These Days, Executive Recruiters Are More Than Boardroom Brokers
No group in engineering and construction is probably more misunderstood, mistrusted and misused than executive recruiters. At best, they’re tolerated middlemen who deliver warm bodies for a fee. At wo
Publication Date: 22 December , 2003
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Will China Upset the Global Market?
While manufacturers join a continually growing pool of foreign competitors in China’s $8.4-billion equipment marketplace, sales in the rest of the world are getting stronger after a three-year buying
Publication Date: 22 December , 2003
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$328-Billion Spending Package Sidetracked in Senate
White House hopes of rapid approval for a big, catch-all spending measure have been blocked in the Senate, a move that will delay until late January increases in federal highway aid and other construction
Publication Date: 15 December , 2003
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San Diego Rights Its Ship Under Navy’s Lou Smith
Midway through a $1.51-billion school construction program funded by a ballot measure called Proposition MM, San Diego school officials are quietly preparing for the next bond measure, due for a vote in 20
Publication Date: 15 December , 2003
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Bear Patrol Guards Workers Closing Arctic Mine
SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors, Toronto, is the general contractor for a two-year, $24-million, lump-sum management-fee decommissioning of the Teck Cominco zinc-lead mine. The mine is 100 kilometers northwest of Resolute in Nunavut Terri
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Publication Date: 08 December , 2003
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Bids Fly for Bankrupt J.A. Jones Unit, Lockwood Greene
Two companies have begun the bidding for Lockwood Greene, the Spartanburg, S.C., engineering firm owned by J.A. Jones Inc., which filed for bankruptcy in September. Company officials expect more offers by
Publication Date: 08 December , 2003
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No Quick Approval Seen for $328-Billion Omnibus Spending Bill
When Congress returns Dec. 8 from its Thanksgiving break, the main item on the table will be a $328-billion appropriations package that funds many federal agencies for fiscal year 2004. But any hopes that
Publication Date: 05 December , 2003
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Bush Cancels Tariffs on Imported Steel; EU to Drop Retaliatory Duties
As threatened sanctions from overseas loomed, President Bush has ended a 21-month-old set of tariffs on steel imports, a move that cheered companies that use steel, but disappointed domestic steelmakers an
Publication Date: 04 December , 2003
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Bitter Experiences Drive Israeli Design Practices
There are few countries that can match the experience Israel has in designing protective structures. Military threats to population centers along the borders forced Israelis into the field decades ago. As
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Designers Scramble To Meet Myriad Needs of Utilities
The ominous discovery of U.S. water system plans at an Al Qaeda hideout in Afghanistan two years ago brought home stark new realities facing water agencies. Utility officials and consultants say that the u
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Federal Team Testing Latest Security Devices for Trucks
As security concerns rise over the 800,000 daily shipments of hazardous materials over U.S. highways, the once-hard line between electronics and heavy iron is fading fast.
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Homeland Security Market Has Proven Spotty So Far
Construction firms hoping for a quick bonanza of homeland security work have found a disappointingly spotty market. They’ve seen pockets of new business from agencies such as the Dept. of Defense, but
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR - System Automates Motion Detection
The Virginia Dept. of Transportation stopped construction for five days on a $650-million interchange project in Springfield after two construction workers died there in two weeks. A third worker died on the job last October.
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Nationwide Chemical Sites Are Targets of Opportunity
An investigative reporter and cameraman walk unimpeded into dozens of chemical sites, easily reaching storage tanks brimming with toxic chemicals.
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Rescue Team Training Center Rises in Northern Virginia
Urban Search and Rescue Teams usually train in artificial situations. But thanks to construction industry volunteers, the Fairfax County, Va., Urban Search and Rescue Task Force will soon have a changeable
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Securing Past and Protecting The Future Is Landmark Task
Maintaining the unique character of historic structures often is a challenging and costly hurdle to overcome during security retrofits. Older buildings, whether classical or post-modern, were not designed
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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St. Paul-Travelers Merger Thins Underwriter Ranks
The planned merger of two key construction insurers, The St. Paul Cos. and Travelers Property Casualty Corp., raises compelling issues about which company’s underwriting style and culture will prevail
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Conferees Agree on $87.5-Billion Iraq Spending Bill, With $13 Billion for Infrastructure
House and Senate appropriators gave President Bush most of what he asked for and agreed on an $87.5-billion package, mostly for U.S. military operations in Iraq and rebuilding that country's infrastructure
Publication Date: 30 November , 2003
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Nash: DOD to Speed Bidding of Iraq Reconstruction Contracts
With Congress on the verge of approving an $87-billion emergency supplemental spending bill for military operations and reconstruction in Iraq, a new Defense Dept. unit to oversee construction contracts th
Publication Date: 30 November , 2003
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EPA Water Office Chief Resigns
G. Tracy Mehan, the Environmental Protection Agency’s top water official, said Nov. 21 that he would resign effective Dec. 29. The announcement surprised environmental groups and EPA staffers.
