The Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries assessed penalties totaling $16,800 for SAK Builders in relation to a fatal construction site accident in March.
An AGC survey held in July and August found 81% of contractors are using higher pay and other incentives to attract skilled workers to fill open positions that 88% of them reported they were having a hard time filling.
Rebuilding the walls, which date to the late 1800s and early 1900s, would better protect areas along the Potomac River and Tidal Basin against water-level rise and storm surge.
Detroit-area contractor is the first company to plead guilty as the result of an ongoing antitrust investigation in the U.S. asphalt paving sector, says the U.S. Justice Dept.
Construction groups and environmental advocates both criticize the final "waters of the United States" rule that will open to development thousands of wetland acres formerly protected.
The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.