Legal US Court Disputes $1.8B AECOM Damage Award in ‘Remarkable Fraud’ Suit Mary B. Powers March 28, 2021 No Comments Appellate judges uphold ban on rogue firm's fake use of AECOM-owned Morrison Knudsen name and record but want damages reassessed.Read More
Report: No Motive In Engineer's Deadly 2019 Mass Shooting Jim Parsons March 25, 2021 No Comments Final Va. Beach findings can't pinpoint why municipal employee killed 11 colleagues and a contractor, and injured five, in office rampage.Read More
Prevention through Design When the Construction Project Team Made 122 Design Changes in the Name of Safety Richard Korman Scott Van Voorhis March 25, 2021 No Comments A drug company’s new building may indicate growing support for design-phase hazard mitigationRead More
New COVID-19 Tests, Rules Ramp Up in North America Scott Van Voorhis Bruce Buckley March 24, 2021 No Comments At pandemic anniversary, Canada rolls out mandated rapid antigen tests as U.S. weighs federal OSHA emergency standard to curb further virus spreadRead More
Federal Contracting Design Firms Tell Congress of Financial Harm From Credits for PPP Loans Bruce Buckley March 23, 2021 2 Comments Rep. Kweisi Mfume relays how some U.S. agencies treat PPP loans as credits under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.Read More
FERC OKs Gas Pipeline Job After First-Ever Climate Change Review Mary B. Powers March 22, 2021 No Comments Ruling for 87-mile project comes as 21 states sue President Joe Biden and cabinet over the Keystone XL pipeline halt.Read More
Companies Canada's SNC-Lavalin Looks Abroad for Better Risk and Return Scott Van Voorhis March 21, 2021 No Comments As Montreal firm pushes to finish lump-sum construction in Canada, U.S. and U.K. projects show new appeal to reverse 2020 results declines.Read More
Feds, County Seek Delay in Houston $7B Road Widening Over Community Impact Mary B. Powers March 14, 2021 No Comments Harris County sues state DOT, claiming it failed to consider alternatives; U.S. DOT will review federal civil rights violation claims linked to homes, businesses set to be eliminatedRead More
Construction Fatality State Probes Contractor Worker's Deadly Fall at LA Water Plant Greg Aragon March 13, 2021 No Comments Jose Perez, a union laborer employed by contractor Murray Co. fell March 8 while securing tank lid at the Hyperion treatment facilityRead More
Construction Workforce Labor Dept. Seeks to Cancel Two Trump Administration Rules Tom Ichniowski March 11, 2021 No Comments Agency targets employee-classification and joint-employer rules.Read More
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