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Sustainability

Corporate Leaders Seek Feds' Help to Meet Climate Emissions Reduction Pledges

More funding for technology development and research; tax incentives will go a long way, they say.

Pam McFarland

Debra K. Rubin

May 27, 2022

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New ERM study also reveals what 40 public firms spend to disclose their climate risks, as the SEC proposes to make that reporting a new requirement.

Rail

Record-Setting Tunnel Under the Alps Reaches Interim Milestone

Peter Reina

May 27, 2022

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An excavator recently broke through a wall separating two sections of the $9.6-billion Brenner Base Tunnel, creating a 24.1-km continuous bore from the south portal at Fortezza, Italy to the Austrian border.

Workforce Management

Ironworkers' Local Pension Plan Saved by $49M Infusion

Cleveland union's plan was projected to run out of money in 2024

Annemarie Mannion

May 26, 2022

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Cleveland union local's plan, headed toward 2024 insolvency, gains cash payment under the American Rescue Plan Act

Viewpoint: Biden's Davis-Bacon Wage Overreach

Richard Korman

May 25, 2022

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Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

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Florida Legislature Passes Statewide Condominium Inspection Measure

New requirements were proposed in wake of Champlain Towers disaster

Jim Parsons

May 25, 2022

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The new statewide inspection requirement applies to all condominium buildings three stories or taller.

Energy Construction

COVID-19 Pushes Out Giant UK Nuclear Power Plant Finish to 2027

Peter Reina

May 23, 2022

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French developer says Hinkley Point C project cost also is set to rise to as much as $27.4 billion.

Waste Remediation

Jacobs Faces $3B Damage Liability in Coal-Ash Worker Suits, Court Says

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

May 20, 2022

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Firm's status as former TVA contractor extends no immunity for claimed illnesses caused by site cleanup work, judge said; Jacobs also announces new cleanup support contract at Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

Codes and Standards

First Model Code Specific to Public-Occupancy Temporary Structures Out for Public Comment

Nadine M. Post

May 18, 2022

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Engineers have drafted requirements to improve the ability of public-occupancy temporary structures to resist wind, flood, snow and earthquake loads.

Companies

Auditing Giant KPMG Fined $18M Linked to Carillion Bankruptcy

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

May 17, 2022

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UK levies penalty for firm's misleading regulators into the quality of its financial audit of British contractor before its unexpected collapse under huge debt in 2018.