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Hispanic, immigrant construction workers

Experts Weigh In on Bilingual Best Practices for Jobsites

February 14, 2018

Even as the number of non-English-speaking workers continues to grow, the construction industry lacks a set of best practices to help them

Tax Reforms a Big Deal for Small, Midsized Builders

John Gregerson

February 14, 2018

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Potential benefits range from a 20% reduction on qualified income to more than a doubling of the estate-tax exclusions

Industrial Leads for the Week of February 19, 2018

February 14, 2018

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Cypress Creek Renewables is planning to construct a solar power plant, which will have a capacity between 2 MW and 5 MW, on a 48-acre site in Crete Township.

Natural Disasters

Taiwan Earthquake Kills 12 and Triggers Investigations

Experts are probing structural design, construction practice and building materials

Saibal Dasgupta

February 13, 2018

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Prosecutors are looking for negligence or infractions such as shortcuts during construction, using inferior building materials or failing to comply with construction regulations

Trump Unveils $1.5-Trillion Plan for Infrastructure

Tom Ichniowski

February 12, 2018

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Plan calls for $200B in direct spending, aiming to spur more than $1T in state, local and private matching funds.

Federal Spending

New Spending Measure Has Big Potential Infrastructure Boost

Newly enacted bill's disaster-relief provisions include $15B for Corps construction

Tom Ichniowski

February 11, 2018

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Hill leaders want measure's increased budget caps to include $20 billion for infrastructure over two years.

The American Infrastructure

'Overlooked' Conflict-of-Interest Rule Created Confusion on Big Light-Rail Bid

Scott Van Voorhis

February 8, 2018

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How a contract clause threw an important Minneapolis transportation project into turmoil.

Mary B. Powers

February 8, 2018

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Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to invest $50 billion over five years to expand its U.S. oil-and-gas production facilities, the company said on Feb. 2, when it released its 2017 results, which included $8.4 billion in fourth-quarter earnings and $19 billion in income for the year.

Construction Risk Management

Las Vegas Student Housing Developer Will Name Replacement Contractor

Dispute with original prime contractor triggers exit of Korte Co.

John Guzzon

February 7, 2018

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An ambitious development to provide housing for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Legal

Florida Toll-Road Agency v. Contractor Battle Heads for Next Court

Debra K. Rubin

February 7, 2018

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After lower court awards $53.4 million to tolling technology firm, Miami-Dade Expressway Authority wants appeals court review.

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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