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British Columbis safety regulator cites extended police criminal probe for keeping secret results of its probe into one of North America's deadliest crane collapses that in July 2021 killed four site workers at a 25-story condo project and an engineer in an adjacent building.

Cost projections have run between $8 billion and $16 billion for the project to renovate the 1,100-room Victorian-era complex by the River Thames in London.

The program focuses on 11 buildings projects, and is intended to reduce emissions associated with federal construction and promote wider adoption of environmental product declarations for building materials.

The proposed standard would include minimum requirements aimed at reducing the spread of airborne viruses, such as COVID-19.

As the inventory of existing buildings continues to grow in the U.S., leaders in the historic preservation community are sounding the alarm that the construction industry is in dire need of workers with historic trades training.

The TallWood researchers expect to publish design guidelines by the end of the year for the resilient post-tensioned wall system.  

The expected cost of the project has risen from $1.4 billion to $1.54 billion, Erie County officials say.

GE Johnson Construction Co. says the city still owes it money for compensable delays and change orders, while the city says the contractor has refused to address construction issues.

Tutor Perini Corp. contract is to construct a new jail in Brooklyn, one of four new facilities intended to replace crisis-ridden Rikers Island.

The Highlands region is a major corridor for goods shipment to the Port Newark-Elizabeth terminal, but a key regional regulator last month issued a new warehouse construction policy that sets new limits on how the complexes are located and built.