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May 17, 2021

The next generation of A/E/C leaders addresses some of construction’s most significant issues: bolstering and building infrastructure across the country, ensuring diversity across workplaces, helping guide the next generation into STEM careers and finding the right ways to adjust to the coming post-pandemic normal.

Top 20 Under 40: Evolve as the Industry Adapts

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Eydie Cubarrubia

May 14, 2021

The next generation of A/E/C leaders applies lessons learned heading toward a post-pandemic future.

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COVID-19 and Construction

OSHA Imposes New Guidance For Employer-Required COVID-19 Vaccines

Contractors criticize mandate to classify adverse reactions as recordable safety incidents

Jeff yoders

May 3, 2021

Contractors, construction industry groups say guidance contradicts administration's desire to encourage employees to get vaccinated.

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Owner of NJ's American Dream Mall Faces $1.2B Loan Default, Construction Liens

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Scott Van Voorhis

April 23, 2021

Pandemic-spurred financial woes are nightmares for Canadian developer Triple Five on the $5B retail and entertainment complex outside NYC.

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Obituaries

Influential Postmodernist Architect Helmut Jahn Dies in Accident at 81

German-born Jahn's work bridged two design movements and gained international acclaim for uncompromising standards

Jeff yoders

May 10, 2021

The uncompromising leader of Murphy/Jahn and JAHN Architects bridged two design movements and leaves behind a steel-and-glass legacy.

Acquisitions

Energy Builder MasTec Boosts Pivot In $420M Power Firm INTREN Buy

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May 6, 2021

Link creates $8B operation that pushes leading pipeline contractor toward other niches and is industry's largest minority and woman-owned company.

Power Grid Upgrade Technology Gets $8.25B Federal Boost

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April 28, 2021

US Energy Dept. cites report of 22 'shovel ready' high-voltage transmission and clean-energy link projects valued at $33 billion, but analysis claims half won't be built 'near term' due to planning and permitting hurdles.

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Ferrovial Team Falls Short on Maryland P3 Bid Protest

Jim parsons

May 4, 2021

Spain-based contractor is appealing decision against its protest charge that winning highway expansion bidder Transurban/Macquarie gamed the evaluation criteria

Construction Inclusion Week

Pay Inequities Are a Symptom of Broader Gender Biases, Studies Show

Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference addresses industry diversity, inclusion challenges ahead

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Pam Radtke Russell

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May 9, 2021

Inclusion and equity drives bottom line results, said experts at ENR talent development conference May 4-6.

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Structural Failures

Answers Sought in Mexico City Overpass Collapse

International structural experts will be asked to investigate

Jim parsons

May 4, 2021

The overpass collapse occurred on a mostly elevated section of Line 12 that began construction in 2008 and cost $1.7 billion to complete.

Feds to Repair Damage From Halted Border Wall Work in Texas, California

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May 5, 2021

Homeland Security Dept. moves on Rio Grande levee breaches after locals push back; amounts of Biden cancelled wall contracts held by firms are tallied.

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Indoor Air Quality

Cost, Conflicting Advice Hamper COVID-19 IAQ Upgrades in Schools, Says Center for Green Schools

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April 30, 2021

School districts still have unmet indoor air quality needs and face numerous challenges related to costs and outdated building infrastructure, as well as confusion over conflicting guidance from different groups, reports a study from a USGBC center.

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Green Hydrogen Plants Scale Up in North America

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April 26, 2021

Record-size facilities will be designed and built in Louisiana and Quebec under EPC contracts won by Germany's Thyssenkrupp.

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AEC Coalition Lays Out Federal Actions for Healthier Buildings

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May 14, 2021

A coalition of more than 250 architecture, engineering and construction firms is urging the Biden administration to take "swift executive action" to require higher sustainability standards for U.S. buildings and infrastructure as part of its Build Back Better plan.

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Green Building

Georgia Tech's Kendeda Is a Model for 'Living Buildings' in the Humid Southeast

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April 22, 2021

The 47,000-sq-ft Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design gained status as a Living Building on Earth Day.

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Restoration

Digital Tools Join Traditional Methods for Notre Dame Rebuild

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April 25, 2021

As rescue and recovery work winds down at the Paris landmark, restoration is set to start this summer that will be informed by a digital twin using billions of data points.

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Roadwork Robot Autonomously Digs Out, Repairs Buried Utility Lines

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Jeff Rubenstone

April 27, 2021

Looking to speed their ongoing overhaul of the U.K.’s second largest gas distribution network, gas utility SGN has been investing in the development of the autonomous RRES roadworks robot from ULC Technologies.

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2Q Tech Report

Putting 3D First, a Model Bridge Rises in Norway

Aileen cho

May 14, 2021

When the Norwegian Public Roads Administration asked the design-build team of Sweco, PNC, Armando Rito Engenharia and Isachsen to deliver a 643-meter-long concrete box-girder bridge completely in 3D, designers with Armando Rito were initially a bit skeptical.

Workforce

Viewpoint: Imagine What's Possible in Construction Sector Diversity—and Do It!

Susan Eisenberg, IBEW member

April 28, 2021

Push reset so underrepresented groups can fit into workplaces historically designed to exclude them, or, at best, were designed without them, says a veteran union electrician.

ENR Pulse

Pulse: Project News for the Week of May 17, 2021

May 14, 2021

The University of Alabama Health System is planning to replace the Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham.

ENR Construction Economics

Construction Economics for May 17, 2021

May 14, 2021

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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Events

June 22, 2021

Addressing Industry Mental Health Issues During Tumultuous Times

This webinar will draw together experts who can talk about how to ensure that employees have resources and open lines of communication to tackle difficulties such as substance abuse, suicide prevention or other mental health issues.

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June 23, 2021

GIS and BIM: Sharing Mapping Data for Construction

Learn how these designers and contractors are using new workflows to make better projects with a better understanding of field conditions thanks to GIS information used in both design and preconstruction.

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Do You Agree With OSHA Guidance on Employers Requiring Vaccines?

Is your company requiring or planning to require employees on a specific jobsite or office location to have a COVID-19 vaccine, except for anyone with health or religious objections?

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Do you think requiring employees to get vaccinated as a condition of employment on a specific jobsite or office location is justifiable and fair?

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Do you feel that OSHA should require employers to log any adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine as a recordable safety incident?

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