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On April 8th, I had the privilege of attending Engineering News-Record's 45th annual noon luncheon and evening dinner honoring 25 top newsmakers selected by the magazine's editors. The newsmakers were each selected by ENR's editorial staff for making a contribution that will have long-lasting positive impact on the

President Obama's recent show of financial support for construction of two nuclear plants in Georgia is hopefully the beginning of a new era in which nuclear power will again expand its role in the electricity-generating methods of the U.S. Of course, we all need to look at using energy more efficiently, and recent

The battle of wills in Washington over stimulus funding has infected some state legislatures, as leaders from both sides of the political fence struggle over different ideologies.   The arguments are fundamentally the same. One side wants to inject large amounts of state money into construction, while the other

Manitowoc's Model 31000, the highest-capacity crawler crane the company has ever built, is now being assembled and tested at the company's factory in Manitowoc, Wis.

McGraw-Hill's Regional Construction Publication for the Upper Midwest has revamped its Web site with a new look and new features.

Engaging "Build it Bigger" TV show educates about heavy construction while entertaining.

TAX PAYERS CAN'T AFFORD SUBJECTIVE PROCUREMENT OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICE-The use of non bid Construction Services Procurement as the delivery method deserves an early warning of the corruption. Falure to LEAD!Where has leadership of the construction bid process gone? 

Good news: Congress has increased the amount of money it will give states for clean-water projects in Fiscal Year 2010 (which began in October, 2009).