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Corps, Mass. Reach Deal To Replace Cape Cod Bridges

July 8, 2020

Massachusetts and federal officials came a step closer to replacing a pair of 85-year-old bridges across the Cape Cod Canal.

Vegas-LA High-Speed Rail Line Can Use Interstate 15 Right-of-Way

Jim Parsons

July 8, 2020

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Caltrans enters agreement with private entity XpressWest.

Courts Cause New Angst for High-Profile Energy Projects

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Debra K. Rubin

July 7, 2020

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Environmental rulings and delays ding Keystone XL, Dakota Access oil line builds, as Atlantic Coast gas line ends work; but NWP-12 permit is okayed for other energy projects and Dakota gets partial reprieve.

Coronavirus and Construction

Trump Signs Bill Extending Paycheck Protection Loan Deadline to Aug. 8

Tom Ichniowski

July 4, 2020

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About $138.4 billion in loan funding for COVID-19 impacts was still available at business close on June 30, said the US Small Business Administration.

Alisa Zevin

July 2, 2020

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Private work is down, while public construction rates increase.

Three-story building partial collapse Carroll Garden

Building in Brooklyn, N.Y. Being Demolished After Partial Collapse

Corinne Grinapol

July 2, 2020

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Three-story structure had received a partial stop work order for city buildings department violations before the collapse.

COVID-19 and Construction

Health Check-In Apps Seen as Key Way to Limit Viral Outbreaks on Jobsites

Jeff Rubenstone

July 1, 2020

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As the pandemic upends traditional jobsite screening, contractors are turning to online health surveys at points of entry to help prevent an ill person coming onto the site.

Newark Airport's Terminal 1 Starts Spreading Its Wings

Aileen Cho

Debra K. Rubin

July 1, 2020

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The $2.7-billion facility, New Jersey's largest-ever Port Authority NY and NJ project, is much-anticipated economic driver in virus-ravaged region, but COVID impacts could alter its scope and schedule.

If Built, Sydney High-Rise, at 590 Ft, Would Have World's Tallest Hybrid Timber Structure

Nadine M. Post

June 29, 2020

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If all goes according to plan, construction of Atlassian headquarters could begin early next year on a 40-story hybrid timber-and-structural-steel office building in Sydney, Australia

Coronavirus and Construction

Analysis: COVID-19 Causes 35% Productivity Loss at UK Projects

Debra K. Rubin

June 29, 2020

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Consultant Turner and Townsend weighs new labor issues, remote work and disrupted materials in delays and cost hikes, as Britain is set to reduce social distance rules by July 4.

Trump Orders Agency Heads to Review and 'Terminate or Modify' Contracts

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Boeing Picks BE&K/HITT for Infrastructure Portion of $1B South Carolina Expansion

Construction Begins on Nation's First Direct-to-Distribution Water Reuse Facility

Intel Delays Completion of First Ohio Plant to 2030

A construction worker wearing an orange shirt and gloves, white hardhat and yellow vest holds up a wooden beam, with the frame of a structure in the background.

New Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, Expected to Drive Up Construction Prices

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