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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

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

Government

Zimbabwe's New Government Promises Infrastructure Investment

Finance minister offers program based on Chinese funding

December 28, 2017

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. President Emmerson Mnangawa's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa held the same job under deposed strongman Robert Mugabe.

Operations

Power Utility Questioned About Atlanta Airport Fire Causes, Prevention

The Georgia Public Safety Commission posed 20 questions aimed at determining the exact sequence of events that led up to the blaze

Jim_Parsons

December 28, 2017

Along with questioning Georgia Power about measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring including, the commission is also asking whether a microgrid have minimized the fire’s effects.

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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

After council rejects Edgemoor bid, losing rivals unite in combined bid to build new terminal.

E-book

Free Non-potable Water Reuse e-Guide Release Set for Jan. 18

Nadine Post

December 26, 2017

122-page guide pushing water conservation in buildings set to be released nearly a year after the sudden death of its champion, William J. Worthen.

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Workforce

Legalized Pot in Canada Worries Contractors

Scott Van Voorhis

December 26, 2017

Enforcement and test protocol questions for employees surround allowed recreational use, set to take effect nationally in mid-2018.

Construction Materials

After Settlement With Justice Dept., Vulcan Buys Aggregates Company

Tom Ichniowski

December 23, 2017

Company divests some quarries to gain DOJ approval of $900-million purchase of Aggregates USA.

Construction Safety

US Appeals Court Upholds Stiffer Silica Dust Rule

Tom Ichniowski

December 22, 2017

D.C. Circuit turns down challenges from construction, other industry organizations.

International projects

Tripartite Talks on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Collapse

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia at odds following engineers' report

December 21, 2017

Eqypt fears that upstream hydro project will imperil its source of water from the Nile

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ConEd Takes New Approach to Gas Demand as Pipelines Are Blocked

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Pam Radtke Russell

December 21, 2017

As natural-gas pipelines are blocked, the New York utility looks for ways to feed a growing demand for the fuel.

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