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Construction Materials

After Settlement With Justice Dept., Vulcan Buys Aggregates Company

Tom Ichniowski

December 23, 2017

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Company divests some quarries to gain DOJ approval of $900-million purchase of Aggregates USA.

Construction Safety

US Appeals Court Upholds Stiffer Silica Dust Rule

Tom Ichniowski

December 22, 2017

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D.C. Circuit turns down challenges from construction, other industry organizations.

2017 Tax Reform

The Final Tax Bill Saved a Pillar of Construction Finance

The exemption for private activity bonds had been cut by the House of Representatives

Richard Korman

December 22, 2017

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In addition to pass-through exemptions and scuttling the alternative minimum tax, the law contained another, less-noticed victory for industry.

Ontario Infrastructure Boost To Weigh Climate Change

Scott Van Voorhis

December 20, 2017

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Province sets new project rules in new funding package

ENR Q4 Cost Report

Construction Market Confidence is on the Rise, at Least Through 2018

Gary J. Tulacz

December 20, 2017

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But there are fears that materials price scalation and rising wages may cut into profits

Q4 Cost Report: Equipment Market Signals Buoy Optimism

Jim Parsons

Debra K. Rubin

December 20, 2017

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Even with pricing pressures and no Trump infrastructure program, firms see sales growth

Rainier Square Tower's Composite Steel Frame Called a Game-Changer

Nadine M. Post

December 20, 2017

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The team setting the stage in seismic Seattle for a 58-story composite steel frame calls the project “a game-changer”

CPM Benefits in Estimating, Bidding Reported in Survey

Bruce Buckley

December 20, 2017

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First developed 60 years ago, the critical path method is now common practice among large contractors, and a recent survey of ENR Top 400 Contractors shows that practitioners are applying the tool and unlocking its benefits.

Industrial Leads for the Week of December 25, 2017

December 20, 2017

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Resources (US) Inc. is planning to construct a 280-MW geothermal power plant, the Hell’s Kitchen Power Station, on a 1,900-acre site along the southern shore of the Salton Sea, near Calipatria.