicago's ex-deputy aviation commissioner

Jeff Yoders

March 9, 2020

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Bill Helm, a former deputy commissioner of the Chicago Dept. of Aviation and a former IDOT official, was indicted March 6 by a grand jury for bribing former Illinois Senate Transportation Chairman Martin Sandoval