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Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed

Tom Ichniowski

September 6, 2019

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Industry's August unemployment rate slipped to 3.6% from July's 3.8% but rose from year-earlier 3.4%.

Highway Infrastructure

State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances

Tom Ichniowski

September 6, 2019

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Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.

Debra K. Rubin

September 5, 2019

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Brazil builder, in bankruptcy, to donate $50M to fix communities but faces limited bid debarment in Latin America bank pact.

Equipment Maker CNH Industrial Outlines Spin-Off of On-Road Unit, Future of Alternative Fuels

Case CE owner splits on-road and off-road businesses, lays out five-year plan

Jeff Rubenstone

September 4, 2019

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Citing a shift in the marketplace, heavy equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has provided details its planned spin-off of its on-road truck business from its agricultural and construction equipment business.

Transportation

UK High-Speed Rail Project Cost Rises 40%, Before Work Begins

Budget projected to hit $106 billion, with completion pushed out 2-5 years

Peter Reina

September 3, 2019

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Budget now could hit $106 billion, but work continues until a government ordered review concludes; insufficient study of ground conditions is cited.

Construction Workforce

More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule

Tom Ichniowski

August 30, 2019

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Building trades back, and ABC opposes, construction exemption from proposed new apprenticeship program.

Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned

Drama plays out over ready-mix concrete contracts as former state senator faces embezzlement charges for a no-work union organizing job related to the joint council that wanted locals to merge

Jeff Yoders

August 30, 2019

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The union that represents Chicago area ready-mix concrete truck drivers and owner-operators has been put into trusteeship by the Teamsters national organization. Its former president says it's part of a long-term attempt to take lucrative ready-mix contracts away from Local 786.

Debra K. Rubin

August 30, 2019

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Canadian giant says the deal for Ecology & Environment Inc. would expand its environmental services niche and U.S. public sector market.

Viewpoint

Don't Change the Rules for Construction Apprenticeship

Richard Korman

August 29, 2019

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Keep the industry exempt from a Trump administration plan to create private oversight of craft programs; the system works to prevent lowering the bar long set.

Erica Berardi

August 29, 2019

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An 37-year-old employee of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. died on site Thursday after a fatal accident at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.

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Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed

State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances

Odebrecht and Financier Settle on Project Bribes

Equipment Maker CNH Industrial Outlines Spin-Off of On-Road Unit, Future of Alternative Fuels

UK High-Speed Rail Project Cost Rises 40%, Before Work Begins

More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule

Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned

WSP Boosts Growth With Planned $65M Buy of US Engineer

Don't Change the Rules for Construction Apprenticeship

Whiting-Turner Worker Killed at Disneyland Resort Jobsite

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