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Challengers Losing Battle To Derail Updated Structural Standard

ASCE 7-16 on Strong Course To Become Part of 2018 International Building Code

December 13, 2016

Though the results are preliminary, the International Code Council has approved the updated structural building-design standard for inclusion as a reference standard in the 2018 edition of ICC's International Building Code.

International Firms Eye Ripe India Airport Market

Neelam Mathews

December 13, 2016

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With growing flight numbers, government wants to upgrade scores of regional hubs

Five Global Teams Short-Listed for $1B First Phase of Red-Dead Water Project

Jordan will choose winner out of 17 submitted proposals by mid-2017

Neal Sandler

December 12, 2016

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Jordan will choose winner from among 17 original submitted proposals by mid-2017

The Trump Cabinet

Trump Makes His Picks To Head EPA, Labor Dept.

Nominees' expected agency changes are already controversial

Pam Hunter McFarland

December 9, 2016

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Nominees' expected agency changes are already controversial.

LA Metro To Pay Kiewit $297.8M Settlement on Freeway Job

Greg Aragon

December 7, 2016

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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has reached an agreement with Kiewit Corp. and will pay the contractor $297.8 million for project change orders on the Interstate 405-Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, in Los Angeles.

Brundage-Bone Acquires Three UK Concrete Pumping Firms

Jeff Rubenstone

December 7, 2016

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Making its first-ever international expansion, Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping will acquire three companies in the U.K. that provide concrete-pumping services.

BP Oil Well Blowout Eroded Gulf Coast

Thomas F. Armistead

December 7, 2016

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The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil-well blowout caused dramatic, widespread shoreline loss along Louisiana’s coast, says a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Obama Administration Outlines Priorities for Drinking Water

Pam Hunter McFarland

December 7, 2016

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A new “action plan” from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlines steps the agency believes should be taken to improve the safety of drinking-water systems across the U.S.