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Innovative Seismic Engineer Steven Tipping Dies at 69

Nadine M. Post

August 21, 2017

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Tipping, an ENR Newsmaker in 2007 and 2013, died suddenly on Aug. 11, collapsing near the end of a mountain-bike ride.

NJ Building Contractor Sam Hochberger Dies at 88

August 21, 2017

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Founder, CEO of Himount Constructors Ltd. also was civil engineers' group Fellow.

Infrastructure Policy

Trump Infrastructure Panel's End Seen Unlikely To Harm Funding Plan

Construction groups stay focused on promised $1-trillion initiative

Tom Ichniowski

Pam Radtke Russell

August 18, 2017

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Council was created in July by executive order, but no members were appointed.

Marijuana Cultivation

High-Tech Cannabis Grow Facilities Spark Niche Market for Contractors

Opportunities come with challenges in the embryonic industry

Johanna Knapschaefer

August 18, 2017

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Marijuana, while still banned under federal law, is now legal in 28 states and in the District of Columbia, where federal law is not enforced. Eight of those states have legalized recreational marijuana and the remaining 20 are strictly medical.

Transportation

Bechtel To Construct Kenya’s First Expressway

Four-lane highway will cover 473 km and cost $2.23 billion

Shem Oirere

August 18, 2017

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The highway is designed to ease transportation of goods between the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and the landlocked countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

US Electric Grid Was Prepared for August 21 Solar Eclipse

Pam Radtke Russell

August 18, 2017

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Solar power equal to 20 nuclear plants was set to go off line at the height of the solar eclipse

Electricity

Tanzania Revives 2,100-MW Hydro Power Project

The $3.6-billion project is sited at a World Heritage nature reserve

Shem Oirere

August 18, 2017

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Featuring a 134-tall concrete arch dam, the hydro plant will flood 3% of the Selous Game Reserve.

Viewpoint

Making Margins Matter in People Management

Mark DeVerges, DHG Search

August 18, 2017

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An AEC recruiter shares best practices to turn HR from an expense to a profit center.

Obituaries

Modernist Architect Gunnar Birkerts is Dead at 92

August 18, 2017

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Latvian-born practitioner pioneered the structural use of suspension bridge principles in design of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, in 1973.

Roadbuilding Odyssey

Traffic Management Where Old Greek Road Met the New

August 17, 2017

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The Olympia Odos project—largest of the five concessionaires with an original contract of more than $2 billion, now restructured in a reduced scope to $1.4 billion—comes with its share of Olympic-sized challenges.