Buyout Would Bolster Largest Texas Utility's Investment Plans Clean-energy firm NextEra's $18.4B bid for Oncor comes on the heels of failed deal for Hawaii utility Mary B. Powers August 2, 2016 No Comments Clean-energy firm NextEra's $18.4-billion bid for Oncor comes on the heels of failed Hawaii utility deal.Read More
Precast Stay-Anchor System Marks Ohio River Crossing Aileen Cho August 2, 2016 No Comments Innovations on the Ironton-Russell Bridge connecting Ohio and Kentucky over the Ohio River helped to save millions of dollars Read More
Transportation Finance After A Month, No Deal Still to Fund Hundreds of Idled NJ Road-Rail Projects Legislators and Christie still spar over gas tax hike; timing and costs of work restarts unclear, Debra K. Rubin August 2, 2016 No Comments Legislators agree to 23-cent hike, but it's DOA, says governor; work restarts are unclear.Read More
Trump Floats Proposal for Infrastructure Fund GOP nominee says it would be at least twice the size of Clinton's $275B proposal Pam Hunter McFarland Tom Ichniowski August 2, 2016 One Comment Republican nominee says fund would be composed of bonds and would be "a great investment." Read More
Autodesk Ends Perpetual Licenses, Introduces Software Subscription Packages Luke Abaffy August 2, 2016 No Comments The vendor's new Collections offering provides a one-package subscription for all of its 22 construction industry-specific products.Read More
Canted, Cantilevered Columbia Medical School Opens Description-Defying Vagelos Medical Center Was a True Learning Experience Nadine M. Post August 2, 2016 No Comments Southern side of the brazenly asymmetrical 100,000-sq-ft building took twice as long to build as the conventional northern half.Read More
Construction Economics June Construction Spending Down From May but Rises Vs. 2015 Commerce Dept. reports 0.6% monthly decline and 0.3% year-over-year uptick Tom Ichniowski August 1, 2016 No Comments Non-residential sector dips 1% from May and year-earlier figures.Read More
Transportation US DOT Picks Winners of $484M in TIGER Grants Highway and bridge projects get $193 million in popular program's eighth round Tom Ichniowski July 29, 2016 No Comments Nearly two-thirds of this year's winning projects, including one in Pittsburgh, were unsuccessful in past TIGER compeitions.Read More
Safety and Health OSHA Delays Enforcing New Safety Reporting Requirements Pam Hunter McFarland July 29, 2016 No Comments Provisions prohibiting post-incident drug testing that would have taken effect on Aug. 10 are pushed back to Nov. 1.Read More
Environment Cemex To Pay $1.7M Penalty To Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations Company denies federal charges, which deal with emissions from five facilities Tom Ichniowski July 29, 2016 No Comments The consent decree outlines the limits the companies are to achieve on emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.Read More