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Execs Share Best Ways To Ply Changing Global Markets

Bechtel CEO says AEC firms must compete harder with Silicon Valley for the best technical talent.

Debra K. Rubin

Janice L. Tuchman

October 19, 2016

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With low oil prices still a nagging factor in the global economy, construction executives and researchers shared strategies for project delivery and business success in markets that are increasingly difficult to predict and more controlled by tightening costs.

Seattle Convention Center Project Gets New Contractor, Set for 2017 Start

Tim Newcomb

October 19, 2016

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The $1.6-billion Washington State Convention Center expansion project in downtown Seattle has a new contractor and a clear path toward the start of construction in 2017, while development on the Pacific Northwest’s largest hotel continues next door.

Tennessee DOT Reviewing Troublesome I-440 Rehab

Candy McCampbell

October 19, 2016

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Interstate 440, a seven-mile stretch of highway in Nashville that opened in 1987, underwent a $9-million rehabilitation in 2009.

Risk Management

Judge: Designer’s One-Sentence Claim Notice Allows Insurer to Deny Coverage

Ruling Involved Addition to a Famous University of Pittsburgh Building

Scott Van Voorhis

October 17, 2016

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Insurer Lexington rejected Ballinger's last-day claim notification that lacked required information.

Viewpoint: US Infrastructure Needs Disruption

Norman F. Anderson

October 12, 2016

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Infra guru Norm Anderson says, despite good intentions, the presidential candidates' investment plans have a 'fighting the last war' sense to them.

Infrastructure Finance

The 2016 U.S. Election: Beyond Trump and Clinton

Voters face hundreds of decisions on bonds to pay for vital improvements

Debra K. Rubin

Mark Shaw JT Long

October 12, 2016

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U.S. voters also will weigh big bucks for projects and big issues for business.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of October 17, 2016

Scott Lewis

October 12, 2016

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Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics

Bid Protest Rules on US Civilian Agency Task Order Awards in Limbo

Debra K. Rubin

October 12, 2016

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New rules may affect bid protests on federal task-order awards of more than $10 million let by non-defense agencies under indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (ID-IQ) contracts.

Electrical Contractors See ‘Disrupting’ Forces in 2016

Justin Rice

October 12, 2016

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Surging revenue for firms generating power, light and building communication technologies charged up record attendance for the 2016 National Electrical Contractors Association convention in Boston.

Putin’s Nix of Plutonium Pact Clouds MOX Project’s Future

Scott Judy

October 5, 2016

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An ongoing political battle between the Obama administration and Congress over construction of the budget-busting Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina heated up after Oct. 3, when Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is suspending its participation in the international treaty governing plutonium disposition that served as the project’s impetus.