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Fast-Track Design Begins for Complicated Boston Bridge Replacement

Johanna Knapschaefer

December 9, 2019

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Team must replace moveable spans while maintaining commuter service.

More C-Suite Ins and Outs at AECOM, Jacobs

Debra K. Rubin

December 8, 2019

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New York design firm's top lawyer resigns, while Texas services giant reshuffles and rebrands.

Construction Workforce

Construction Jobless Rate Weakens in November

Industry officials trace results to continued worker shortage

Tom Ichniowski

December 6, 2019

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Industry added only 1,000 jobs for the month but workforce still is up by 2%, year over year.

International

ACEC Successfully Pushes to Have Indonesian Regulation Cancelled

Tom Ichniowski

December 5, 2019

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Organization viewed regulation as a problem for U.S. firms seeking to enter or continue working in Indonesian market.

Legal

Cement Makers' Settlement with EPA Includes $1.3M Penalty

Tom Ichniowski

December 4, 2019

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Agreement with Lehigh Cement and Lehigh White also calls for $12 million for pollution-control upgrades at 11 plants including one in New York state.

Companies

STO Building Group Adds Big Western Builder

Debra K. Rubin

December 4, 2019

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In deal to be completed, Layton Construction would offer NY firm added markets and $1.8 billion in revenue but keep name and execs.

Newfoundland to Canada Mainland Tunnel Gains New Government Attention

Scott Van Voorhis

December 4, 2019

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Narrowly elected Liberal party eyes the estimated $1.3B rail project, proposed for several decades, to boost economic development.

Fatality on I-495 Bridge Project in Mass. Raises Questions Over Proper Training

One worker dead, one seriously injured after fall from aerial lift

Johanna Knapschaefer

December 3, 2019

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A fatality on a Massachusetts bridge project has a local labor union questioning whether two union construction workers were properly trained to run the aerial lift they were operating at the time.

Subcontractor Defaults

Why Did 'Fast Growing' R.F. Fisher Electric Contractor Shut Down?

A bank that made recent loan is in federal court seeking repayment

Scott Van Voorhis

December 3, 2019

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A competitor scoops up many employees who lost jobs

Investigations Underway After Worker Killed in Cincinnati Partial Building Collapse

Preston Todd Delph, 58, died when a section of the seventh floor of the under-construction building collapsed

Jeff Yoders

December 2, 2019

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Preston Todd Delph, 58, an employee of Gateway Concrete Forming in Miamisburg, Ohio, died after the seventh-floor of a mixed-use development on Fourth and Race streets in Cincinnati, collapsed on him November 25. OSHA and the City of Cincinnati are investigating the incident.

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Fast-Track Design Begins for Complicated Boston Bridge Replacement

More C-Suite Ins and Outs at AECOM, Jacobs

Construction Jobless Rate Weakens in November

ACEC Successfully Pushes to Have Indonesian Regulation Cancelled

Cement Makers' Settlement with EPA Includes $1.3M Penalty

STO Building Group Adds Big Western Builder

Newfoundland to Canada Mainland Tunnel Gains New Government Attention

Fatality on I-495 Bridge Project in Mass. Raises Questions Over Proper Training

Why Did 'Fast Growing' R.F. Fisher Electric Contractor Shut Down?

Investigations Underway After Worker Killed in Cincinnati Partial Building Collapse

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