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Wind and Solar Plan Would Triple Alternative Power for Long Island, NY

November 2, 2016

Chicago-based Invenergy is proposing to build four new wind farms and two solar farms to provide 700 megawatts of generation that would triple existing renewable energy available on Long Island.

Boston To Develop Air Rights Over Turnpike

November 2, 2016

After decades of starts and stops, three air-rights projects over the Massachusetts Turnpike are gaining traction.

New Highway Toll System in Mass. Makes Booths Obsolete

November 2, 2016

Demolition work on the Massachusetts Turnpike’s 23 toll booths began two days after All Electronic Tolling was activated on Oct. 28.

OpenRoads

Engineering Software

Bentley Consolidates Road Design Suite as Part of a Broad Lift to Connected Cloud

Move is part of a transition to enabling wide data exchange via Microsoft Azure servers

Tom Sawyer

Jan Tuchman

Janice L. Tuchman

November 2, 2016

Bentley Systems announces ‘Open Roads’ to consolidate civil brands and also describes its intent to link its cloud services platform with that of Topcon's and others for seamless data exchange

Department of Labor

Court Halts 'Blacklisting' Rule for Federal Contractors

Pam McFarland

Pam Hunter McFarland

November 2, 2016

An Obama administration rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to disclose past labor-law violations puts the contractor groups and organized labor at odds.

Canada Adds $60B to Infrastructure Funding

Finance minister also announces infrastructure bank strategy to lure private investment

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

November 2, 2016

Finance minister also announces infrastructure bank strategy to lure private investment.

Legal

Ex-Union Official Pleads Guilty to $1.7M Theft from Local

LIUNA audit found the then-alleged theft, referred matter to DOJ, the department says

Tom Ichniowski

November 1, 2016

Justice Dept. says former official at Laborers' D.C.-area local used some of the money for downpayment on house and building a garage there.

Construction Economics

Construction Spending Falls Slightly in September

Silver lining is 4.4% year-over-year gain for first nine months

Tom Ichniowski

November 1, 2016

Spending dips 0.4% from August level and 0.2% compared with year-earlier figure, Census Bureau reports.

ENR Pulse News

Pulse: Project News for the Week of Nov. 7, 2016

Scott Lewis

November 1, 2016

Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics

Viewpoint

A Call for More Mentoring in the Construction Industry

Advice from a veteran: ‘Eat lunch where you don’t belong’

Stefan Robichaux

November 1, 2016

I’ve always been a collector of advice, probably because my disposition makes me a magnet for criticism.

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