Federal Contractors Must Have Ethics Program Under Rule - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Contractors and subcontractors with federal contracts over $5 million must now have a written code of business ethics as a result of new federal requirements that went into effect Dec. 24, 2007.
Publication Date: 03 January , 2008
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Manhattan Pipe-Burst Report Spurs Changes - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Resin used to seal pipe flanges against leaks in the nation’s largest district steam system, Manhattan’s 105-mile-long network, instead is a culprit in a pipe explosion last July that killed on
Publication Date: 03 January , 2008
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Manhattan Pipe-Burst Report Spurs Changes - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Resin used to seal pipe flanges against leaks in the nation’s largest district steam system, Manhattan’s 105-mile-long network, instead is a culprit in a pipe explosion last July that killed on
Publication Date: 03 January , 2008
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Construction Gains In Yearend Scramble - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In its December rush to wrap up work for 2007, Congress cleared important construction bills, including a massive spending package, green-leaning energy measure and long extension of the federal terrorism
Publication Date: 27 December , 2007
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Bush Signs Budget, Terrorism Insurance Bills, AMT "Fix" - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush has signed into law three major construction-related bills: a $555-billion fiscal 2008 spending package; a seven-year extension of the federal terrorism insurance program; and a measure prev
Publication Date: 26 December , 2007
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House Approves AMT Patch - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 approved an alternative minimum tax (AMT) one-year "patch" bill without any offsets, ending what had been a stalemate between Senate Republicans and House Democrat
Publication Date: 20 December , 2007
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Iraq Rebuilding Monitor Targeted - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Iraq reconstruction oversight is taking some new twists and turns, as the office of the government’s independent inspector general now faces scrutiny of its own operation. But even as federal prosecu
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Terrorism Insurance Extension Clears Congress - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The House agreed to a Senate bill that would extend the federal terrorism insurance program for seven years, backing away from an earlier measure that would have widened the program. The vote on Dec. 18 wa
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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House OKs Terror Insurance Extension, Veto Promised- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With a deadline looming, the House has passed a bill to continue the federal terrorism insurance program for seven years, a change from the 15-year extension it approved in September. The version that the
Publication Date: 13 December , 2007
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Skanska’s Graham To Resign as CEO - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 December , 2007
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NYC DOT Officials Nabbed for Bribes - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Nov. 27 arrest of two New York City Dept. of Transportation officials, one a top executive, on bribery charges came as a shock to some metro area construction participants. But others say it may stem f
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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PB-Led Design-CM Team Wins Tough St. Louis Rail Dispute - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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State Budgets Are Feeling Pressure - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
States' spending and revenue will continue to rise this year, but problems in the housing market and other economic pressures will slow that rate of growth from last year's levels, says a new survey from t
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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St. Louis Jury Vindicates Engineers In Light Rail Design Cost Dispute - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A St. Louis County court jury ruled Nov. 30 against the local transit agency trying to collect an estimated $81 million in damages for cost overruns and delays from the team designing and managing construc
Publication Date: 30 November , 2007
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Cerberus, United Rentals in Court Clash Over Merger Terms - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Before the corporate marriage of Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and United Rentals Inc. could even be completed, the two firms were already headed to divorce court, with both sides billio
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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Kiewit Seeks To Terminate Public Financial Disclosure - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The managers and directors of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. want to end public disclosure of the company’s financial data, saying the process costs too much and that disclosure puts competitors at an
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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Sheet-Metal and Rail Workers Join Forces as AFL-CIO Union - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The link will boost the fortunes of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) and the United Transportation Union (UTU). “The merger makes sense for them because there is a lot of sheet-metal work in the rail industr
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Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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Subprime Meltdown Has Yet To Scorch Infrastructure Funds - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
While the subprime lending crisis continues to roil the banking world and Wall Street, project finance seems to be fending off the negative impacts for now. But financial experts say both public and privat
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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New York State Cracks Down On Operators That Failed Exam - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 21 November , 2007
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O'Neill Sheds CEO Role At Parsons Brinckerhoff - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
New York City-based engineering giant Parsons Brinckerhoff announced Nov. 20 that Chairman and CEO Thomas J. O'Neill is giving up the chief executive role, and being replaced in that capacity by Keith J. H
Publication Date: 21 November , 2007
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Spanish Giant Set To Expand in U.S. - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Dragados USA is a unit of Madrid-based Grupo Dragados S.A., which became Spain’s second-largest engineering-construction firm before it was acquired by Grupo ACS in 2003. That firm ranks 17th on ENR’s list of The Top 225 Internationa
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Publication Date: 21 November , 2007
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Kiewhere? Contractor Seeks Vote To 'Go Private' With Financial Data - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The managers and directors of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. want to conceal the company's financial data from the public, saying it costs too much to prepare for disclosure and hurts the company's ability to comp
Publication Date: 20 November , 2007
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U.S. Contractor Spending Slows- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Contractors are freezing capital equipment spending amid a stagnating housing market, credit crunch and uncertainty over where the economy is headed, according to a report analysts released on Nov. 16.
