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Building Materials

New Territory for Timber

Michael Dumiak

February 14, 2019

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Computer-controlled milling mainstreams plywood and timber products, for large and small practices.

International projects

Cost Revealed for Troubled Bridge Over London Waters

$69 million spent on Garden Bridge and nothing to show for it

Peter Reina

February 14, 2019

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan scrapped Thomas Heatherwick's green span design in 2017, declining to underwrite long-term maintenance costs.

Companies

SNC-Lavalin Grows Europe Base As Corporate Pressures Mount

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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The Montreal design-build giant's unfolding legal, financial and political issues globally now embroil Canada's prime minister; will CEO Neil Bruce clarify strategy in a Feb. 22 Q4 results call?

Executive News

New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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Kansas Democrat Laura Kelly taps a Burns & McDonnell female exec; NYU engineering school names new construction innovation hub leads.

US Sues DOE Cleanup Site Firms, Execs in Kickback Scheme

Mary B. Powers

February 13, 2019

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Feds seek up to triple damages on alleged millions in Hanford site profit; Lockheed Martin denies claims.

Contractors, US Reach $3.6M Small-Business Fraud Pact

Debra K. Rubin

February 13, 2019

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Firm claiming 8A federal contract status was controlled by larger graduate of U.S. Small Business Administration program, the government contends.

Environmental Infrastructure

Democrats Unveil 'Green New Deal' Blueprint

Proposal lacks details on funding, revenue-raisers

Tom Ichniowski

February 7, 2019

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Ambitious proposal would boost infrastructure resilience, upgrade buildings for energy efficiency.

New Fallout Hits Creditors In PG&E Battle

February 6, 2019

Construction firms join power providers caught in contract issues from giant utility’s Jan. 29 bankruptcy filing; the company also releases details of an extensive wildfire mitigation plan and upgrade.

Report: Canada Private Funders Are More Wary of Project Risk

Scott Van Voorhis

February 6, 2019

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Even as Canada’s government boosted national infrastructure spending by 11% from 2015 to 2017 and launched the Canada Infrastructure Bank to attract and funnel private-sector project dollars, private investment declined 18% in the same period, says a report by a think tank at Ontario’s Western University.

Trump Pushes ‘Buy American’

Tom Ichniowski

February 6, 2019

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Construction industry officials are poring over President Trump’s new executive order that aims to expand “Buy American” preferences for infrastructure projects.