Virtual Assistant Offers Plain-Language Project Advice Jeff Rubenstone November 20, 2019 No Comments When making financial decisions, many contractors are wary of loading up yet another analytics dashboard to throw numbers at them.Read More
Massachusetts Considers Substituting Geothermal for Natural Gas Thomas F. Armistead November 19, 2019 No Comments At a Nov. 12 committee meeting, proponents testified about a system to use geothermal energy in neighborhood-scale district heating systems.Read More
One Step Closer to Cleaner Water in Florida New Storage Reservoir will Take Polluted Water Thomas F. Armistead November 19, 2019 No Comments $1.25 million contract awarded for clearing and demucking.Read More
NTSB Vice Chairman Slams Design-Construction Team for Miami Bridge Collapse November 15, 2019 One Comment Bruce Landsberg laments the "group think" that pervaded the FIU bridge project's team members and led to the collapse that killed six people in March 2018.Read More
Highway Infrastructure FHWA Proposes Major Rewrite of Bridge Inspection Regulation November 14, 2019 No Comments Plan offers two methods to determine inspection intervals. States could use one, the other, or a mix of both options.Read More
Transportation London Crossrail Faces New Cost Overruns and Schedule Slippage Trans-city project costs set at $23 billion, with completion pushed back to 2020 Peter Reina November 13, 2019 No Comments Trans-city project costs now set at $23 billion, with completion pushed back to 2020.Read More
Mortenson Construction's M.A. "Mort" Mortenson is Dead at 82 Debra K. Rubin November 10, 2019 2 Comments Modest mogul turned an $18M family firm into a $4.6B diversified giant that championed renewable energy and BIM well before they were trendy.Read More
Construction Safety Nonfatal Construction Injuries Edge Up but Injury Rate Declines Tom Ichniowski November 7, 2019 One Comment Injuries rose less than 1% in 2018 to 199,100; rate per 100 workers dipped to 3.0 from 3.1.Read More
Water Infrastructure Supreme Court Delves Into Scope of Clean Water Act Permits Tom Ichniowski November 6, 2019 No Comments Case centers on whether pollution moving through groundwater should require "point source" permit.Read More
Energy Exec Stephanie Cox Now is Wood Americas CEO Debra K. Rubin November 6, 2019 No Comments Ian Edwards is named permanent SNC-Lavalin CEO, as its latest quarter results turn around.Read More