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 No Comments Specialty trade contractors added 23,800 jobs but nonresidential building and heavy-civil categories posted declines.Read More
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 No Comments Transportation Committee leader hits GOP limit on term as chairman at end of current Congress.Read More
Litigation Arup Settles $1.7B Australia Toll Road Revenue Forecast Suit Debra K. Rubin January 2, 2018 No Comments As defense breaks down, AE is mum on the pact amount, estimated at about $80 million, reports say.Read More
Viewpoint Guest Viewpoint: STEM is Good, But STEAM is Better Stuart G. Walesh December 28, 2017 4 Comments As a renowned Scientist, Technologist, Engineer, Artist and Mathematician, Leonardo da Vinci set the standard for using the whole brain to propel innovation.Read More
Transportation Former Rivals AECOM, Burns & McDonnell See New Chance for Big Airport Contract Concerns over financing terms ground Edgemoor's $1B Kansas City terminal bid Jeff Yoders December 27, 2017 No Comments After council rejects Edgemoor bid, losing rivals unite in combined bid to build new terminal.Read More
Behind the Navillus Bankruptcy, a Union Contractor's Ties to Nonunion Firms A huge damage award sends big New York City contractor to bankruptcy court Richard Korman December 27, 2017 One Comment When do links between union and open-shop contractors violate union agreements? Read More
Workforce Legalized Pot in Canada Worries Contractors Scott Van Voorhis December 26, 2017 One Comment Enforcement and test protocol questions for employees surround allowed recreational use, set to take effect nationally in mid-2018.Read More
Construction Materials After Settlement With Justice Dept., Vulcan Buys Aggregates Company Tom Ichniowski December 23, 2017 No Comments Company divests some quarries to gain DOJ approval of $900-million purchase of Aggregates USA.Read More
Construction Safety US Appeals Court Upholds Stiffer Silica Dust Rule Tom Ichniowski December 22, 2017 One Comment D.C. Circuit turns down challenges from construction, other industry organizations.Read More
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 No Comments In addition to pass-through exemptions and scuttling the alternative minimum tax, the law contained another, less-noticed victory for industry.Read More