Publication Date: 16 November , 2007
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Senate Passes Seven-Year Terrorism Insurance Extension - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate has approved a bill that would extend the soon-to-expire federal terrorism insurance program for seven years. The measure, passed Nov. 16 on a voice vote, next must be reconciled with a 15-year
Publication Date: 16 November , 2007
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Spain's Dragados Eyes Bigger Bite of Big Apple - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Dragados USA Inc., the American unit of what is now a giant Spanish infrastructure building and operating conglomerate, seeks to expand its foothold in New York City, with the likely acquisition of Schiavo
Publication Date: 15 November , 2007
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Bond Issues Pass As Markets Shift - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Despite signs of changing economics, most American voters still opted to improve infrastructure and expand schools and health facilities in their hometowns. Nearly 85% of ballot issues, representing
Publication Date: 14 November , 2007
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New Coney Island Coaster: Bloomberg's Master Renewal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A major player has pulled ahead in the race to redevelop Coney Island as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a sweeping plan to revamp the storied but crumbling beachfront attraction.
Publication Date: 14 November , 2007
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Most Spending Measures Pass; Some Defeats Force Regrouping - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Even with worrisome economic signs ahead prompted by housing and sub-prime lending woes, most Americans opted on Nov. 6 to improve infrastructure and expand schools and health facilities in their hometowns
Publication Date: 09 November , 2007
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Water Projects Bill Enacted After Senate Overrides Bush Veto - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate voted to override President Bush's veto of a bill authorizing $23 billion for Army Corps of Engineers water projects across the country. The vote on Nov. 7 was 79-14, well above the two-thirds m
Publication Date: 08 November , 2007
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Caterpillar Has Plans To Build More Ride-and-Drive Centers - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Laser lights coolly descend on a chorus line of yellow hydraulic excavators standing quietly against a sunset. Silence breaks into a Van Halen song, fireworks explode overhead and the machines spring to li
Publication Date: 07 November , 2007
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Engineers Without Borders And ASCE Establish Affiliation - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Engineers Without Borders will shed some administrative burdens under a new affiliation agreement with the American Society of Civil Engineers. The arrangement will free EWB to focus on its service mission
Publication Date: 07 November , 2007
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House Passes Bill To Clean Up Mines - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The House approved legislation on Nov. 1 that would require hardrock miners to pay royalties on income generated from the minerals they collect. Part of that money would go toward a special fund to finance
Publication Date: 07 November , 2007
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House Votes to Override Veto of $23-Billion Water Measure - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A $23-billion water-projects bill moved closer to enactment as the House voted to override President Bush’s veto of the measure. The House’s 361-54 vote Nov. 6 far exceeded the two-thirds major
Publication Date: 07 November , 2007
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Industry CEOs Explore Renewable Energy Future - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Construction Industry Round Table decided to probe the future. Members heard the vision of economist Jeremy Rifkin, who sees the construction industry as an active pa
Publication Date: 07 November , 2007
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Jacobs’ Purchases Not All Done Deals - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced its long-speculated acquisition of Fort Worth-based transportation design firm Carter & Burgess. The finished deal, announced Nov. 2, comes as the Pasadena,
Publication Date: 07 November , 2007
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Bush Vetoes WRDA Bill, Pols Predict Override - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush vetoed legislation Nov. 2 that would authorize $23 billion for more than 900 Army Corps of Engineers water projects across the country, but congressional leaders, including a key Republican,
Publication Date: 02 November , 2007
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GAO Ruling Puts Brakes On Army's $150-B LOGCAP Award- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The next iteration of the U.S. Army’s huge, lucrative and controversial outsourcing contract for global military construction and logistics support is on hold as public and private parties battle ove
Publication Date: 01 November , 2007
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AIA Forms Running Far Ahead of Rivals - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 31 October , 2007
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Jacobs Moves On Carter & Burgess - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The path has been cleared for a long-suspected purchase of transportation engineer Carter & Burgess by the acquisitive Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. A majority of Fort Worth-based C&B shareholders
Publication Date: 31 October , 2007
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Public-Private Panel Calls For New Approaches to Funding - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
As U.S. infrastructure and traditional funding sources both wear dangerously thin, construction industry executives and public officials agreed last month at a Washington, D.C., conference that the t
Publication Date: 31 October , 2007
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Carter & Burgess Shareholders OK Sale to Jacobs, Sources Say - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The path has been cleared for Jacobs Engineering Group to acquire engineer Carter & Burgess.
