Revised Code May Force Construction Teams To Change Project Manuals
After four years of deliberation, the Construction Specifications Institute has retooled its numbering system for classifying work results in contract documents. But it may take several more years and mill
Publication Date: 02 May , 2005
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Trades Form First Women's Panel
The AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Dept. has added a sixth national standing committee. After two years in development, the Committee of Women in the Trades will join standing committees on appre
Publication Date: 02 May , 2005
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Code Translated For Latin America
The American Concrete Institute is moving to standardize structural concrete design throughout the Americas. To ease the way, ACI has translated its Structural Concrete Building Code 2005 into Spanish. The
Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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PBS&J Reports Missing Funds And Exit of Top Finance Officer
What started as the detection by internal auditors of accounting irregularities in health benefit expenses and reserves apparently has blossomed into a full-blown investigation and attempt to recover lost funds. As many as two additional former
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Trades Declare War On Nonunion Training
In mid-April, BCTD released a study of apprenticeship at 80 ABC chapters, concluding that ABC runs a "small and ineffectual training program." According to the study, which is based on U.S. Dept. of Labor and state data, only six chapt
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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U.S. Deal Helps Profitable Canadian Firm Add to Bottom Line
Edmonton, Alberta-based Stantec will acquire Keith through a merger into one of its wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries. The deal will strengthen Stantec’s U.S. presence by adding 10 locations in California and expanding operations into 15 state
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Parsons Buys RCI To Boost Markets
Parsons Corp. is looking for expansion, not across the world but just up the coast from its Pasadena, Calif., headquarters. Its April 6 purchase of RCI Construction Group, a Sumner, Wash.-based specialty
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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The 2005 Top 500 Design Firms - Acquisitions Surge in Growing Market
For large design firms, the construction market finally began to break out of recession in 2004 after three tough years. Among executives of many top firms, there is a growing sense of optimism that busine
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Unions-Carpenters Expand Drive For Wall Work to New York
The carpenters’ union is looking to pick up work finishing interior walls in New York state that would be performed by members of a new statewide local chartered March 25 by carpenters’ union gen
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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House Approves Permanent Repeal of Estate Tax, Battle Moves to Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives vote April 13 to permanently repeal the estate tax is a win for President Bush’s economic program. But the battle to end federal taxation of estates is far from over.
Publication Date: 15 April , 2005
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A Utility That Morphed Into Materials Powerhouse
MDU Resources Group aren't the first words that come to mind when you think about construction materials. However, the Bismarck, N.D.-based utility’s deregulated businesses far exceed its retail gas a
Publication Date: 12 April , 2005
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Purchase of Firms Extends Parsons Reach into Northwest
Parsons Corp. has purchased RCI Construction Group, an infrastructure and equipment company based in Washington.
Publication Date: 12 April , 2005
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Blast Probe Focus On Idling Pickup
Eyewitnesses told U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board investigators that they saw vapor near the truck whose engine began to race. "This behavior by a diesel engine indicates the presence of a flammable atmosphere entering t
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Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Contractor's Defamation Claim To Be Tried
A grading contractor that said it was defamed by a radio broadcast falsely linking it to creation of sinkholes has a right to a jury trial, a North Carolina court has ruled. The broadcaster had claimed its
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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For a California Contractor, The Last Battle Is With Surety
A unit of surety St. Paul Travelers has taken over the projects of general contractor Mauldin-Dorfmeier Construction, which last month filed for protection from its creditors in federal court in its home c
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Ohio River Reopens After Corps Repairs McAlpine Cofferdam
After two days of emergency repairs at McAlpine Lock and Dam, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reopened the Ohio River to commercial traffic on April 2. The Corps shut down the river March 31 after a barge
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Oregon Officials Will Test Per-Mile Fuel Charge Concept
Higher gasoline prices and environmentalism are tempting drivers to switch to fuel-efficient cars such as hybrids, worrying policymakers about maintaining fuel tax revenue levels for transportation funding
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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The Push To Know More and Do More Lifts Industry's Learning Curve
No longer just a hodgepodge of technical courses that individual employees take at the local college campus or from the association provider to sustain a professional license, training and development have a new focus. Pushed by clients, new emp
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Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Unhappy Client's Claim Barred By Malpractice Time Limit
A lawsuit charging an architectural firm with breach of contract in failing to include fire protection in its plans and specifications was governed by New York’s three-year non-medical malpractice sta
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Carpenters Looking For Wall Finishing Work in N.Y.
