Tell Students: Construction Is Where Green Is Growing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 16 May , 2007
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Digital Data Sharing Needs Contracts That Build Trust - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 09 May , 2007
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China's Equipment Growth Could Yield Global Fruit - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 02 May , 2007
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Serious Mental Illness Can Be as Deadly as a Fall - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Some Work-Force Solutions Are Obvious and Ignored - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 18 April , 2007
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Improving Work-Zone Safety Is Everyone's Job - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 11 April , 2007
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New Risk-Mitigation Tools Can Change the World - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 02 April , 2007
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Squeezing the CM Is Penny Wise and Pound Foolish - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 26 March , 2007
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Cooperative Retaliation Is the Answer to a Crime Wave - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 19 March , 2007
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Take Action To Avoid Failures - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 12 March , 2007
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Progressive Project Delivery Is More Than Just Making Money - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 05 March , 2007
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Juggling Diverse Data Requires Flexible Intellect - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 26 February , 2007
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International Invasion May Bring A New Labor Matrix - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 19 February , 2007
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Those Working for the World Will Need Help From Business - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 12 February , 2007
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An 811 'Call-Before-You-Dig' Ring Can Save a 911 Call - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 05 February , 2007
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A Little Company Conservatism Is Not a Bad Thing - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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Washington's Sustainability Law Puts It In the Big Leagues - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 22 January , 2007
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Low-Cost Bias for Roads Should Not Freeze Out Deicing - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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People in Construction Like an Office With a Great View - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Americans Working Abroad Should Not Be Taxed as Pirates - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
It's the opportunity of a lifetime. You've been offered the chance to manage a huge project overseas. You will be the one in charge and successful completion of the job will make your reputation. And the c
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Speed Dating Sets the Tone for Effective Interviews - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
There are many new ways of linking the millions of people looking for jobs and meaningful careers and the thousands of companies in construction that want to hire them. Changes in technology are helping tr
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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Standard Voice Signals Can Put Cranes In Closer Contact - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Construction cranes are dangerous machines, but the people supervising, operating, erecting, dismantling and signaling them can be just as treacherous. The accident record proves it. Just about every week
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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Who Will Pay for Project Delivery - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Construction Users Roundtable counts among its membership many of the biggest consumers of construction services in the U.S. These owners have fostered some of the biggest changes in the construction m
Publication Date: 27 November , 2006
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Homebuilding Downturn Is Part of A Scripted Scene - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Next year is shaping up to be a pretty good one for the construction industry but that coming attraction does not mean all firms are going to get tickets. Some companies that work in only limited markets w
Publication Date: 20 November , 2006
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The Industry Needs To Adapt to a Flattening World - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Christopher Columbus and many of the early explorers of the New World had it all wrong: The world actually is flat, and it is becoming flatter as new information technology, project delivery systems and g
Publication Date: 13 November , 2006
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Cost Cutting Has a Place But Not in Catastrophic Risk - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Some companies and executives take great pride in being tough-minded cost cutters who can cut a dollar out of a dime. That kind of attitude occasionally has its place, but it never, ever, should be applied
Publication Date: 06 November , 2006
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Journeyman Degree Programs Have Success in Sight - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Sooner or later there is going to be a new understanding in the U.S. about what higher education must become and what a meaningful, well-paying career can be. For some people in the construction industry a
Publication Date: 30 October , 2006
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Wanton Disregard of Safety Rules Should Be a Felony - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The slaughter in the workplace rivals many battlefields, and a new mission is being organized to counterattack with stiffer penalties for those who commit willful safety violations. The Massachusetts legis
Publication Date: 23 October , 2006
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Kill Public Contractor Withholding Before It Kills You - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
On May 17, President Bush signed the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (P.L. No. 109-222). Buried near the end of the omnibus bill was a time bomb: Section 511. Effective Jan. 1, 2011,
Publication Date: 16 October , 2006
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New Materials May Have End Users - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Long before McDonald's launched into the fast food industry, another burger chain was serving up some home-grown innovation. As loyal White Castle fans know, it patented the five-hole "Slyder," which chann
Publication Date: 09 October , 2006
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People Deserve To Know How Safe Is - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A condominium developer in California brags about a 30-in.-thick concrete core with double-helix-style stairwells that "enhance" safety. At about the same time, structural engineers testify at an Internati
Publication Date: 02 October , 2006
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Government Inflation Statistics Don’t Reflect Reality - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Americans are being hoodwinked by government inflation statistics that are designed to keep the official rate low and similarly put a blanket on indexing of government payments, such as increases in Social
Publication Date: 25 September, 2006
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Tentative Green Light for Nukes Is No Free Ride - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The development and construction of the world's first nuclear powerplants starting in the mid- 1950s was thought to be the threshold of an age where the generation of electricity would be "too cheap to met
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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Help Is Needed for the New Ground Zero Victims - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The fires are out, the wreckage is cleared and rebuilding is under way, but the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack on New York City's World Trade Center continues to claim victims. They are the police officers,
Publication Date: 11 September, 2006
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Gulf Coast Construction Is Slowed by a Housing Nightmare - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, progress is being made in the massive reconstruction effort. On critical infrastructure and economic projects, the pace seems to be limited only by
Publication Date: 04 September, 2006
