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Coal ash

Duke Energy Appeals N.C. Order to Excavate Nine Coal Ash Pits

April 10, 2019

Power provider says new mandate will cost $5B more at sites previously deemed low risk; legislators also move to classify them as high-risk.

Workers' Compensation Insurance

Travelers Models Chronic Pain Probability

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April 4, 2019

Severity Predictor aims to get ahead of chronic pain and to avoid opioid dependence.

Virtual design and construction technology

Contractors Increase Use of In-House Design to Better Manage Project Demands

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April 3, 2019

Contractors increase their use of in-house design to better manage project demands

Operating costs

Reducing Turnaround Scope on Capital Projects

April 3, 2019

Applying sensible techniques to reduce turnaround scope is a sure way to cut overall project costs

Signs Indicate Growth But Risks in LNG Energy Sector

Debra K. Rubin

April 3, 2019

Growth in the liquefied natural gas construction market globally appears to be on track, according to sector participants at a recent industry investors conference and other observers.

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$2.4B Wind Transmission Project Gains Momentum and Investors

April 3, 2019

Siemens and Copenhagen Infrastructure sign on to innovative Soo Green Midwest to East line

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Finance

Fast-Growing Ohio Contractor Defaults On Projects

Jonathan Barnes

Jonathan Barnes

March 25, 2019

Palmetto Construction Services had made Inc. Magazine's list.

Xanadu mall

In $5B Makeover, N.J.'s 'American Dream' Emerges as U.S. Retail's Next Wave

Tom Stabile

Debra K. Rubin

March 20, 2019

The trend-setting shopping-entertainment hub, now set to start operation in 'late summer,' replaces the ill-fated, off-colored Xanadu mall 16 years after construction began.

Oceanwide Plaza

Risk Management

Works Remains Stalled on Massive Oceanwide Development Project

Liens and legal actions accumulate amid signs of developer financial trouble

Scott Van Voorhis

March 20, 2019

The future of the development, and payments to contractors, is unclear.

Commentary on Contractor Management

How To Recognize Contractor Growth Risk

What rate of growth brings too much risk?

Thomas C. Schleifer PhD

March 20, 2019

When the conditions for destruction are present.

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