Now that the White House has released more detail on the development of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, which will require future votes of approval by the U.S. Congress as well as approval from the participating nations, it has become clearer that the basic goal and direction is sound: eliminating tariffs in some industries, reducing non-tariff barriers in others.
When, as expected, President Obama signs into law the National Defense Authorization Act, a new military spending bill, he probably won’t know about Section 874, which upgrades the minimum standards for surety-bond assets.
The Washington Post and The Dallas Morning News proved recently just how far construction has to go to climb out of the low, dark place it now occupies in the minds of some journalists.
Deborah Berke, founder and partner of the New York City-based architecture firm that bears her name, will join the Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, Conn., as dean next July, the school announced on Oct. 5.
The first of many tunnel breakthroughs on the Saudi Arabian capital's new, six-line, 176-kilometer metro recently took place at the Salah Al-Din.A TBM dubbed San'ah completed 1.2 km of tunnel on Line 5 since setting off in late June.
Contractor Admits Liability in UK BlacklistU.K. construction trade unions say recent court action makes them confident of winning "very substantial compensation" for members named on a secret blacklist used by a group of major contractors.
Days after heavy rains in early October produced catastrophic flooding across much of South Carolina, up to 300 roads and 160 bridges, including a 74-mile stretch of Interstate 95, remained closed as of Oct. 6.
Two major transmission projects to boost renewable-energy delivery in the West and New England moved forward this month, as one market analyst forecast a steady market ahead, albeit with some obstacles.
Nearly five years late and with about $50 million in cost overruns, the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center opened in Silver Spring, Md., a Washington, D.C., suburb, on Sept. 20.
Saudi Arabia’s United Cooperative Assurance has received a claim from contractor Saudi Binladin Group related to the collapse of a super-heavy-lift crawler crane in Mecca on Sept. 11 that killed more than 100 people.