The carpenters' union is looking to pick up work finishing interior walls in New York and the painters' union isn't happy about it.
Publication Date: 05 April , 2005
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American Work Boosts Hochtief Profits
Germany’s largest contractor, Hochtief AG, reports higher profits and sales in 2004 with much of the improvement recorded by its overseas and U.S. operations, the biggest unit of which is Turner Const
Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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CH2M Hill, Washington Group Win $5 Billion in DOE Awards
A joint venture of the two DOE contracting veterans won the coveted $2.9-billion award for major remediation work at Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, as well as a $1.9-billion contract for cleanup along the Columbia River corridor at
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Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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Carpenters Looking For Wall Finishing Work in N.Y.
The carpenters' union is looking to pick up work finishing interior walls in New York and the painters' union isn't happy about it.
Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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New York Times Building Steel Is AMEC's in Pre-Auction Deal
AMEC Construction Management Inc. struck a deal with the bank and liquidation trustee for Interstate Iron Works Corp. to acquire much of the steel needed for the new New York Times Co. headquarters being b
Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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For Fresno Contractor, Two Disputes Spell Doom
A unit of surety St. Paul Travelers has taken over the projects of general contractor Mauldin-Dorfmeier Construction, which last month filed for protection from its creditors in federal court in its home c
Publication Date: 01 April , 2005
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Court Ruling May Force AMEC To Bid for Times Project Steel
Much of the structural steel fabricated for the new New York Times Co. headquarters in Manhattan can be sold at auction, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled March 17. The court order allows the liquida
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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Education and Legislation Are 2005 Priorities for AGC
Education and Legislation Are 2005 Priorities for AGCand legislation–for both transportation and water infrastructure–are topping the agenda for the Associated General Contractors of America.
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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Ellerbe Becket Sues over ‘Raid’ That Led Five Principals To Join HOK
Ellerbe Becket says the defection of five key principals from its Kansas City sports architecture office to rival HOK violated agreements the company had with its staff and with HOK, according to a lawsuit
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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Trade Barriers Stymie Global Demand for Capital Goods
Global trade issues are hindering developing nations, stuck with antiquated construction machinery, from sharing modern technology available elsewhere in the world.
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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As Construction Funds Drop, New Jersey Boosts Scrutiny
New Jersey’s nearly $9-billion-school construction budget for needy districts once seemed more than plentiful. Now, three years into the building program, the agency running it could run out of funds
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Ellerbe Sues After Five Principals Jump to Rival HOK
Ellerbe Becket says the defection of five key principals from its Kansas City sports architecture office to rival HOK violated agreements the company had with its staff and with HOK, according to a lawsuit
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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First Quarterly Cost Report - For Fabricator, Steel Price Spike Helped Turn Out The Lights
At least 8,000 tons of steel sit silently on a trailer and on the ground in a yard in central New Jersey. While some of it is raw and some fabricated, each piece is marked with the number 2402 and was set
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Steel for Times Project Heads for Auction
Much of the structural steel fabricated for the new New York Times Co. headquarters in Manhattan can be sold at auction, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled on March 17.
Publication Date: 18 March , 2005
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AFL-CIO Pushes Carpenters To Rejoin Or Risk Ouster from Building Trades
It’s decision time again for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. The AFL-CIO Executive Council has given the 530,000-member union until the labor federation’s July conven
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Big Fleet Owners Want Suppliers with Service That Stands Talle
Meatballs, deer and insects may sound like lunch gone awry, but they may also bring to mind the logos of some well-known construction equipment suppliers. For years, images of the red-hot Manitowoc meatbal
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Big Fleet Owners Want Suppliers with Service That Stands Talle
Meatballs, deer and insects may sound like lunch gone awry, but they may also bring to mind the logos of some well-known construction equipment suppliers. For years, images of the red-hot Manitowoc meatbal
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Crayons to CAD Hopes to Lure Youngsters to Construction
The middle school student sitting at your kitchen table may become a future highway or bridge designer if sponsors of one program have their way. From Crayons to CAD is an educational program that targets
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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New Transport Bill Advances As State Planning Is Slowed
A new transportation bill is rolling again in Congress. At ENR press time, the House was poised to vote on a $283.9-billion measure to fund highway and transit programs through 2009. As expected, the fundi
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Peering into Global Projects
Researchers at Stanford University have inaugurated a multi-disciplinary institute to analyze the dynamics of planning and implementing collaborative global projects.