Publication Date: 24 November , 2003
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New Guidelines May Take Some Pain Out of Reverse Auctions
Some contractors have been cursing Internet-based reverse auction bidding as a tool of the devil designed to help owners drive down contract margins. But owners who increasingly are using the device to sav
Publication Date: 24 November , 2003
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XL America Buys DPIC Renewals As Professional Liability Insurer Exits
In the wake of deteriorating finances at well-known professional liability insurer DPIC Cos. and its parent company, XL America Inc. has acquired the policy renewal rights for 11,000 architects, engineers
Publication Date: 24 November , 2003
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Construction Markets Are In Transition As Growth Remains Slow
After a year of gloomy construction market statistics, economists are cautiously closing their umbrellas in anticipation of a fairly sunny 2004. While industry prognosticators see only very moderate overal
Publication Date: 17 November , 2003
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Fluor Corp. Exec Ron Oakley Set to Join Bovis as New CEO
Publication Date: 17 November , 2003
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Unions Ask for Slowdown of Las Vegas Home Sprawl
Las Vegas has some long-shots, but the odds seem high that the building trades would ever ask to curb the area’s high-speed growth. And yet a union consortium under the moniker "Raising the Stand
Publication Date: 17 November , 2003
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Contractor Files for Chapter 11 On Tampa Desalination Project
Covanta Tampa Construction Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 29. The filing, in U.S. District Court in New York City, temporarily prevents Tampa Bay Water from terminating the contract for a 25-
Publication Date: 10 November , 2003
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Home Depot’s Building Program Seeks Big Urban Opportunities
In typical tongue-in-cheek style, Home Depot likes to brag that it sells about 100 million gallons of paint each year–enough to cover the surface of Manhattan Island "with one good coat and still
Publication Date: 10 November , 2003
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The Top Owners: Looking for Value
Construction spending is down among the top corporate owners in the U.S. as most admit that it is becoming more difficult to justify capital investment in the wake of a recession. Increasingly, owners are
Publication Date: 10 November , 2003
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House Approves 13% Cut in Military Construction
The House has approved the final version of a measure that cuts the Dept. of Defense's fiscal 2004 construction budget by 13%, to $9.3 billion. The House passed the military construction appropriations con
Publication Date: 07 November , 2003
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Congress Approves 3% Hike for Park Service Construction
The National Park Service's construction budget would gain a modest increase in fiscal 2004 under a spending bill that has received final congressional approval. The Interior Dept. appropriations measure,
Publication Date: 05 November , 2003
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Construction Will Continue Along Slow Growth Path
A strong housing market will almost single-handedly keep construction growth going until the nonresidential building markets rebound next year, according to an industry forecast by McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 03 November , 2003
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Danger Lurks Behind Some Friendly Looking Contracts
Rampant risk-shifting by owners is becoming more challenging for some contractors than finishing work in a timely and cost-effective way, according to experts at the seventh annual Construction Financial M
Publication Date: 03 November , 2003
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Structural Engineers Expected To OK Certification Program
Though the letter ballots aren’t due until early December, the 37 members of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations are expected to vote for the creation of the first certification
Publication Date: 03 November , 2003
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Investors Air Concerns About Security and Business Stability in Iraq
London–The suicide bombing of the International Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad on Oct. 27 and subsequent attacks, have intensified concerns among potential investors about the security situation in
Publication Date: 30 October , 2003
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Corps to Seek Bids on Up to $5 Billion in Non-Oil, Overseas Contracts
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to seek bids for as many as 10 new contracts totaling as much as $5 billion in the initial year alone for work in Iraq and other U.S. Central Command areas.
Publication Date: 27 October , 2003
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Rear Admiral Loose to Take Command at NAVFAC
Rear Adm. Michael K. Loose, the number-two officer at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, is scheduled to assume command of NAVFAC on Oct. 24.
Publication Date: 23 October , 2003
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Hurdle Remains for FY04 DOD Construction Spending Bill
A final deal on a military construction spending bill for fiscal year 2004 may have to wait at least a little while. House and Senate conferees met on Oct. 22 to reconcile differences between their version
Publication Date: 22 October , 2003
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DBIA Looks for New President And Fair Project Delivery Laws
Continuity and collaboration are two major issues at the Design Build Institute of America, but one year into a three-year strategic plan, the organization is looking for a new president.
Publication Date: 20 October , 2003
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House and Senate Pass Iraq Reconstruction Aid Package
Differences in the two bills must now be reconciled before the final measure is sent to President Bush for his signature. Those negotiations are expected to begin shortly.
Publication Date: 20 October , 2003
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Plans Laid for Next Phase As Iraq Rebuild Continues
Despite the rising tide of insurgent violence in Iraq in October, Bush administration claims and field reports show solid progress is being made in reconstruction.
