D.C. Metro’s $2.8-billion Silver Line extension, already beset with months of construction delays, is now grappling with more than 400 defective concrete rail ties.
Walsh Construction and Fluor were selected as the design-build joint venture contractor for the first phase of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple Modernization program.
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new rule for crane operation taking effect this month, the industry’s response has been less a panic over additional regulation than a sigh of relief for overdue clarifications.
The American Concrete Institute is publishing the complete draft of the proposed “ACI 318-19: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete” for a 45-day public review starting Dec. 21.