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Senate Bill Would Bar Davis-Bacon on Highway Construction Projects

The building trades unions blast the proposal, but can it succeed in the Republican Congress?

February 15, 2017

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is pushing legislation that would suspend the Davis-Bacon Act’s prevailing-wage provisions on federal highway construction contracts.

Trump Plan Yet to Come as Infrastructure Talk Swirls

Tom Ichniowski

February 8, 2017

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While infrastructure advocates wait to see what sort of investment plan President Trump will propose, a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing provided another forum to discuss what to do about deteriorating highways and other transportation networks.

Senate Nears Vote on Pruitt to Lead EPA

Pam Radtke Russell

February 8, 2017

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More than 400 former Environment Protection Agency officials are urging the Senate to vote against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the agency.

There's Growth in Green Power Despite Trump’s Lean to Old Sources

Mary B. Powers

February 8, 2017

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Renewable generation is expected to account for about two-thirds of the 24 GW of energy capacity the U.S. added in 2016, and industry observers don’t expect alternative-energy additions to fall in coming years, despite changed political winds.

Nuclear Project Losses Mount for Toshiba, Westinghouse

Scott Judy

February 7, 2017

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Concerns about possible construction cost hikes at two U.S. nuclear expansion projects have escalated.

Sudden Bankruptcy Stalls Bluegrass Music Museum Project

Richard Korman

February 7, 2017

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In late November 2016, a local Owensboro, Ky., news report proclaimed that everything was going fine at the new Bluegrass Music Museum & Hall of Fame.

Improved Productivity Requires New Management Mindset

A new study shows that updating construction management processes and philosophies is a must in boosting productivity and profits

Jim Parsons

February 7, 2017

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Engineers and contractors pride themselves on being problem solvers, often balancing disparate, competing constraints.

Woman CEO Builds Her Utilities Contracting Firm Into a National Player

INTREN CEO Loretta Rosenmayer entered the construction marketplace out of dire necessity.

Jennifer Seward

February 7, 2017

Loretta Rosenmayer entered the world of utilities construction out of dire necessity.

House Approves Bills to Boost Nuclear Technology, Reshape National Labs' Management

Pam Radtke Russell

February 1, 2017

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A bill to speed approval of advanced nuclear technologies and another to change the way the Dept. of Energy’s national laboratories are managed are among a handful of energy measures the House has passed in the first weeks of its new session.

FERC Vacancies Stalling Energy Project Approvals

Pam Radtke Russell

February 1, 2017

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Final approval of hundreds of interstate pipelines, transmission lines and liquefied-natural-gas projects will be delayed for months because the Trump administration has changed leadership at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.