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Carpenters Break With New York Building Trades Unions in Pact With Developer

Union regional council is locked in bitter dispute with Related Cos.

Richard Korman

August 15, 2018

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An initial victory is won by a developer that is battling New York unions.

Oregon Code Officials First To Approve Hybrid Mass Timber Buildings

Nadine M. Post

August 14, 2018

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Oregon has become the first state in the U.S. to provide a prescriptive path for the construction of hybrid tall-timber buildings.

Image, Video Data From EarthCam and TrueLook Integrated Into Autodesk BIM 360 Platform

New Jobcam Image Integration for Autodesk BIM 360 Users

Jeff Yoders

August 14, 2018

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Users of Autodesk's BIM 360 construction management platform now have access construction video and photography captured in EarthCam and TrueLook accounts.

Vancouver-Area Officials OK $5.4 Billion to Expand Regional Transit

Scott Van Voorhis

August 14, 2018

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But developers chafe at new fees to support an added $2.1 billion in infrastructure investments.

Feds Move To Expand State Role in Wetland Permitting

Mary B. Powers

August 14, 2018

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Corps of Engineers and EPA finally begin to clarify which waters are both open and off limits to expedited state regulation.

Construction Safety

China Works To Limit Disastrous Rail Construction Accidents

Government makes effort to improve horrendous record of fatalities

Saibal Dasgupta

August 13, 2018

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Placing blame for an industry with a worse-than-spotty recent safety history.

Contractor Fined in Fatal Fla. Trench Collapse

Jim Parsons

August 13, 2018

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Archer Western will pay $33,000 for accident that killed two workers

ENR Editors Honored by Media Alliance

Janice L. Tuchman

August 9, 2018

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The first recipient of the Construction Media Alliance’s Tudor Van Hampton Award for Editorial Excellence is ENR Managing Editor Scott Blair.

Senate Bill Sends Positive Signals for FY 19 Infrastructure Funding

Tom Ichniowski

August 8, 2018

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As congressional appropriators make more headway in producing spending measures for fiscal year 2019, construction industry officials see encouraging numbers so far for key infrastructure accounts, including highways and water programs.

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project Inks Three Power Deals

August 8, 2018

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Plans to build an 800-MW offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast near Martha’s Vineyard advanced on Aug. 1 when developer Vineyard Wind announced power contract deals with three major state utilities that set a levelized price of 6.5¢ per kW/hr.