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String of fatalities led to walkout by union workers at Las Vegas projects.
Photo: AP/Wide World

How Schedule-Obsessed Projects
In Las Vegas Cost 13 Lives

By Tony Illia
Employers failed to adjust safety practices and training in time to match the scale of the new approach to building casino-resort megaprojects.
Twin Cities’ replacement bridge could open in the fall, earlier than scheduled.
Photo: Minnesota DOT
States Show Mixed Progress In Year
Following Minnesota Bridge Failure
By Tom Ichniowski, with staff reports
Although nationwide post-collapse inspections shut down only a few other bridges, the Aug. 1, 2007, failure prompted greater bridge funding by Congress and some states.
One of 13 state buildings already rated by advocacy group.
Photo: California Department of General Services
Industry Welcomes California's New
Energy Rules, But Cost's Unclear
By Robert Carlsen
State is first to adopt a green-building code for all new public and private construction.
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In Washington, D.C., hundreds of mostly African-American elementary and middle school kids there will spend three weeks next month at a school-based day camp doing what engineers and other science professionals do.

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Top Stories

Skanska Puts Williamson in Charge
Of Operations in the United Kingdom
By Peter Reina
The company wants him to return the operation to profitability.

House Approves $8-Billion 'Fix' For Highway Trust Fund Shortfall
By Tom Ichniowski
Bill would shift money from the general Treasury to the trust fund.

Global Demand Calls the Shots As Domestic Rebar Prices Soar
By Tim Grogan
A weak dollar is cutting off any relief imports may offer as rebar prices hit new record levels.

Investigators Eye Giant Mobile Crane’s Counterweight in Deadly Collapse
By Eileen Schwartz
Refinery fatalities in Houston deepen national concerns about crane accidents.

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