Ten Minutes With Cathy Orquiola: Championing Diversity as PCL’s First Female VP Jennifer Seward May 22, 2019 No Comments PCL’s buildings group leader in Southern California champions diversity and seeks to add more women to leadership roles in constructionRead More
Recent Merger Activity Driven Largely by Technology Needs Jim Parsons May 22, 2019 No Comments But the pace of M&A activity may be moderated by the lack of management resources needed to assimilate new acquisitionsRead More
Railroads NTSB: Poor Safety Planning, Engineer's Training Led to Fatal Amtrak Crash Board cites combination of factors as probable cause of 2017 DuPont, Wash., derailment Tom Ichniowski May 21, 2019 No Comments Safety board faults Sound Transit for failing to have "effective mitigation" for hazardous curve that lacked operating train-control safety system.Read More
Ethics NYC Design Firm Executives Plead Guilty in Pay-to-Play Scheme Debra K. Rubin Eydie Cubarrubia May 17, 2019 No Comments Under plea agreements, two one-time top executives of HAKS will sell stakes and could face jail.Read More
US Infrastructure Pelosi Bullish About Outlook for Infrastructure Plan May 14, 2019 No Comments In speech, House Speaker says advocates want to move on the plan and "build, build, build."Read More
Study: More Than 600 Sites in US Contaminated by PFAS Group Recommends Lower Threshold than EPA Mary B. Powers May 14, 2019 No Comments While the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a clean up standard of 70 parts per trillion for some PFAS chemicals, the Environmental Working Group says a safe standard is 1 part per trillion. Read More
Multimodal Panel Hopes For Best With Proposed $2-Trillion Infrastructure Bill Jim Parsons May 14, 2019 No Comments Transportation experts discuss bipartisan plan at ACEC eventRead More
US Infrastructure Hoyer: Trump Must Take Lead on Infrastructure Funding Solution Tom Ichniowski May 13, 2019 No Comments President and top Democrats expected to meet by end of May to discuss infrastructure finance options.Read More
Semiconductor Manufacturer Announces $1B Expansion in N.C. Thomas F. Armistead May 10, 2019 No Comments Construction is expected to begin in 2019 as soon as permitting is complete. Project completion is scheduled in 2024.Read More
Military Construction House Panel OKs Bill Barring Mil Con Funds Shift to Border Wall Tom Ichniowski May 10, 2019 2 Comments FY 2020 spending bill has 2% hike for core military construction, 9% boost for major VA projects.Read More