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Surety Bonds and Risk Management

Ten Minutes With Travelers' Gregg Lyon

The strategy chief for surety construction services talks about having the right people to prevent failures

Richard Korman

January 18, 2019

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Why one bad decision or project can take a company down.

Nucor to Build $1.35B Steel Mill in Midwest, State Not Yet Picked

Jeff Yoders

January 14, 2019

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Steelmaker says plant would serve Midwest, which consumes more plate steel products than any other U.S. region.

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Michael Feigin: Multifamily Builder Launches Fire-Elimination Strategy for Wood Frames

Jim Parsons

January 12, 2019

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After fire destroyed AvalonBay’s four-story, 235-unit apartment project in Maplewood, N.J., in 2017, Michael Feigin decided that conventional industry standards and approaches designed to minimize the risks of these relatively rare, yet costly construction-phase fires were not enough.

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Leo Sveikauskas: Federal Economist Leads Design of a More Reliable Construction Productivity Measure

Alisa Zevin

January 11, 2019

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Leo Sveikauskas, research economist in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Division of Productivity Research and Program Development, had been thinking about issues in measuring construction productivity after a discussion with peers in that unit of BLS, part of the U.S. Labor Dept.

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Russell Poppe: Unique Public Meetings Drive Strong Support for $2.5B Post-Hurricane Harvey Bond Issue

Louise Poirier

January 10, 2019

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After Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage to Harris County, Texas, in 2017, discussions at Harris County Flood Control District turned to recovery and building resilience against future storms.

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Vicki O’Leary: Preventing Harassment to Make Jobsites a Safer and More Productive Environment for Workers

Janice L. Tuchman

Debra K. Rubin

January 10, 2019

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On a dare from her ironworker brother in 1985, 21-year-old Vicki O’Leary took the ironworkers union apprenticeship test.

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Lighting a Fire Under the AIA in a Crusade Against All Types of Workplace Abuse

Nadine M. Post

January 10, 2019

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While attending the Juilliard School’s pre-college music division, Frances Halsband had an epiphany.

$fractured girders$

Shop Drawing Note May Be a Factor At Problem Transit Hub

Nadine M. Post

January 9, 2019

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A note from the engineer of record on an approved shop drawing for San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center appears to have initiated an instruction to the steel fabricator to cut two 2-in. x 4-in. holes in the bottom flanges of the hub's built-up plate girders.

installing Positive Train Control equipment

Railroads Meet Train-Systems Deadline

Jim Parsons

January 9, 2019

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Freight and commuter railroads across the U.S. achieved enough milestones by a Dec. 31, 2018, federal deadline for installing automatic train control systems to avoid potential federal penalties.