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Construction Workforce

Federal Multiemployer Pension Program's Health Worsens

Multiemployer plans are common in unionized construction sector

Tom Ichniowski

August 3, 2017

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PBGC says its 2016 multiemployer program deficit grew to $58.6 billion from 2015's $55.5 billion.

Federal Buildings

Federal Agencies Pledge a Plan B for New FBI Headquarters

GSA, FBI to send new proposal to Congress in 120 days

Tom Ichniowski

August 2, 2017

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GSA and FBI killed earlier proposal for suburban D.C. HQ to be built via swap with developer.

Construction Markets

June Construction Spending Dips from May, Up Year over Year

Government sector falls but private construction rises

Tom Ichniowski

August 1, 2017

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Commerce Dept. says construction spending declines 1.3% on monthly basis but climbs 1.6% vs. June 2016.

Risk Management

Severed Cable May Darken North Carolina Islands For Two Weeks

Tens of thousands affected by evacuation orders following mishap at Bonner Bridge project

Jim Parsons

July 31, 2017

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A steel casing driven into buried line kills power at height of tourist season.

Construction Risk Managment

Bridge Pile Driving Suspected in North Carolina Vacation Island Power Cut

The Bonner Bridge project's prime contractor, PCL, says it is investigating

July 28, 2017

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Thousands are ordered to leave an island during blackout.

AEP Will Purchase World's Second-Largest Wind Farm

Mary B. Powers

July 28, 2017

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Utility units will own $4.5B project in Oklahoma, just revealed as being built with Quanta Services named as EPC transmission line contractor

Environment and Safety

The Regulations on the Trump Administration's Chopping Block

The Waters of the US rule is one of hundreds in peril

Pam Radtke Russell

July 28, 2017

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The Trump administration takes step to repeal clean water rule, plans to stop or withdraw many other Obama-era regulations.

Federal Spending

House Passes Spending Bill, $1.6B for Trump Border Wall

Tom Ichniowski

July 28, 2017

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Multi-part measure also would boost military construction, Corps civil works budgets, but cut VA projects.

Israel Plans Big Infrastructure Boost in Next Decade

Neal Sandler

July 28, 2017

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Investment, particularly in transportation, is needed to close its global economic gap, analysts say.

Air-Rights Decision Allows Fenway Center Project to Advance in Boston

Justin Rice

July 26, 2017

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A successful air-rights project has not been built over the Massachusetts Turnpike since Copley Place opened in downtown Boston in 1983.

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Federal Multiemployer Pension Program's Health Worsens

Federal Agencies Pledge a Plan B for New FBI Headquarters

June Construction Spending Dips from May, Up Year over Year

Severed Cable May Darken North Carolina Islands For Two Weeks

Bridge Pile Driving Suspected in North Carolina Vacation Island Power Cut

AEP Will Purchase World's Second-Largest Wind Farm

The Regulations on the Trump Administration's Chopping Block

House Passes Spending Bill, $1.6B for Trump Border Wall

Israel Plans Big Infrastructure Boost in Next Decade

Air-Rights Decision Allows Fenway Center Project to Advance in Boston

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