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Construction Equipment Sales Surge in India

August 10, 2016

India’s construction-equipment sales grew 37% year-over-year in the first six months of 2016 and are expected to grow a further 20% this year, according to U.K.-based market analyst Off-Highway Research.

ACI Releases Update of Structural Concrete Specification

August 10, 2016

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User-friendlier language, provisions on alkali-silica reactivity and the absence of default requirements for slump are three of the changes in the latest update of ACI 301-16 Specifications for Structural Concrete, according to the American Concrete Institute.

At FP&L Power Plant, Canal Waters Still Turbulent

Thomas F. Armistead

August 10, 2016

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Controversy continues to dog the cooling system at Florida Power & Light Co.’s 3550-MW Turkey Point Power Station in Florida City despite the utility’s June 20 consent agreement with the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection.

Risk Management

Surety Sector P3 Progress Report

How the surety industry sees public-private partnerships

Lenore Marema

August 10, 2016

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State lawmakers have been adopting P3 laws slowly and steadily for over a decade.

Justin Rice

August 10, 2016

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An approximately four-mile-long, 18-ft-diameter and 200-ft-deep tunnel to mitigate storm water and combined sewer overflow into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound is slated to begin construction this month.

Construction Insurance

Pollution Liability Insurance Market Tilts Heavily to Buyer's Side

The competition among carries created opportunities for coverage unavailable a short time ago

Scott Van Voorhis

August 10, 2016

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Soft pricing and a surplus of competition that has squeezed the bottom line of carriers.

C-Suite News

PB Ex-CEO George Pierson To Head Engineer Kleinfelder

Morgan State U. Engineering School Gets New Dean

August 7, 2016

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Board taps Parsons Brinckerhoff veteran to 'accelerate' California firm's new strategy.

Construction Economics

Construction July Jobless Rate Matches 10-Year Low

Industry also gained 14,000 jobs during the month, BLS says

Tom Ichniowski

August 5, 2016

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All construction segments added jobs last month, led by specialty trade contractors, which gained 9,400.

Luke Abaffy

August 3, 2016

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Geospatial Media and Communications, an India-based market research firm, released a market report on August 2 about the state of Geospatial and BIM use in the construction industry and linking it to the construction economy as a whole

Power Grid

Federal Energy Commission Calls for Tighter Electric Utility Cybersecurity

2015 attack against distribution system in Ukraine is wake-up call

Thomas F. Armistead

August 3, 2016

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the North American Electric Reliability Corp. to develop a new or modified reliability standard for industrial-control system hardware, software and computing and networking services associated with bulk-electric system operations.

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Construction Equipment Sales Surge in India

ACI Releases Update of Structural Concrete Specification

At FP&L Power Plant, Canal Waters Still Turbulent

Surety Sector P3 Progress Report

Connecticut Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel Moves Forward

Pollution Liability Insurance Market Tilts Heavily to Buyer's Side

PB Ex-CEO George Pierson To Head Engineer Kleinfelder

Construction July Jobless Rate Matches 10-Year Low

Trends of Building Information Modeling and Geospatial Use in Construction

Federal Energy Commission Calls for Tighter Electric Utility Cybersecurity

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