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Construction Materials

U.S. Hits Canadian Lumber Exports With Antidumping Tariffs

New fees are on top of earlier countervailing duties

Tom Ichniowski

June 27, 2017

U.S. lumber companies praise Commerce Dept. action, but Canada vows a strong defense.

Construction safety

OSHA Postpones Enforcing New Construction Beryllium Standard

Agency says industry felt it lacked "meaningful opportunity" to weigh in on proposal

Tom Ichniowski

June 24, 2017

OSHA will keep new, tougher exposure limit in place, but delay enforcement indefinitely, pending public comments.

Pre-apprentice student

Construction Workforce

Trump Apprenticeship Directive's Impact on Construction Unclear

Plan would reduce DOL role in setting programs' requirements

Tom Ichniowski

June 20, 2017

Building trades say they believe construction is exempt from executive order; AGC says industry impact uncertain.

Legal

Egyptian Firm To Pay U.S. $1.1M To Settle False-Claim Charges

Misr Sons is last of 3 joint-venture partners to settle with DOJ

Tom Ichniowski

June 14, 2017

Long-running case deals with U.S. AID water projects in Egypt.

Water Infrastructure

Trump Talks Up Investment Plan at "Infrastructure Week"

Speeches highlight waterway needs and push faster permits

Tom Ichniowski

June 9, 2017

Construction welcomes faster project reviews, environmentalists see threat to NEPA provisions.

Waterways Group Seeks Piece of Trump Infrastructure Plan

Tom Ichniowski

June 7, 2017

A waterways industry organization would like to see some of President Trump’s proposed $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure investment plan go for replacing decades-old river locks, but the group, Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), strongly opposes another administration proposal, levying a new tax on barge companies.

VA Hospital New Orleans

Federal Buildings

VA Aims to Unsnarl $1.4B in Delayed Projects

Veterans Affairs Dept. and Corps of Engineers plan awaits approval

Tom Ichniowski

June 5, 2017

The VA is also launching a study of what do do about more than 1,000 vacant or underused facilities.

Construction Workforce

Construction Adds 11,000 Jobs in May

Heavy-civil sector's workforce rises by 7,200; nonresidential specialty contractors shed 6,300

Tom Ichniowski

June 2, 2017

Industry's unemployment rate drops to 5.3% from April's 6.3% but is up from May 2016's 5.2%, BLS says.

Industry Studies Tenets of Trump Infrastructure Plan

Newly released principles include encouraging "self-help" funding by states, localities

Tom Ichniowski

May 26, 2017

New outline calls for focusing federal spending on critical national and regional projects.

Trump budget

Federal Construction Spending

Where's The Pain in Trump's 2018 Budget?

Cuts, hikes and open questions abound

Tom Ichniowski

May 24, 2017

President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal confirms that he will seek federal infrastructure funds over 10 years, but there is still much that is uncertain.

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