Virginia Enters East Coast Offshore Wind Farm Push Mary B. Powers July 26, 2017 No Comments And a New York utility waits for better prices on a second facility.Read More
Construction Accidents The Surprises in AGC's New Study of Construction Fatalities The safety report also contains several best-practice suggestions Jim Parsons July 26, 2017 2 Comments It’s a contractor’s worst nightmare—a jobsite fatality that might well have been prevented, simply by being a little more alert to an impending risk.Read More
Custom Data System Captures Compliance Jeff Yoders July 26, 2017 No Comments A $429-million highway job in Ohio to bypass the southern city of Portsmouth and speed driving time between Cincinnati and Columbus by late 2018 is the state’s largest road project and its first as a public-private partnership.Read More
Undocumented Debris at Mississippi Port Sparks Battle Jim Parsons July 26, 2017 No Comments Contractor seeks $50 million from port authority and eight engineering and construction consultants for unknown construction obstacles.Read More
How Firms Can Avoid the Construction Schedule Float Game Allen Chilmeran July 26, 2017 No Comments Manipulation of project schedules by owners and contractors damages trust and diverts attention away from the real issues on a projectRead More
Israel High Court Splits Disputed $500M Rail Power Contract Neal Sandler July 17, 2017 No Comments Losing French and Israeli bidders awarded chunks of railway electrification job won by Spanish firm.Read More
Employee Power Fuels UK Designer Mott MacDonald Debra K. Rubin July 13, 2017 No Comments Staff-owned culture drives market maneuverability and digital transformation in $2B firm's futureRead More
Federal Buildings Senate Panel To Look Into Decision To Kill FBI Headquarters Project Plan includes new suburban D.C. FBI building, redeveloping downtown site Tom Ichniowski July 13, 2017 No Comments GSA and the FBI say funding is $882 million short of what's needed for the 2-million-sq-ft project.Read More
Utah State Engineers Model Fix for Oroville Dam Spillway Brian Fryer July 12, 2017 One Comment Utah State engineers test concepts in the lab on a small scale before on-site crews in California repair damaged spillwayRead More
New Hudson River Tunnel Plan Faces Rising Costs, Questionable Support Jim Parsons July 12, 2017 No Comments While plans for a Hudson River replacement rail tunnel remain unclear, one thing is certain: The cost is climbing.Read More