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Public-Private Partnerships Can Be a Powerful Resource - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With traditional sources of transportation funding proving inadequate to stem growing congestion, the U.S. is starting to welcome the growing interest of foreign investors in infrastructure. They and other
Publication Date: 28 August , 2006
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We Need New Landmarks to Offset 'Blah-chitecture'- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
There is nothing more joyous and interesting than cultural and architectural diversity in a nation-the spreading of rich delicacies on a full table for all to enjoy. But the sad fact is that, in the U.S. in particular, there is a need for dramat
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Publication Date: 14 August , 2006
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Employers May Attract Workers With - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Construction workers are trained to expect heat, cold, physical obstacles and dirt-and such conditions can't always be avoided. But recent efforts to improve jobsite conditions and the "quality of lif
Publication Date: 07 August , 2006
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The Corps of Engineers Is on Course for - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
War, reconstruction, an epic natural disaster and storms of professional and political criticism have challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the extreme over the past few years. It has been a time
Publication Date: 31 July , 2006
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Boston Accident Shows the Need To Speak Up on Safety - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Boston Accident Shows the Need To Speak Up on Safety
Publication Date: 24 July , 2006
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Growing Work Force Crisis Requires An All-Out Blitz- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Growing Work Force Crisis Requires An All-Out Blitz
Publication Date: 17 July , 2006
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Bigger Crystal Ball Needed for the Future of Engineers - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Bigger Crystal Ball Needed for the Future of Engineers
Publication Date: 10 July , 2006
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Today's Equipment Has Too Many Shades of Gray - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
If some industry suppliers had their way, a 70-ton excavator sold in China would be no different than a 70-ton excavator sold in the U.S., Germany or Brazil. But that's not the way it works in today's wor
Publication Date: 03 July , 2006
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Good Faith Should Be a Defense Against a Web of Lies - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
It has taken years to gain traction but the widening U.S. crackdown on employment of illegal aliens at sensitive infrastructure sites finally is off and running. And so is another push by the Immigration a
Publication Date: 26 June , 2006
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Construction Industry Success Depends On Prompt Pay - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
If there is any issue dear to the heart of the construction industry, it is prompt pay. It doesn't take a doctorate in economics to understand that companies expect to be paid promptly for the work they p
Publication Date: 19 June , 2006
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The Reshaping of New Orleans Is a National Problem - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Let’s face it, New Orleans was a dying city before Hurricane Katrina devastated it last year, and the death now is almost complete. Instead of spending many billions of taxpayer dollars to restore th
Publication Date: 12 June , 2006
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Without New Thinking, the U.S. Will Drive on Dirt Roads - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With relatively little fanfare, one of the most important panels in Washington, D.C., has begun work. No, it is not a top secret commission looking into federal eavesdropping on American telephone calls or
Publication Date: 05 June , 2006
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Eminent Domain Attack Can Weaken - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Eminent Domain Attack Can Weaken The Blight Battle
Publication Date: 29 May , 2006
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Beware of the Dangers When You Grab for the Gusto - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Thirty years ago, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. had grown into the No. 2 brewery in the country. “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous” came out with a new advertising campaign: “Grab for all
Publication Date: 22 May , 2006
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Massachusetts Has Fired the First Shot In the War on Waste - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
One person’s trash is another’s treasure and the relationship is a core underpinning of recycling. There has to be some value to the material being recycled and the value is determined by the m
Publication Date: 15 May , 2006
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Staff Turnover Caused by Poor Policies Can Strangle Firms- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
There are some construction industry companies that have no labor shortages, little if any turnover and still have the kind of skilled employees that they need to accomplish their business mission as well
Publication Date: 08 May , 2006
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Big Oil May Be a Big Loser Because of Piggish Excess- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
If the construction industry and its many customers thought that they were going to catch a break from escalating inflation, they are sadly mistaken. Some of the wildly oscillating materials like lumber an
Publication Date: 01 May , 2006
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Skimping on Rebuilding Standards Is Another Disaster - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The centennial observance of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and the rebuilding of New Orleans have some eerie similarities: There was total destruction in large parts of both cities from a natural disa
Publication Date: 24 April , 2006
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Immigration Reform Starts and Finishes With Rule of Law- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
American is a nation of immigrants and yet it seems incapable of crafting rational legislation and policy on how to manage the nation’s borders and still allow a reasonable flow of people into the na
Publication Date: 17 April , 2006
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Moving Dirt has Become a Science, Not a Crap Shoot - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Contrary to the world of cars, clothing and appliances, where consumers don’t jump into product design, the world of construction equipment readily embraces user feedback. Many of today’s lifti
Publication Date: 10 April , 2006
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An Open Mind Can Give Projects A Progressive Edge - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With over $1 trillion of construction put in place in the U.S. last year and over $4 trillion worldwide, one would think that project delivery techniques would keep pace with technology, education and cons
Publication Date: 03 April , 2006
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Iraq Reconstruction Team Battles Disappointment - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
When you go in with great expectations and meager plans, then lowball the estimate, understate the difficulties and overpromise the results, disappointment is about all that can reasonably be expected. Tha
Publication Date: 27 March , 2006
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Construction Needs More Data To Help Measure Up - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
It’s the information age. Just click, and the vast expanse of the Internet is at your fingertips. But the irony of this new world order, from the narrow perspective of construction economics, is that
Publication Date: 20 March , 2006
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New Materials and a Strong Will Can Stop Do-Over Jobs - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The construction industry and its materials suppliers have a long way to go in bringing the latest best thinking and products into the marketplace. Owners in many instances call the shots on what materials
Publication Date: 13 March , 2006
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The End of the Paper Trail Is Coming Into Sight - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
One of the long-standing goals of electronic communications is finally putting an end to the paper trail in almost all transactions. Once considered unimaginably distant, the goal now is within sight. It i
Publication Date: 06 March , 2006
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