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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U.S. Civil Engineers are Harsh In Rating Conditions in Nation
Four years after their last "report card" on the condition of the nation’s most critical infrastructure, U.S. civil engineers say, not surprisingly, that the situation is generally getting w
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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Claims of $18.8 Million KeepMeadow Valley in Courthouses
As Meadow Valley Corp. prepares to test the market for shares of its valuable ready-mix concrete unit, the contracting and materials firm hopes to continue to tap another source of revenue. As of September
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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OVendor’s Rep Found to Be ‘Statutory Employee’ of Contractor
A bridge manufacturer’s employee sent to assist a contractor’s installation of a bridge was a "statutory employee" of the contractor under Colorado’s workers’ compensation law
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Law’s ‘Additional Insureds’ Ban
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that state law bars general contractors from requiring that subcontractors purchase insurance coverage to indemnify the GCs from damages and injuries caused by the GCs&#
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Calif. Interchange Contractor Returns to Work
After walking off a high-profile interchange project in Riverside, Calif., the general contractor returned to work March 3.
Publication Date: 04 March , 2005
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>California Battles Safety Laggards
Employers in California that are struggling to meet looming deadlines for certification have forced state regulators to rethink compliance dates this year for two new safety regulations.
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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ABC Examines Its Roots, Plans Push for Health Care
Renowned labor relations attorney A. Samuel Cook gave the Associated Builders and Contractors an insider’s look at his upcoming new book Freedom in the Workplace, The Untold Story of Merit Shop Constr
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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California Battles Safety Laggards
Employers in California that are struggling to meet looming deadlines for certification have forced state regulators to rethink compliance dates this year for two new safety regulations.
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Census Bureau Project Could Be Costly Job Cited By Skanska
The large government project for which Skanska AB wrote off $47 million in losses in the fourth quarter of 2004 may be the Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Md., which the company won in July, 2003,
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Contractor and Student Lend Skills to New Christo Artwork
The latest production by eccentric artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude–7,500 saffron-colored steel and nylon "gates" in New York City’s Central Park–may be promoted as art, but creat
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Focus on Engineerin ASCE Guidelines
Aiming to reinforce anti-corruption mentality and ethical behavior among individual engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers is creating new standards of business practice for its own members th
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Focus on Engineerin ASCE Guidelines
Aiming to reinforce anti-corruption mentality and ethical behavior among individual engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers is creating new standards of business practice for its own members th
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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North Carolina Takes Big Step Toward Its First Toll Roads
North Carolina’s first foray intotoll-road construction could produce three four-lane highways and a high-rise bridge and skyway in the next decade. The North Carolina Turnpike Authority voted Feb. 16
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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OSHA May Update Warning on Quick Excavator Attachments
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering updating a warning issued in August about the hazards of unexpected release of excavator buckets attached with new quick-coupling devic
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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OSHA May Update Warning on Quick Excavator Attachments
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering updating a warning issued in August about the hazards of unexpected release of excavator buckets attached with new quick-coupling devic
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Failing Grade for Port Security Funding Program
The Dept. of Homeland Security program to provide grants to ports around the country has a variety of flaws and has not measured up to its goal of tightening security, according to a new, critical report f
Publication Date: 23 February , 2005
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>Contract Pact and Cuts Hit DOE Cleanup Budget
Cleaning up contaminated sites and troubled cleanup contracts is costing the U.S. Dept. of Energy more these days. DOE has agreed to pay BNFL Inc. up to $550 million to resolve outstanding contract issues
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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AECOM Buys Offices, Use of Name from Design-Builder Austin
AECOM Technology Corp. has acquired the Schaumberg, Ill., and Houston offices of design-builder The Austin Co. Under the agreement AECOM will operate the offices under the name Austin AECOM and combine the
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Distant Sound Signals Trouble In European Marketplace
That low rumble from equipment manufacturers on the far side of the Atlantic signals a storm brewing over tighter noise regulations for construction equipment. The European standards, first passed in 2002,
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Entry of New York Competitor Signals Building Market Shift
The changing face of New York City construction has opened the door for new players such as Hunter Roberts Construction Co. But construction executives eyeing Big Apple building growth say the market is hy
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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Probe Flushes Out State Sewer Mess
Federal officials in Birmingham, Ala., have charged top county environmental managers and construction company executives with seven counts of bribery and fraud involving the award of $150 million in sewer
Publication Date: 21 February , 2005
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