Michael Whitaker's wide background also includes stints at United Airlines and TWA.

The contractor does not "admit or deny" charges on legacy project accounting violations, says federal regulator, but it cooperated with financial reporting probe—as agency reached similar pact with former McDermott executives in June.

The as-built condition of rebar in slab-column connections did not match the design drawings, NIST investigators say.

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An AGC survey held in July and August found 81% of contractors are using higher pay and other incentives to attract skilled workers to fill open positions that 88% of them reported they were having a hard time filling.

The total is a record amount for FHWA's annual August funding redistribution.

The South Concourse Evolution project would add seismic support and modernize the busy international terminal.

Federal grants and loans under new infrastructure funding laws will favor applicants with strategies to retain and attract skilled workers for “high-quality jobs," a move observers say is timed with escalating auto industry labor battles.  

The trade dispute has gone on for many years, with the latest move spurred by the U.S. revising the duty on Canadian softwood lumber in July.

Rebuilding the walls, which date to the late 1800s and early 1900s, would better protect areas along the Potomac River and Tidal Basin against water-level rise and storm surge.