Higher prices for lumber and other wood products, driven by January's 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber and new tariffs on Chinese products, will increase rebuilding costs in areas hit by Hurricane Florence.
A years-long squabble between Denver’s Regional Transportation District and its private-sector consortium for new commuter rail, Denver Transit Partners, has finally landed in court. DTP is suing the transit agency, seeking more money and a change in the law.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed fines totaling $86,658 for five contractors involved with the Florida International University pedestrian-bridge project that suffered a catastrophic collapse on March 15, killing six.
Technology has become firmly embedded in disaster response and management, and every major event, such as the record-demolishing September 2018 floods in the Carolinas, sees new or improved tools showing up in the toolbox.
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