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Report: FEMA Fails to Require Resilience in Funded Disaster Rebuilds

July 20, 2021

IG says it spent $1.9B in 10 years on recurring road, bridge damage from extreme weather, with too little push for mitigation.

I-81 I-690 interchange Syracuse New York

New York DOT Releases New Draft Study on I-81 Replacement

Eydie Cubarrubia

July 19, 2021

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Comments are due Sept. 14 on the estimated $2B Syracuse viaduct project, which aims to resolve dislocation impacts to the city's Black community when the highway was built in 1968.

Development

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Selected To Design 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Village

Nadine M. Post

July 19, 2021

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SOM will lead the design of the Olympic Village for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics taking place Feb. 6-22, 2026.

California Bill Could Stop Construction at University of California Campuses

Measure would require third-party confirmation of union workers

Greg Aragon

July 19, 2021

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Legislation in state Senate would hold all UC construction funds in escrow-like account, pending required third-party confirmation of union workers

Construction Accident

Fifth Canada Tower Crane Fatality Is An Engineer Not Linked to Project

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

July 16, 2021

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Seven-year consultant employee in adjacent building was hit by collapsed equipment that fell during July 12 dismantling at Kelowna, B.C., site, with four contractor workers also dead; crane counterweight removal now is underway.

Austria's Strabag Is Fined for Anti-Competitive Activities

Peter Reina

July 15, 2021

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Contractor's big penalty follows country's bid rigging investigations of thousands of construction contracts for more than 40 companies.

Research

Council on Tall Buildings Kicks Off Study of Steel-and-Timber Towers

Nadine M. Post

July 15, 2021

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CTBUH expects to provide guidelines on building tall using both structural steel and mass timber.

New book on natural disasters and climate

Book Review: Climate Crisis

Why The Disaster Response Always Seems to Fall Short

Richard Korman

July 15, 2021

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A new book by 'disasterologist' Samantha Montano on poor preparation and responses.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of July 19, 2021

July 15, 2021

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Tribridge Residential is planning to redevelop a 4.4-acre portion of the Goat Farms Art Center in Atlanta.

Site Check-in App Built for Pandemic Shifting to Broader Uses

Jeff Rubenstone

July 15, 2021

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When the first COVID-related restrictions came down on U.S. construction sites in the spring of 2020, many contractors were caught flat-footed compiling information on workers and visitors for contact tracing.