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Indoor Air Quality Expert: Many Air Cleaner Technologies Are Still Unproven

April 21, 2021

A member of ASHRAE’s epidemic task force has launched an initiative to set up independent, peer-reviewed testing of indoor air-treatment systems for their efficacy against viruses and for any negative impacts on indoor air quality.

Construction Jobs March '20 to March '21

Economics

AGC Analysis: Construction Employment Bounces Back, But Lockdown States Still Lag

Full year of worker-hours data shows how states have weathered the pandemic

Jeff Yoders

April 20, 2021

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An AGC and Procore analysis of more than a full year of worker-hour data shows construction employment recovering but not yet to pre-pandemic levels.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Dodge Data & Analytics and The Blue Book Will Link Through Acquisition

Alisa Zevin

April 20, 2021

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Dodge's P.E. owner made deal of undisclosed amount to combine firms' market data services for the commercial construction sector.

Foxconn Technology Group Wisconsin Fabrication Facility

Manufacturing

UPDATE: Wisconsin, Foxconn Agree to Tax Break Cut for Scaled-Back Electronics Plant

Gov. Tony Evers says new deal works for much-maligned, flat-screen production facility

Jeff Yoders

April 19, 2021

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Taiwan owner takes $2.77B tax break reduction from 2017 for flexibility to build other electronics products in state.

Transportation

Elon Musk's Boring Co. Completes First Commercial Project

Las Vegas Convention Center transit loop finished in 18 months

Jim Parsons

April 16, 2021

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Vegas tunnel system, which cost $52.5 million, can accommodate 4,400 riders per hour.

Brown plaque with light-colored text says "Faubourg Treme." It is underneath an overpass.

Biden Administration Seeks to Address the Interstate Highway System's Racist Past

Corinne Grinapol

April 15, 2021

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Infrastructure plan includes $20B plan to address racism that many transportation veterans say helped fuel highway projects in the past.

Construction Safety

UPDATE: One Killed in North Carolina As Bridge Section Falls During Demolition

Jim Parsons

April 15, 2021

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The decommissioned Bonner Bridge was being demolished when the accident occurred.

Bills to Tighten Maryland's Use of P3 Projects Fail Again in Legislature

Jim Parsons

April 15, 2021

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Legislation that would have added scrutiny to Gov. Larry Hogan's use of project P3s died in state senate for third year in a row.

Maine Bridge Project With Novel Slide Nears Completion

The team relocated a major utility duct bank before laterally sliding the 700-ton single span structure onto its foundation

Johanna Knapschaefer

April 15, 2021

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Crews are set to begin paving, landscaping and other final work on April 19 for the $7 million Bridge Street Bridge replacement project in Gardiner, Maine.

Highway Infrastructure