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Data Mining Gains More Cachet in Construction Sector

The infrastructure data-analysis boom has huge potential and challenges for AEC firms, staffs and researchers

Debra K. Rubin

Mary B. Powers

February 15, 2017

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Firms, IT vendors and professionals seek buried treasure in volumes of big data for infrastructure projects.

Transportation Infrastructure

States Pare Deficient-Bridge Total, but 55,000 Still on List

Did states upgrade enough bridges in 2016 to dent the backlog?

Tom Ichniowski

February 15, 2017

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Iowa had largest number of structurally deficient bridges, followed by Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska

Rural States Seek Federal Funding in Infrastructure Plan

Tom Ichniowski

February 15, 2017

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Looking ahead to President Trump’s $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan, rural states are laying down a marker. Transportation officials from rural areas say public- private partnerships generally won’t help them.

Wages

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?

John Guzzon

February 15, 2017

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

Construction Safety

Stream of U.S. OSHA Penalty Press Releases Dries Up

Post Trump, what is the future of the Severe Violators Enforcement Program?

Scott Van Voorhis

February 8, 2017

OSHA press releases often provide the punitive blow that has more impact than the final financial penalty.

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.

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