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

October 5, 2016

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.

Unions Rumble in Pipeline Protests

Bruce Buckley

October 5, 2016

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After the federal government temporarily halted construction on a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota, disputes continue, pitting protesters against construction crews and unions against each other.

Court Upholds Open Shop in Jersey City Labor Pact Challenge

Mary B. Powers

October 5, 2016

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A U.S. appellate court ruling last month is forcing a lower court to review its earlier support of Jersey City, N.J.’s project labor agreement (PLA) requirements.

Record Turkey Bridge Sets the Pace for Its Innovator’s New CEO

Peter Reina

October 5, 2016

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Patrick Nagle became CEO of Paris-based Freyssinet International just weeks before the specialty contractor saw the late August debut of the results of one its largest-ever contracts

Engineering Practice

Ontario Weighs Boosted License Rules as Former Engineer's Trial Starts

But engineers' group claims compulsory continuing ed might not have averted the fatal 2012 mall garage collapse.

Scott Van Voorhis

September 21, 2016

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But engineers' group claims compulsory continuing ed might not have averted the fatal 2012 mall garage collapse.

Federal Buildings

House Panel Subpoenas VA Documents on Colorado Project

Committee seeks data from report probing VA management of over-budget hospital

Tom Ichniowski

September 19, 2016

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With a projected cost of $1.7 billion and about four years late, project is now more than five times the 2004 estimate.

Global Best Projects Awards 2016

September 15, 2016

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Industry veterans selected the winners of the Global Best Projects Awards as the most outstanding examples of the risks and rewards—and the hurdles overcome—of designing and building internationally.

Pulse: Project News

Scott Lewis

September 15, 2016

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Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics

Blog: Public-Private Partnerships

Indiana Warns I-69 Section's Concessionaire: Pay Contractors Now

Stories about unpaid contractors began surfacing earlier this year

Richard Korman

September 7, 2016

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Indiana has had two P3 bankruptcies within two years.

Project Management

Should Project Owners Make Key Decisions on Schedules?

If the first instructions are on costs and cost loading, it does not bode well for on-time completion

Fredric L. Plotnick

September 6, 2016

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Why do contractors so often allow the owner to select the personnel and software for the project schedule?

Chicago Contractor Charged in $325K Amtrak Bribery Scheme

Kiewit to Build Record 4.5-GW Gas Power Plant for Pa. Data Center Complex

60-Ton, $500K Crane Is Stolen From Ohio Power Construction Site

Nevada Lithium Mine Secures Funding to Begin Construction

A group of workers stand in a line by two orange tents and an excavator picking up pieces of concrete from a collapsed building

Collapse of 33-Story Bangkok Tower During Earthquake Blamed on Substandard Construction

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April 16, 2025

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