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Legal

TVA Cleanup Pact Cancels Coal-Ash Case Going to Supreme Court

September 6, 2019

Justices still could settle this year the much-disputed issue of whether the US Clean Water Act regulates groundwater-carried pollutants.

Construction Workforce

Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed

Tom Ichniowski

September 6, 2019

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Industry's August unemployment rate slipped to 3.6% from July's 3.8% but rose from year-earlier 3.4%.

Highway Infrastructure

State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances

Tom Ichniowski

September 6, 2019

One Comment

Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.

Odebrecht and Financier Settle on Project Bribes

Debra K. Rubin

September 5, 2019

One Comment

Brazil builder, in bankruptcy, to donate $50M to fix communities but faces limited bid debarment in Latin America bank pact.

Policy

Brexit Uncertainty Dampens UK Construction Market

Orders fall to lowest level in a decade

Peter Reina

September 4, 2019

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New orders have dropped every month since April at the fastest rate since March 2009.

Environment

New Loan Fast-Forwards Newark’s Lead Water Pipe Replacement

$120-mil. loan will compress 10 years' work into 30 months, officials say

Jim Parsons

September 3, 2019

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Elevated lead levels were discovered in drinking water samples in early 2017. Newark’s system provides approximately 80 million gallons per day to more than 300,000 customers.

Transportation

Revised Gateway Tunnel Proposal Pares Price

Port Authority plan shaves estimate by 13%, to $9.5 billion

Jim Parsons

September 3, 2019

One Comment

Advancing the design to the 30% stage for federal agency review opens the door to using design-build.

Transportation

UK High-Speed Rail Project Cost Rises 40%, Before Work Begins

Budget projected to hit $106 billion, with completion pushed out 2-5 years

Peter Reina

September 3, 2019

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Budget now could hit $106 billion, but work continues until a government ordered review concludes; insufficient study of ground conditions is cited.

Dorian Hits Bahamas, Expected to Threaten Southeast Coast

Pam Radtke Russell

August 30, 2019

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The category 5 storm had winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 200 mph as it crossed the Abaco Islands on Sunday.

Construction Workforce

More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule

Tom Ichniowski

August 30, 2019

One Comment

Building trades back, and ABC opposes, construction exemption from proposed new apprenticeship program.

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TVA Cleanup Pact Cancels Coal-Ash Case Going to Supreme Court

Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed

State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances

Odebrecht and Financier Settle on Project Bribes

Brexit Uncertainty Dampens UK Construction Market

New Loan Fast-Forwards Newark’s Lead Water Pipe Replacement

Revised Gateway Tunnel Proposal Pares Price

UK High-Speed Rail Project Cost Rises 40%, Before Work Begins

Dorian Hits Bahamas, Expected to Threaten Southeast Coast

More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule

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