Army Beefs Up Its Logistics
LSA Bushmaster is a low but sprawling city rising in the desert about 150 miles south of Baghdad. LSA stands for "logistics staging area," and Bushmaster is swiftly becoming just that, the hub of
Publication Date: 07 April , 2003
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HealthSouth's Financial Woes Squeeze Construction Projects
The fate of a $300-million, state-of-the-art hospital under construction in Birmingham, Ala., by HealthSouth Corp. is unclear as the company grapples with federal securities fraud charges.
Publication Date: 07 April , 2003
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War Funds Advance In Congress
As the war in Iraq advanced into its second week, Congress was moving swiftly on more than $75 billion to pay for the conflict, Iraq reconstruction and U.S. domestic security. At press time, contractors we
Publication Date: 07 April , 2003
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Corps Picks 3 Firms for Work Under U.S. Central Commande
Three U.S. firms have been pre-selected to address a broad range of fast-track infrastructure repair work in overseas countries, which could include Iraq, the Corps of Engineers announced on April 4. T
Publication Date: 04 April , 2003
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War Spending Packages Clear House, Senate
The House also approved a floor amendment from Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-Minn.) that would bar U.S. reconstruction aid from going to firms from France, Russia, Germany and Syria. Kennedy said, "While I encourage other
Publication Date: 04 April , 2003
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Border Berms Cleared To Make Way For U.S. Invasion Of Iraq
But when the big day arrived and Col. Gregg Martin, commander of the 130th Engineer Brigade, and Sergeant Major Sergio Riddle raced to the border in a little flock of Humvees to fine tune the operation, I wondered why the colonel took
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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Engineers Place Pipeline That Follows Troops Into Iraq
Engineers are at work over all the battlefield and ground already crossed by advancing forces, breaking down defenses on the one hand and establishing, salvaging and repairing infrastructure and supply rou
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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First Quarterly Cost Report - Asphalt
A prolonged strike shutting down Venezuela's exports of crude oil to the U.S. and uncertainty leading up to the Iraqi war caused a surge in oil prices that immediately impacted the asphalt paving industry
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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First Quarterly Cost Report - Equipment
A labor strike in Venezuela, conflict in the Middle East and a bone-chilling win-ter are all blamed for record-high fuel prices this month. Although costs appear to be subsiding for the first time since th
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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First Quarterly Cost Report - Indexes
Inflation that was contained through the expansion of the last decade may be crushed by the severe downturn in today's commercial markets. "I'm putting 0% escalation into my current estimates," says Larry
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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First Quarterly Cost Report - Labor
The exploding South Florida concrete construction market, with an annual put-in-place value of $350 million, is proving a successful organizing target for the Laborers' International Union of North America
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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First Quarterly Cost Report - Methodology
Inflation measured by ENR's two cost indexes traditionally moves in tandem, separated by perhaps half a percentage point. On occasion, however, the trends shown by the Construction Cost Index (CCI) and the
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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First Quarterly Cost Report - Summary
Ironically, as hostilities became inevitable, energy prices tumbled, as the benchmark price for West Texas Intermediate crude fell from a peak of $37.83 per barrel on March 12 to below $29 in about a week, says Bruce Cavella, oil analyst with th
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Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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Mold Lawsuits Have Industry Feeling Vulnerable as Larger Projects Are Eyed
It is a "mold new world" out there and construction industry firms think that it stinks because of increasing liability for things that they feel they cannot control. But like it or not, they are
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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War Fuels Burst Of Contracting
The start of ground fighting in Iraq over the past week intensified the military's infrastructure and logistical challenges and unleashed award of a number of new support contracts. Activity also included
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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War Fuels Burst Of Contracting
The start of ground fighting in Iraq over the past week intensified the military's infrastructure and logistical challenges and unleashed award of a number of new support contracts. Activity also included
Publication Date: 31 March , 2003
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Corps Prepares to Assess Early Infrastructure Needs in Iraq
The Corps of Engineers has slightly more than 200 of its people overseas planning to do assessments of initial rebuilding needs in Iraq, says Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, the Chief of Engineers.
Publication Date: 27 March , 2003
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Rumsfeld and Ridge Defense $75-Billion Supplemental Request
to Senate Appropriators
Iraqi government resources and not U.S. taxpayer dollars will be the first source of funds to rebuild Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told a Senate panel March 27.
Publication Date: 27 March , 2003
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Bush Seeks $75 Billion For Iraq War, Humanitarian Aid
President Bush has asked Congress for $74.7 billion in supplemental spending to fight the war in Iraq, provide humanitarian relief there and combat terrorism in the U.S.
Publication Date: 25 March , 2003
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Affirmative Action Caught In Tale of Two Cities' Contracting
Since the late 1980s, race- and sex-based contracting preference programs in U.S. cities have faced significant challenges in the courts. Many have failed to pass court scrutiny on constitutional grounds.
