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House Lawmakers Outline 'Menu' of Infrastructure Solutions

Tom Ichniowski

January 10, 2018

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Bipartisan 48-member group unveiled report in advance of not-yet-released Trump plan.

Revenue Recognition

Contractors Begin Year With New Accounting Standard

Big project revenue and change orders will be recorded differently than in the past

Scott Van Voorhis

January 10, 2018

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The changes come with new complications that require more specificity.

Contractors Anticipate Ongoing Market Strength in 2018, AGC Outlook Says

Mark Shaw

January 10, 2018

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The nation’s contractors expressed a surprisingly optimistic view of the industry’s prospects for 2018 in a recent outlook survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate.

Editorial

Shining a Light on Infrastructure

ENR Editors

January 10, 2018

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Finally, infrastructure’s moment may soon arrive in U.S. politics, but will critical projects such as replacing 19th-century sewer lines get the attention they deserve?

Transportation

Chinese Firm Makes Prototype for First Carbon-Fiber Railway Car

Springfield, Mass., factory will produce Orange Line carriers

Saibal Dasgupta

January 8, 2018

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World’s first carbon fiber subway car is more durable and requires less energy than traditional metal cars.

Energy

Appalachian Gas Storage Proposal Clears First Hurdle

A $1.9-billion DOE loan guarantee could catalyze the creation of petrochemical investments

Thomas F. Armistead

January 8, 2018

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Appalachia Development Group LLC says its program would support more than 100,000 new, long-term jobs.

Construction Employment

Construction Adds 30,000 Jobs in Dec., Jobless Rate Falls Vs. 2016

Rate dips to 5.9% from year-earlier 7.4% but rises from November's 5.0%

Tom Ichniowski

January 5, 2018

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Specialty trade contractors added 23,800 jobs but nonresidential building and heavy-civil categories posted declines.

Congress

House Chairman Shuster to Leave Congress At Current Term's End

Key lawmaker plans 2018 focus on infrastructure legislation

Tom Ichniowski

January 2, 2018

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Transportation Committee leader hits GOP limit on term as chairman at end of current Congress.

Litigation

Arup Settles $1.7B Australia Toll Road Revenue Forecast Suit

Debra K. Rubin

January 2, 2018

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As defense breaks down, AE is mum on the pact amount, estimated at about $80 million, reports say.

Viewpoint

Guest Viewpoint: STEM is Good, But STEAM is Better

Stuart G. Walesh

December 28, 2017

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As a renowned Scientist, Technologist, Engineer, Artist and Mathematician, Leonardo da Vinci set the standard for using the whole brain to propel innovation.

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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