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Utilities Respond to Fires Raging Across California

September 8, 2020

Utility warnings and power shutdowns are aimed at mitigating risks as wildfires grow in dry, hot and high-wind conditions in the state.

Federal Court Rejects Immediate Halt to Record $1B Arkansas Highway Project Start

Mary B. Powers

September 8, 2020

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Ruling allows Kiewit-Massman JV to proceed on I-30 planned expansion in Little Rock, state's largest-ever transportation job, while court weighs residents' impact lawsuit.

Coronavirus and Construction

PPP Loan Fraud Investigators Charge Several Small Contractors

Scott Van Voorhis

September 8, 2020

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Prosecutors claim companies abused the U.S. Small Business Administration COVID-19 financial assistance program.

Legal

Ga. Ready-Mix Company, 4 Managers, Indicted on Price-Fixing Charges

Tom Ichniowski

September 3, 2020

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Defendants include Evans Concrete, a top Evans official, and managers, sales reps at other Savannah-area firms.

Alberta Weighs $7B Hyperloop Between Calgary and Edmonton

Scott Van Voorhis

September 3, 2020

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Province signed MOU to support 186-mile superspeed carrier as project awaits investors for $380M first-phase and has feasibility questions.

Q&A: Komatsu America on Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jeff Rubenstone

September 2, 2020

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction equipment industry has been severe. Rich Smith, Vice President, Products and Services for Komatsu America, took time recently to answer some of ENR's questions about the company's response.

The Construction Workplace

Probe Seeks Culprit Behind Racist Graffiti at Big Las Vegas Project

Richard Korman

September 1, 2020

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Work paused for training at city's $980-million convention center expansion.

Court Halts Opponents' Block to Nearly Done $2B Texas Natural Gas Line

Mary B. Powers

August 30, 2020

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Sierra Club failed to make case that Permian Highway line poses a definitive threat of environmental harm, said Austin judge in rejecting restraining order.