The Las Vegas City Council has approved a negotiating agreement with a company that wants to build a 19-mile light rail or other high capacity mass transit line along Charleston Boulevard, one of the main east-west arterials in the Las Vegas Valley.

The company expects to begin production of its single-seat vehicles in 2022.

Specialty trade contractors saw the greatest job losses while the industry jobless rate worsened on monthly, year-over-year measures.

ENR tracks new industry impacts as COVID-19 forces project closures and interrupts global business.

MSG chose the massive crawler crane over a boom crane since its tracks allow the crane to manage heavier lifts.

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