Publication Date: 24 March , 2003
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Troops And Equipment: Good To Go
On the early morning of March 18, the night shift at the Tactical Operations Center for the 130th Engineering Brigade at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, gathered around a television to watch President George W. Bus
Publication Date: 24 March , 2003
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Worries Over Shrinking Assets As Ullico Director Resigns
On March 3, Best lowered its rating from B+ (Very Good) to B (Fair). Just days later, on March 7, the rating was dropped to B-. Although ULLICO's capital remains adequate, the company has had losses in its core insurance lines and its reserves h
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Publication Date: 24 March , 2003
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Carpenters' President Resigns From Ullico Board
Carpenters union President Douglas J. McCarron resigned from the Ullico board on March 13 in protest over the board’s lack of action in making management changes recommended in an independent report.
Publication Date: 14 March , 2003
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DOD Seeks Potential Oil Fire Contractors for Post-War Iraq
With a potential war looming, U.S. officials are putting plans in place for expected tasks after a conflict ends. Many observers think that the first post-war order of business will be to put out oil field fires,
Publication Date: 13 March , 2003
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AFL-CIO Council's Flap With Chao Stalls Its Debate Over Ullico
Chao appeared Feb. 26 before a closed session of the 53-member council at its annual winter meeting last month in Hollywood, Fla. She later told reporters that the discussions were "frank and productive," touching on a number of issues
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Calculating Security's Cost
"People feel they have to protect everybody from everything, but no one has that type of budget, so you have to prioritize," says Glen Rasmussen, senior associate focused on security for OWP/P Architects, Chicago.
Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Containing Container Risks And Connecting Modes
Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Cyber-Terrorism Weapons: A Laptop, Phone and Guile
Practically every business, social institution, government agency and family relies on cyber systems for the smallest routines in every phase of daily life. These individual computers and networks are cons
Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Irish Troubles Open Markets In Colombia, United States
Because of their climate or geology different countries have developed their own special skills for engineering building resistance to survive extreme local conditions. Northern Ireland faces few such natu
Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Market Finally Catches Up With This Security Specialist
Nearly a decade later, the niche now is front and center, and the Ph.D. chemist has parlayed good experience and great connections into a more recent role as president and CEO of Versar Inc., a Springfield, Va., engineering firm that has boomed
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Post-9/11 Investigations Reveal Oil, Gas Achilles Heel
The sprawling nature of the energy supply chain reveals both its strength and weakness. Consequently, a single act of sabotage at any one point in this chain is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the system as a whole. That is the upside t
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Progress Is Made Overseas, But Steps Are Slow At Home
The Bush administration got a badly needed boost March 1 with the capture in Pakistan of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Mohammed, who had been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most-wanted list of terrorists for months, reportedly was the master
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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U.S. Agency Seeks Bids for Rebuilding Iraq
The U.S. Agency for International Development says that that it has asked a select group of U.S. engineering firms to bid on a contract that could be worth $900 million to rebuild a postwar Iraq.
Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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U.S. Charges 42 In Crackdown On Mob Influence In N.Y. Unions Rackets
Federal and state law enforcement agencies have charged 42 members of two New York City area operating engineers' unions, and others, in connection with racketeering by organized crime families. The charge
Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Corps Budget Slammed by Senate Appropriators
President Bush's proposed cut in the Corps of Engineers civil works budget for 2004 has been greeted with bipartisan criticism from Senate Appropriations Committee members, a clear signal that the lawmaker
Publication Date: 05 March , 2003
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Empty-Pocketed States Look To Feds
As their states grapple with severe and worsening budget deficits, the nation's governors agreed at their winter meeting in Washington, D.C., to seek billions of dollars in additional federal aid for what
Publication Date: 03 March , 2003
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The Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq
As the country gears up for the likelihood of war against Iraq, U.S. military and civilian officials also are plotting strategy for rebuilding a post-Saddam Hussein war-torn country. Such a strategy will t
Publication Date: 03 March , 2003
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The Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq
As the country gears up for the likelihood of war against Iraq, U.S. military and civilian officials also are plotting strategy for rebuilding a post-Saddam Hussein war-torn country. Such a strategy will t
Publication Date: 03 March , 2003
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Civil Works Nominee Has Smooth Confirmation Hearing
If confirmed, Woodley would become the main Dept. of Defense overseer for the Corps of Engineers. He would have to defend the Bush administration?s proposed budget cut for the civil works program to congressional
Publication Date: 28 February , 2003
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Spending Bill Finally Passes
After weeks of wrangling, the House and Senate have passed a $397.4-billion omnibus spending package that funds all the federal nondefense agencies. The package also adds money to the Pentagon's budget for
Publication Date: 24 February , 2003
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Disciplinary Hearings Draw Crowds
One of the hottest tickets these days is for ringside seats at meetings of the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. By allowing engineers to earn mandatory continuing education credits by visiting or w
Publication Date: 17 February , 2003
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Security Needs Raise New Issues
A new national panel being formed to coordinate consensus standards for homeland security and emergency preparedness launched a Website to spread the word and collect ideas on Feb. 11.
