Debra K. Rubin

SNC-Lavalin Shuffles C-Suite and Board in Corporate Reboot

February 12, 2020

Bechtel veteran Keith Sibley now is running contractor's revamped NYC ops; city transit veteran takes senior role at HNTB.

Court Orders NYC Bribery Charges Dropped Against Ex-Black & Veatch Exec

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

February 7, 2020

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State judge cites "troubling and inadequate" case by DA against Kyriacos Pierides; fraud charges from sting against other execs now are under "review."

Company Focus

AECOM First-Quarter Results Leave Investors Hopeful

The company is quiet on construction asset sale, CEO change and possible WSP merger deal

Debra K. Rubin

February 4, 2020

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Design giant sees revenue drop, noting "large" claim on storm cleanup work, but cites positive earnings; CEO is quiet on reported WSP merger talks and his successor.

Disaster Response

UK Contractor Laing O'Rourke To Manage Australia Fire Cleanup

Debra K. Rubin

January 31, 2020

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Federal government and New South Wales will split cleanup cost of devastating bushfires, estimated at least in the "hundreds of millions," officials say.

PM Firm Hill Intl., Former Exec Settle SEC Charges on Fraudulent Filings

Debra K. Rubin

Tom Stabile

January 25, 2020

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Firm will pay $500K over serial accounting errors and "coverup" of losses in Securities and Exchange Commission pact; one charged former exec denies allegations.

Companies

Contractor McDermott Intl. Files Chapter 11 Plan to Cut Debt, Fund Operations

Debra K. Rubin

Gary J. Tulacz

January 21, 2020

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Energy megaproject firm's bankruptcy includes expected $2.7B sale of its Lummus Technology unit to PE investors and another $2.8B from lenders to operate.

ENR 2019 Top 25 Newsmakers

John Lavelle: Engineer CEO Led GE Team Launch of 'Gamechanging' Offshore Wind Turbine

Debra K. Rubin

January 21, 2020

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Under veteran executive, 600-person effort readied giant Haliade-X to propel clean energy cost efficiency, market growth and ROI.

ENR 2019 Top 25 Newsmakers

Ryan Keith Cox: Public Works Staffer Died Leading Coworkers to Escape Workplace Terror in Virginia Beach

Debra K. Rubin

January 16, 2020

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Virginia Beach public utilities employee represented group’s esprit de corps in steering peers away from unimaginable act by a former city engineer; Cox died along with 10 employees and a visiting contractor.

2020 Vision: Biggest Construction Stories of the Last Decade

Jeff Rubenstone

Debra K. Rubin

January 16, 2020

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From a new Panama Canal to sea-level rise to near-limitless cloud storage to a rumored WSP-AECOM design mega-merger, the last 10 years had big industry impacts. What's ahead for firms, owners and professionals?