Publication Date: 20 October , 2003
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Poor Health May Save Union Leader From Jail Time
Former ironworkers’ union President Jake West Oct. 8 was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison and fined $125,000 for embezzling union pension money. West pleaded guilty last year to usi
Publication Date: 20 October , 2003
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Tough Times Are Here Again
The downturn in the private nonresidential building market that started in 2001 hit the construction industry h
Publication Date: 20 October , 2003
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Corps Backs New 'Relief Valve' for North Dakota Lake
The Corps of Engineers has formally recommended building a $186.7-million outlet for North Dakota's Devils Lake to combat flood damage and the threat that the land-locked lake will overflow. The Chief of E
Publication Date: 16 October , 2003
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Blackout Buzz Attracts Tire Kickers to Utility Exposition
Power transmission contractors and utility companies are showing a renewed interest in machinery designed to install and maintain overhead electrical lines, but a lingering uncertainty over infrastructure
Publication Date: 13 October , 2003
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Labor-Owned Firm Investment May Ease Financial Woes
ULLICO Inc., a labor-owned insurance and investment firm, raised $50 million in a recent private offering that will give it a needed financial boost. Edward Grebow, ULLICO’s acting president, says th
Publication Date: 13 October , 2003
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Picking Up the Pieces In the J.A. Jones Saga
What J.A. Jones Inc. could not accomplish in life, it seems to be doing now in bankruptcy court. After several years of struggling to shore up finances and find buyers for its group of varied construction
Publication Date: 13 October , 2003
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House Panel Approves $86.9 Billion for Iraq
The House Appropriations Committee has approved an $86.9-billion emergency spending bill to continue funding U.S. military operations and rebuilding in Iraq. The bill, which the panel cleared on Oct. 9 by
Publication Date: 10 October , 2003
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McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR - Corps of Engineers Reorganizing, Seeking to be "a Team of Teams"
The chief of the Corps of Engineers has set in motion a massive overhaul of the 35,000-person organization that aims to make it more efficient and less divided into hierarchical "stovepipes." With the plan
Publication Date: 09 October , 2003
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House Panel's Chairman Trims Bush Request for Rebuilding Iraq
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has recommended cutting back the non-military portion of President Bush's $87-billion supplemental spending request for U.S. efforts in Iraq by $1.7 billi
Publication Date: 07 October , 2003
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'Good ol' boys' start to talk the talk in Support of Women
A man gives a female engineer a helium balloon in honor of Secretary’s Day. A supervising journeyman pushes a female apprentice plumber down the stairs. Insult and injury. The experience of women who
Publication Date: 06 October , 2003
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Engineers in California Recall Stake Claim to Be Governor
For the first time in his life, Oakland, Calif., engineer Bob McClain will cast a ballot for himself on Oct. 7 to be the state’s next governor. "It’s a once in a lifetime experience to run f
Publication Date: 06 October , 2003
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J.A. Jones Files Chapter 11 After Long Effort To Find a Buyer
After "months of negotiation," financially beleaguered contractor J.A. Jones Inc., Charlotte, N.C., announced Sept. 26 that it has filed for U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection in that city. The Cha
Publication Date: 06 October , 2003
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Labor Dept. Finalizes Changes to Union Financial Disclosure Reports
The Bush administration will require large unions, including several of the building trades, to disclose more fully their annual receipts and expenditures. The Dept. of Labor, which issued the rule Oct. 3,
Publication Date: 03 October , 2003
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One-Month Spending Bill Enacted, Covers Most Agencies
President Bush has signed into law a bill that keeps federal agencies operating through October, generally at their current funding levels. The continuing resolution was signed on Sept. 30, the last day of
Publication Date: 30 September, 2003
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Bechtel's $680-Million Contract Is Now Tapped Out
Cliff Mumm foresees an Iraq blooming like a desert flower as its electricity-generation capacity grows, powering expansion in the oil industry and providing the means to secure clean water for its energeti
Publication Date: 29 September, 2003
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Bush Seeks to Bolster Rebuilding in Iraq
If Congress goes along with President Bush’s proposal, the scope–and the cost–of rebuilding post-war Iraq will take a quantum leap. Recognizing the increased magnitude of the task, the White
Publication Date: 29 September, 2003
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Third Quarterly Cost Report: Equipment
Over the past few years, Bill Dunn Jr. has been pushing Kansas City, Mo.-based J.E. Dunn Construction to tighten up asset-management controls for its $50-million fleet of construction equipment. As with mo
Publication Date: 29 September, 2003
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Third Quarterly Cost Report: Materials
Contractors and homeowners searching for plywood to protect windows and buildings in the path of Isabel last week were hit by sky-high prices, as the hurricane became the last in a sequence of converging
Publication Date: 29 September, 2003
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Third Quarterly Cost Report: Summery
At the end of this quarter, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it was going to stand pat on its policy of keeping the economy afloat through cheap money. Believing inflation is firmly under control,
Publication Date: 29 September, 2003
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Third Quarterly Cost Report:Indexes
Building costs are running about 2.5% higher than a year ago, according to eight construction cost indexes measuring the direct input costs for la-bor and materials. However, contractors on bid day are ea
Publication Date: 29 September, 2003
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