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At the Oct. 1-3 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition in Louisville, Ky., you may have missed a 1985 Dodge Ram D350 pickup in the Cummins booth.

Obama goes to Maryland road-building firm's headquarters and criticizes Boehner. The House Speaker calls on Democrats to come to the negotiating table.

Water resources bill breezes through House transportation committee. Floor vote expected in early October.

In what is believed to be the largest operation of its kind, project engineers and crews with U.S.-based Titan Salvage Co. and its Italian partner Micoperi successfully righted the Costa Concordia cruise liner

The battles over project labor agreements continue, and show no signs of abating.  On Sept. 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit upheld a Michigan law that banned project labor agreements on state projects. Business-oriented groups like the Associated Builders and Contractors cheered the decision.

September 11: It's time to name this date a memorial holiday for all we lost as a nation and for all we need to learn from it.

 Although we take several factory tours each year, it is rare that we get to take home photos shot from inside a plant.  

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, in a review of the "vanity height" of supertall buildings, has come up with some interested findings.

Know someone between 13 and 18 who likes to invent??OR…are you someone who could mentor a student in a really fun design competition…and help him or her win a free trip to New York City to see a movie premiere??THEN, have we got a contest for you—the Gravity Design Challenge…BUT YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST!STUDENTS—You need to design and build a household space machine BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10MENTORS—You need to complete a 2-hour mentoring course BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, and then volunteer one hour per week on line through the end of the competition period.