Publication Date: 26 October , 2007
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Construction Starts Slide To Continue in 2008 - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
An overall decline in construction starts in the United States has proven more dire than once predicted. McGraw-Hill Construction, corporate affiliate of Engineering News-Record and enr.com, estimates that
Publication Date: 25 October , 2007
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Housing Drop Dampens Florida Market - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Florida construction market reached a turning point in 2006 when the malaise in the local housing market morphed into a full-blown decline. Three key trends work against the Florida market: First, the
Publication Date: 24 October , 2007
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Robust Markets Contain a Few Bumps As Investors Flock to Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 24 October , 2007
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Sustainability and New Challenges Were Major Focus at WEFTEC.07 - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 24 October , 2007
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Ten Minutes with Robert Luffy, CEO of American Bridge Co. - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Florida construction market reached a turning point in 2006 when the malaise in the local housing market morphed into a full-blown decline. Three key trends work against the Florida market: First, the
Publication Date: 24 October , 2007
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Bush War Funding Request: $1.5-Bil. for DOD Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush’s latest request for additional defense funding, primarily for the war in Iraq, also includes more money for construction, mainly to finance work overseas but also for a few military m
Publication Date: 23 October , 2007
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Senate Panel Clears 7-Year Terrorism Insurance Extension - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A Senate committee on Oct. 17 approved a bill that would extend the federal terrorism insurance backstop coverage for seven years. The measure, which the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Publication Date: 18 October , 2007
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Insurers Asked For Nuanced View - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Billions of dollars’ worth of flood-protection improvements have been put in place in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, and more is coming. But builders say the insurance industry seems blind to
Publication Date: 17 October , 2007
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"Engineers" Risk Evaluation Tool May Help Insurers - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A contractor’s campaign to entice the flood–wary insurance industry back to New Orleans may change the way underwriters weigh flood risk everywhere by giving them tools to factor in improvement
Publication Date: 10 October , 2007
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Anti-Graft Efforts To Launch In Third-World Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 10 October , 2007
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Heavy Lifters Tackle World's Energy Boom - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Crane makers are gearing up to help power the homes, cars, offices and factories of the industrialized world. The Liebherr plant in Ehingen, Germany, pops out 1,600 mobile cranes a year inside a manufactur
Publication Date: 10 October , 2007
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Army to Spend $3 Billion Building New Barracks - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Army Corps of Engineers issued notices Sept. 26 announcing its plan to seek proposals from contractors to build more than $3.1 billion of new barracks at U.S. Army facilities. The Corps' Fort Worth dis
Publication Date: 28 September, 2007
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Hill OKs Stopgap Funds, Also Extends FAA Programs - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With none of the fiscal year 2008 appropriations bills enacted yet, Congress has approved a seven-week stopgap measure that will keep federal programs operating until mid-November. It also extends funding
Publication Date: 28 September, 2007
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Despite Veto Threat, Senate Approves $23-Billion WRDA - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate’s passage of legislation authorizing $23 billion for hundreds of Corps of Engineers water projects moves the Water Resources Development Act to the White House, where administration offici
Publication Date: 26 September, 2007
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Minneapolis Bridge Rebuild Draws Fire - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
While forensic engineers and demolition crews keep sifting through the remains of the collapsed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, two of the four bidders on a fast-moving contract to rebuild the ill-fated cross
Publication Date: 26 September, 2007
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Hochtief Buys Flatiron Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Royal BAM Group, the Dutch parent of Flatiron Construction Corp., Longmont, Colo., has sold the contractor to Hochtief AG, Essen, Germany.
Publication Date: 25 September, 2007
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Senate Clears $23-Billion WRDA, But Veto Threatened - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate has approved legislation that authorizes $23 billion for Army Corps of Engineers river locks and dams, harbor dredging and environmental restoration work around the country and also mandates ind
Publication Date: 25 September, 2007
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California Pension Fund Giant Will Invest Big in Infrastructure- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Sept. 10 decision by the nation’s largest public pension fund to shift up to $2.5 billion of assets into infrastructure investing could be the start of a trend in global project finance. Whi
Publication Date: 19 September, 2007
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New Standard Forms Seek Unity on Fairness - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The cooperatively produced standard-form contracts written mainly by owners and contractors under the ConsensusDOCS banner contain new payment security for subcontractors among other terms. With all of the
Publication Date: 19 September, 2007
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