International ACEC Successfully Pushes to Have Indonesian Regulation Cancelled Tom Ichniowski December 5, 2019 No Comments Organization viewed regulation as a problem for U.S. firms seeking to enter or continue working in Indonesian market.Read More
Legal Cement Makers' Settlement with EPA Includes $1.3M Penalty Tom Ichniowski December 4, 2019 No Comments 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.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure Skanska-Led Team Aims for Early 2020 Start on $463M Maryland Bridge Tom Ichniowski December 4, 2019 2 Comments Update: Other bidders were Archer Western, $498.4-million; Granite-Parsons-Middlesex, $479.1 million; and Wagman-Trumbull-Weeks, $605.6 million.Read More
Construction Workforce GOP Senators Propose Remedy for Ailing Multiemployer Pension Plans Tom Ichniowski November 23, 2019 2 Comments Plan sharply different from House-passed bill, which creates new federal loans for troubled pension plans.Read More
Highway Infrastructure Update: Trump Signs 'CR,' Including Repeal of $7.6B Highway Fund Cut Tom Ichniowski November 21, 2019 No Comments Stopgap spending bill enacted, including provision to block highway rescission slated for July.Read More
Infrastructure Finance States' Capital Spending Climbs 8% in Fiscal 2019 Tom Ichniowski November 21, 2019 No Comments State budget officers' group shows strong growth in transportation capital expenditures.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure US DOT Picks Winners for $900M in New BUILD Grants Tom Ichniowski November 12, 2019 No Comments Half of the total dollars went to rural projects, continuing a Trump administration emphasis.Read More
Construction Safety Nonfatal Construction Injuries Edge Up but Injury Rate Declines Tom Ichniowski November 7, 2019 One Comment Injuries rose less than 1% in 2018 to 199,100; rate per 100 workers dipped to 3.0 from 3.1.Read More
Water Infrastructure Supreme Court Delves Into Scope of Clean Water Act Permits Tom Ichniowski November 6, 2019 No Comments Case centers on whether pollution moving through groundwater should require "point source" permit.Read More
FIGG's Theory of Collapse Failed to Sway NTSB Team Tom Ichniowski Scott Judy November 6, 2019 One Comment In its Oct. 22 announcement of the probable cause of the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board characterized the investigation as one of its most complex.Read More
