Surety Guarantees Report: Bonds on Big Projects Often Fall Short of Full Contract Value Scott Van Voorhis July 24, 2019 No Comments Why owners of large, complex design-build projects are taking on more risk.Read More
Highway Infrastructure Senate Panel Aims for Highway Bill Vote by August Break Tom Ichniowski July 23, 2019 No Comments UPDATE 7/23/19: Environment and Public Works Chairman Barrasso plans Aug. 1 committee vote on five-year bill.Read More
Water Infrastructure WIFIA Requests Dip, But Dollars Sought Outrun Funds Available Tom Ichniowski July 22, 2019 No Comments EPA gets 51 requests seeking $6.6 billion in loans, exceeding the $6 billion agency can lend.Read More
Virtualization In Need of Computing Muscle for BIM Detailing, a Specialty Contractor Goes to the Cloud Jeff Rubenstone July 16, 2019 One Comment Facing a bottleneck in its design and detailing work, specialty contractor Southland Industries found a virtualization system that met its needs.Read More
Federal Construction Trump Seeks Further Buy-American Boost for Steel Tom Ichniowski July 16, 2019 No Comments Executive order calls for lower minimum content percentage for determining whether a product is foreign.Read More
Obituaries Architect Philip Freelon, Designer of Notable Public Buildings, Dies at 66 July 15, 2019 No Comments Noted African-American practitioner, now Perkins & Will design director in N.C., led work on a Smithsonian Institution museum and other U.S. civic and cultural projects and taught at MIT.Read More
Disasters After Quakes, California Military Sites Resume Ops Damage Assessment Teams Evaluating Remaining Structures Erica Berardi July 15, 2019 2 Comments Damage was limited in Ridgecrest, but earthquake research institute reports two red-tagged buildings.Read More
Ten Minutes With GLA's Sam Hassoun Aileen Cho July 11, 2019 No Comments The Caltrans veteran talks about being an "ambassador" for the industry.Read More
Federal Builders Miss in Contract Change Oversight Debra K. Rubin July 10, 2019 No Comments U.S. watchdog says Army Corps of Engineers and GSA HQ may overlook cost red flags for project contracting staff and firms.Read More
US Places New Duties on China, Mexico Fabricated Steel Imports Commerce Dept. sets preliminary duties of up to 177% on Chinese imports, 74% on Mexican ones but none for Canada Jeff Yoders July 9, 2019 No Comments China imports face duties of up to 177%, 74% for those from Mexico in trade case initiated by the American Institute of Steel Construction.Read More