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Industry Conference

Eyeing 2030, CII-CURT Attendees See Big Workforce, Climate Challenges Ahead

Scott Judy

August 5, 2021

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Construction’s future workforce is going to continue to trend older, and likely less mobile, which creates a challenge.

Materials

Corps of Engineers, LaFargeHolcim Launch $3.4M Materials Reuse Study

Agency will provide construction and demolition materials to be analyzed for better extraction of concrete fines

Jeff Yoders

Aileen Cho

August 5, 2021

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Effort will explore recycling soils and fines back into cement binders for new concrete.

Construction Economics for August 9, 2021

August 4, 2021

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

AGC Outlines Strategies to Combat Climate Change in the Built Environment

Pam McFarland

August 3, 2021

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Although construction activity itself accounts for less than 2% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., industry firms often possess the practical expertise and knowledge about how to reduce them in the built environment.

Obituary: Tony Illia, 52, Was Public Face of Nevada DOT and Prolific ENR Correspondent

August 3, 2021

Celebration of life service is Sunday, Aug. 29, 2-5PM, PST in Las Vegas for highway agency spokesman and much-recognized construction writer and editor who died suddenly there on July 30.

Courts

Pa. Contractor Pleads No Contest to Prevailing-Wage Charges, Pays Workers $20.7M

Tom Ichniowski

August 3, 2021

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Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. case, with restitution of $20.7 million, is largest of its type in US history, state AG says.

Professional Practice

Viewpoint: Engineering to Zero in Carbon Emissions, Cyber-Security and Traffic Safety

Steven D. Sanders

August 3, 2021

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Why zero is now used to understand the epochal transitions society must make.

Builder of Halted Keystone-XL Pipeline Seeks $15B NAFTA Claim

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

August 3, 2021

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But TC Energy announces big clean energy push to operate other North American pipelines, as federal judge declines to dismiss still pending suit against the Biden-cancelled project; Alberta government also seeks trade claim for its investment loss.