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Management

Primavera Technology and Marketing Vets Leave Home

Leader of Oracle team explains why they departed for Aconex

October 25, 2017

Leader of key Oracle team explains why they departed for Aconex in a personnel shift between project tech vendors that is drawing attention.

Planned Northeast Corridor Hyperloop Gets First Tunnel Construction Permit

Jim Parsons

October 25, 2017

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Construction of transportation guru Elon Musk’s planned New York-to-Washington hyperloop transit system could get its start in Maryland, following the state’s Oct. 19 grant of a conditional utility permit to build a 10.3-mile tunnel near Baltimore, but Musk’s construction firm, The Boring Co., needs other approvals to start work on the segment.

Transportation

Strabag-led JV Wins South Africa Bridge Contract

$123-million span will be the highest in Africa

Shem Oirere

October 19, 2017

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Road agency says the Mtentu River crossing will shave 85 kilometers and three hours from trip between East London and Durban.

Foxconn Picks Mt. Pleasant, Wis., for LCD Panel Facility

Jeff Yoders

October 19, 2017

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Taiwan-based Foxconn has picked Mt. Pleasant, Wis., for its LCD screen manufacturing facility.

Bridge Repair Blamed for Delays on Chicago Lakefront Flyover

October 19, 2017

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Aimed at improving safety along Chicago's popular Lakefront Trail bordering Lake Michigan, a new flyover structure will miss its scheduled 2018 completion date by at least a year, likely boosting the project's original $60-million cost.

Construction Safety

OSHA Extends Enforcement Deadline for Construction Silica Rule

Pam Hunter McFarland

October 19, 2017

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Agency's 30-day extension applies only to companies that show "good faith effort" to comply.

Technology, Budget Cuts Are Hot Topics at Annual Transit Gathering

Aileen Cho

October 18, 2017

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Public transportation officials, emphasizing transit’s role in economic development, sustainability and natural-disaster response, are pushing back against a White House proposal to cut $2.4 billion out of the Dept. of Transportation budget, including phasing out capital grants and the TIGER program.

Canada Eyes Billions in Northern Road-Rail Corridors To Gain Resource Access

Scott Van Voorhis

October 18, 2017

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Parliament committee and engineers seek to boost program for new rights-of-way in far north

ASCE Tackles Climate Change in New Guide for Resilient Structures

Pam Radtke Russell

October 18, 2017

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Insurance companies, governments and some businesses are looking to engineers to build more-resilient structures to accommodate changing climate and weather extremes.

California Probes Utility Power Lines' Role in Deadly Wine-Country Fire

October 18, 2017

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As the California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) struggles to contain one of the deadliest fires to hit the West Coast in 100 years, investigators are moving to preserve evidence in the search for the cause of the blazes in the wine-making counties of Sonoma and Napa.