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The General Services Administration's new-construction account has suffered a new  blow, as the House Appropriations Committee cleared a bill that cuts all funding for the program in the next fiscal year.

Monitors can detect levels of chemicals and organic compounds at lower levels than ever before, but whether utilities should treat the water to remove the substances is a difficult question, said speakers and attendees at the American Water Works Association’s annual meeting.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) plans to have his panel vote June 22 on his bill to attract private funding for high-speed rail service on the Northeast Corridor.

Technology usage is accelerating in many sectors of the construction industry, lurching forward in fits in starts in others. That's one of the reasons ENR is launching a new email newsletter with cutting edge through-leadership about its impact in your sector.

In male-dominated construction and utilities work, gender equality remains elusive. Less than 3% of construction workers are women—but for over 30 years, New York city-based non-profit Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) has challenged this convention by offering training and apprenticeships specifically for women in these two sectors.

If the hybrid technology inside John Deere's new 644K and 944K wheel loaders appears strikingly similar to LeTourneau's massive L-1350 loader, it's not just because they run on diesel-electric power.

Chongqing, China is going through a construction boom that overshadows even the UAE.

You’ve probably seen them. Large, inflatable rat balloons, usually with sharp, pointy teeth, show up periodically at workplaces when a union is protesting the labor practices of a non-union contractor performing work for a hospital, business, or other organization.  

The nominee to be the next chief of the Corps of Engineers got a generally positive reception from Senate Environment and Public Works Committee members at a May 25 hearing.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), a key player in transportation funding legislation, is looking for "creative" ways to supplement the ailing Highway Trust Fund.