Debra K. Rubin

Presidential Campaign

Infrastructure Investment Plans Draw Construction's Attention

October 28, 2016

As the presidential candidates step up their campaigns, they are talking up ambitious proposals to boost funding for transportation and other infrastructure.

Owners and Contractors At Odds on Project Cost Solutions

Groups see standardization as a solution but don’t agree on who leads to deploy it, says researcher.

Debra K. Rubin

October 26, 2016

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Groups see standardization as a solution but don’t agree on who leads to deploy it, says researcher.

Craft Competitions: Group's Event Now Is in Third Decade of Showcasing Skills

Debra K. Rubin

October 26, 2016

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Contest is a "rite of passage," says Chuck Goodrich, president of contractor Gaylor Electric and Associated Builders and Contractors chair-elect

Execs Share Best Ways To Ply Changing Global Markets

Bechtel CEO says AEC firms must compete harder with Silicon Valley for the best technical talent.

Debra K. Rubin

Janice L. Tuchman

October 19, 2016

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With low oil prices still a nagging factor in the global economy, construction executives and researchers shared strategies for project delivery and business success in markets that are increasingly difficult to predict and more controlled by tightening costs.

AECOM Exec Is Atkins Unit CEO; Quake Expert Ray Clough Dies

October 19, 2016

U.K.-based design firm Atkins names industry veteran George Nash to run its North America unit, replacing exec who resigned; U. of California-Berkeley academic taught and researched for multiple decades.

Libertarians' Hope Gary Johnson Has Construction Roots

Presidential candidate started a SW mechanical contracting firm that worked for Intel.

John Guzzon

Debra K. Rubin

October 19, 2016

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Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate for president, started a New Mexico mechanical contracting firm in the 1970s whose later sale made him a millionaire.

Politics

Industry Weighs in With Cash in U.S. Campaigns

Construction unions, trade groups and companies focus more attention on congressional races

Pam Hunter McFarland

Debra K. Rubin

October 19, 2016

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In an election in which the two presidential candidates are presenting starkly different views about governing approaches, many construction groups are keeping low profiles in the top contest, focusing attention—and resources—on congressional races.

Infrastructure Finance

The 2016 U.S. Election: Beyond Trump and Clinton

Voters face hundreds of decisions on bonds to pay for vital improvements

Debra K. Rubin

Mark Shaw JT Long

October 12, 2016

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U.S. voters also will weigh big bucks for projects and big issues for business.

Bid Protest Rules on US Civilian Agency Task Order Awards in Limbo

Debra K. Rubin

October 12, 2016

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New rules may affect bid protests on federal task-order awards of more than $10 million let by non-defense agencies under indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (ID-IQ) contracts.

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