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Messer Construction wins $144M Nashville airport design-build contract
Messer's terminal parking garage and airport administrative office building represent one contract in a broader $1.2 billion expansion.
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OSHA proposes rollback of injury and illness reporting requirements for large employers
The U.S. Department of Labor agency said the proposed revision would better protect worker privacy, but some industry advocates have vocally opposed it.
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Startup makes 'digital twin' of project activity with cameras, AI
Indus.ai recently raised $3.7 million to further develop its machine-learning camera solution used on jobsites of players such as Skanska USA.
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Change order amid delays prompts termination threats for Canadian hospital contractor
Alberta officials gave Graham Construction 15 days to get the beleaguered CA$763 million Grande Prairie Regional Hospital project back on track.
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Critics blame NYC's scaffold law for rocketing insurance fees
Originally slated to cost $93 million, insurance costs for the East Side Access tunnel have ballooned to $584 million.
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ColumnTech Toys: Geopipe gets Cemex nod, Leica breaks ground with utility detector, new tools emerge
Geopipe's AI tools won Cemex Ventures' attention, Leica Geosytems launched a utility locator with cloud-based integration and more digital solutions were announced.
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WSP to buy Louis Berger for $400M
The acquisition will be a merging of international giants in the engineering professional services field.
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Investigation points to concrete, steel defects as cause of cracks in Texas stadium
A school district in Dallas is reportedly withholding payment from Manhattan Construction and Stantec Architecture until repairs are complete after durability concerns related to concrete and steel reinforcement were found.
UPDATED: Aug. 1, 2018 at 9:40 a.m.
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Though underway, $77B California bullet train still threatened
Rail officials may be rushing the beleaguered Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line, which could end up costing $100 billion, to prevent possible upcoming government transitions from shutting down the project.
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Crystal lagoon plans for $1B Texas development dry up
Bayside developers said the much-anticipated man-made lagoon was not compatible with the goal of filling almost 2 million square feet of office space.
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Q&ASmartLAM head: The US is ready for cross-laminated timber
Adoption has been slow, Casey Malmquist said, but now, "that's all changing," especially after initiatives like the 2015 International Building Code made more allowances for mass timber.
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Appeals court: Subcontractor doesn't need to conduct investigation for 'justifiable reliance'
The appeals court found that an electrical subcontractor did not need to conduct its own investigation to verify the general contractor's representations.
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New Orleans eschews new water management techniques in $2B post-Katrina program
The city claims the scope of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for hurricane repairs doesn't allow for eco-conscious water management systems.
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Houston-area schools consider $1.4B construction program
A proposed bond program includes provisions for new construction as well as necessary repairs, replacements and building lifecycle needs.
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Dodge: High-rise construction ebbs, flows with economy
From 2013 through 2017, only 10 cities saw 50 or more 10-story-plus buildings break ground, with New York City leading and Miami at a distant second.
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Survey: 72% of construction CEOs expect to increase revenue this year
Construction execs also outpaced the national average when it came to plans to expand their workforce in the coming year, according to the Q2 Vistage CEO Confidence Index report.
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State touts paving technology on transportation projects
The Missouri Department of Transportation said technology such as intelligent compaction, infrared scanning and mapping software vastly improved some of its pavement construction operations.
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Drywall company charged nearly $2M for wage theft violations
Fullerton Pacific Interiors did not properly compensate 476 workers on 26 projects, according to California labor authorities.
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New coalition to develop international fire safety standards
More than 30 professional and building standards organizations will work to develop a more consistent global approach to fire safety.
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Several states begin making contractors wage guarantors
Both California and Maryland have new laws that make general contractors responsible for the wages of even their subcontractors' employees.
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Skender plans Chicago modular manufacturing facility
The contractor-turned-modular builder said the plant will help merge design, manufacturing and construction into one process and shave up to 40% off schedule and 20% off costs.
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Office construction could start slowing in 2019, report says
The brisk pace of office construction has put some metros like Nashville in danger of overbuilding, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
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Construction progresses on $8B LaGuardia airport expansion
LaGuardia Gateway Partners, a joint venture which includes Skanska, Meridiam and others, has made significant headway.
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Composite bridge withstands twice the load of concrete, steel
University of Maine engineers recently used computer-controlled hydraulics to simulate truck loads on its new girder bridge system, which it says can be assembled in a few days and survive a century.
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