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Federal Contracting

IIJA Buy America Guidance Draws Flak From AGC

April 18, 2022

Associated General Contractors of America criticizes required waiver provisions in new guidance, while U.S. steel groups applaud efforts to bolster purchases of U.S.-made building materials.

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Sustainable Materials

American Concrete Institute Pushes Toward Greener Concrete

ACI says new initiative will help concrete sector lower material's embodied carbon

Emell D. Adolphus

April 18, 2022

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The NEU center will play an integral role in the American Concrete Institute's goal of making the concrete sector carbon neutral by 2050.

Legal

Contractor Disputes Report Amid Amazon Warehouse Collapse Lawsuit

Area first-responder concedes report highlighted by wrongful death case lawyer was only preliminary

James Leggate

April 18, 2022

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The lawyer representing the family of a worker killed in the Dec. 10 disaster highlighted a report by an engineer who joined rescue efforts.

Project Delivery

Iowa Governor Weighs Bill To End Design-Build Carveout

Legislation would no longer allow universities to use DB

Jeff Yoders

April 16, 2022

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In Iowa, CM at-risk would be allowed on all vertical construction but universities could not use DB project delivery, under state legislation passed by both houses.

Military Work

Balfour Beatty Wins $698M Fort Meade Project Contract

James Leggate

April 15, 2022

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Officials say the Maryland facility will not follow "a standard design."

Blaze Destroys Wood-Framed Hotel Project in California

C.J. Schexnayder

April 14, 2022

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Investigators said fire was abetted by the lack of fire-rated materials in the structure, part of a $100-million development in Camarillo set to open later this year.

Safety

UK Government, Builders Reach $3B Deal for Fire Upgrades to Towers

Peter Reina

April 14, 2022

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Agreement with at least 35 large residential developers will cover cost of fire protection measures in unsafe buildings more than 11 m tall on which they worked over the last 30 years.