Publication Date: 17 February , 2003
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Toyota Sites New Plant in Texas for Some Unusual Reasons
Toyota Motor Corp. will build its next U.S. manufacturing plant in San Antonio, Texas. Unlike other foreign automakers that chose the South for its nonunion labor, the Japanese company plans to build its $
Publication Date: 17 February , 2003
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Tully Construction Bursts on Scene After 80 Years of Building Hometown
For months, Peter Tully, the scion of one of New York City's most durable but low-profile contracting families, was dogged by a writer stalking participants in the post-9/11 World Trade Center cleanup for
Publication Date: 17 February , 2003
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Conferees Agree on $397-Billion Omnibus Spending Bill
After weeks of wrangling, House and Senate appropriators have reached agreement on a $397.4-billion omnibus spending package that funds all the federal non-defense agencies--and adds money to the Pentagon'
Publication Date: 13 February , 2003
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Budget Is Tough on Construction
As President Bush continues to emphasize defense and domestic security, his latest budget plan would trim many construction programs to help keep the growing deficit from getting even larger.
Publication Date: 10 February , 2003
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Dillingham Files for Bankruptcy
Dogged for years by debt and litigation from troubled projects, Dillingham Construction Holdings Inc. last month filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Oakland, Calif. The filing marks a new p
Publication Date: 10 February , 2003
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Bush FY2004 Budget Plan Holds Down Most Construction Programs
Most federal construction programs would face tough times under President Bush's budget proposal for fiscal year 2004. The $2.2-trillion plan, s
Publication Date: 03 February , 2003
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New York Pursues $1-Billion Vision To Promote High-Tech Development
The promise is alluring: a $1-billion state-sponsored program to develop university-based research centers in cutting-edge, high-tech and biotech disciplines. State funding totaling $283 million over five
Publication Date: 03 February , 2003
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Many Strapped Governors Look to Tap Capital Funds
Few governors across the U.S. had anything good to say about their states' budget situations and financial outlook as they ushered in new legislative seasons this month. For many, the "state of the state"
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in PLA Case
The Supreme Court has refused a request by the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Dept. to hear its appeal of a lower court ruling that affirms a White House order prohibiting project labor agreement
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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U.S. Moves to Settle Lumber Rift
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has floated a proposal to end the long-running softwood lumber dispute with Canada. A "discussion paper" released Jan. 8 by Grant Aldonas, the department's undersecretary for int
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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W. Va. Contractor Who Hit it Big Sets Sights on Bigger Projects
Contractor Andrew "Jack" Whittaker plans to plow more than $30 million from his $170.5-million jackpot Powerball lottery prize into his two construction companies. The money will allow him to bid larger jo
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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Senate Clears $390-Billion Spending Package
In big step toward unsnarling long-delayed spending bills for fiscal 2003, the Senate has approved a $390-billion package funding all the non-defense federal programs, including many large construction acc
Publication Date: 24 January , 2003
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Ridge Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
The Senate has confirmed Tom Ridge as secretary of the new Homeland Security Dept. The vote on Jan. 22 was 94-0. Ridge now faces the immense task of melding 170,000 workers from 22 federal agencies or part
Publication Date: 22 January , 2003
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Giant Statue Topples in India Just Days Before Completion
Less than a week before its unveiling, a 108-ft-tall concrete statue of the Hindu god Krishna being built in a northern Indian village toppled on its back. One laborer finishing the statue died in the Jan.
Publication Date: 20 January , 2003
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House Appropriations Sets Up Homeland Security Subcommittee
Recognizing the size of the recently launched Dept. of Homeland Security, the House Appropriations Committee has established a subcommittee to oversee the new department's funding. Under the reorganization
Publication Date: 20 January , 2003
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Ridge Nears Confirmation As Homeland Security Secretary
Tom Ridge, President Bush's nominee to head the new Dept. of Homeland Security, moved swiftly towards Senate confirmation as the Governmental Affairs Committee cleared his nomination on Jan. 17, the day of
Publication Date: 17 January , 2003
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Hugh Shiring Jr. Lived and Died Doing the Tough Work He Loved
Some people leave a big hole in the world when they depart. Those who knew Hubert C. Shiring Jr., 60, still are measuring the void created by the contractor supervisor's death last October in a jobsite acc
Publication Date: 13 January , 2003
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Stimulus May Not Stir Industry
The battle to stimulate the economy has begun, with both Republicans and Democrats claiming they have the better plan. Each party has tilted its proposal toward individuals, and neither includes much relie
Publication Date: 13 January , 2003
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