U.S., Texas Finalize Deal to Fund Levee-Border Fence - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. government will fund more than half of a $113.9-million hybrid levee-fence to be built along a 22-mile portion of the Rio Grande River border with Mexico in Hidalgo County, Texas, according to a p
Publication Date: 06 May , 2008
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Infrastructure in Developing Countries Draws Competition - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Contractors and design firms working globally are coping with rising materials and labor prices in pursuit of work in some of the world’s fastest growing markets. China and India offer some of the bi
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Alberta's Booming Oil Sands Boast Cold Weather, Hot Market - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
One of the biggest and most remote jobsites in the world lies in the vast emptiness of northern Alberta’s oil sands. North of Fort McMurray, which lies on the 56th parallel north, one degree up from
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Alberta's Worker Shortage Boosts Apprentice Program - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Conference Board of Canada estimates a shortage of one million workers in the high paying trades and related occupations within 20 years. As a result, employers are looking towards Alberta's Apprentice
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Oil Sands Ramp-Up Taxing Suncor's Staffing Ability - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Before Suncor Energy Ltd. announced a $20.6-billion expansion to its oil sands project in northern Alberta, it had already started scoping out its future construction labor force. Predicting a peak need of
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Production Plans Pick Up Steam - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Despite a chronic shortage of available construction workers in Alberta’s oilsands region and growing concerns about controlling Canada’s soaring greenhouse-gas emissions, leading producers are
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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When Temperature Plunges, Production Falls, Too - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Old Man Winter can make it extremely difficult to work outdoors for not only the workers but also equipment.
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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At Chernobyl, French Contractor Nears the Start-Finish Line - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Getting a nuclear containment built over a radioactive plant financed by numerous national governments in a Soviet republic lurching into capitalism was never going to be quick.
Publication Date: 14 September, 2007
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Final Two Sections Awarded For Transandean Highway - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
LIMA, Peru – After almost a year's delay, the final two sections of the massive $1.3-billion Interoceanic Highway project being built through southern Peru were awarded in late August to a pair of co
Publication Date: 05 September, 2007
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After Quake, Crews Scramble To Fix PanAm Highway - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
LIMA, Peru – With the award of the final two contracts for the $1.3–billion Interoceanic Highway that will create a paved connection between Per
Publication Date: 04 September, 2007
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After Quake, Crews Scramble To Fix PanAm Highway - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
LIMA, Peru – With the award of the final two contracts for the $1.3–billion Interoceanic Highway that will create a paved connection between Per
Publication Date: 04 September, 2007
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Ceremonial Blast Begins Panama Canal Expansion- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The $5.25-billion expansion of the Panama Canal started on Sept. 3 with a bang.
Publication Date: 04 September, 2007
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Ceremonial Blast Begins Panama Canal Expansion- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The $5.25-billion expansion of the Panama Canal started on Sept. 3 with a bang.
Publication Date: 04 September, 2007
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Spanish Contractors Make a Global Imprint - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Enriched by booming domestic orders, Spanish construction groups now are flexing their muscles globally. As well as moving into high-value-added sectors, contractors are increasingly exploiting their toll
Publication Date: 15 August , 2007
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The Top 225 International Contractors and The Top 225 Global Contractors - Firms Are Now More Selective - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The international construction market continues to flourish, as business remains strong for developed countries, and developing countries increasingly invest their own money and foreign investors’ ca
Publication Date: 15 August , 2007
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Audit: Process, not Performance, Faulted in Bechtel's Iraq Work - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction offered a mixed review of 24 projects carried out under a $1.3–billion contract with San Francisco–based Bechtel Corp. In a July 24 audit o
Publication Date: 31 July , 2007
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PG&E Signs Israeli Firm For World's Largest Solar Plant - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Israel's Solel Solar Systems Ltd will sell 553 Megawatts of electricity to California utility PG&E Corp. from a solar power project it plans to build and operate in the Mojave Desert. The two companies
Publication Date: 25 July , 2007
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Panamanian Contractor Wins First Canal Excavation Contract - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A Panamanian contractor landed the first construction contract of the $5.25-billion expansion to the Panama Canal on July 18.
Publication Date: 19 July , 2007
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The 2007 Top 200 International Design Firms and The To 150 Global Design Firms: The Focus Is on Margins - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
For large international design firms, the market is vibrant, but also challenging. The world economy remains strong with few weak spots, providing increasing opportunities in many markets. This strength ha
Publication Date: 18 July , 2007
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U.S. Team Bids Highest for First Panama Canal Construction Job - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Nearly $49 million separates high and low bids among 10 teams vying for the first major construction contract related to the $5.25-billion expansion of the Panama Canal, according to information obtained f
Publication Date: 09 July , 2007
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Notice-to-Proceed Launches Ambitious Red Sea Crossing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Acting on endorsements and pledges of land from the president of Yemen and the president of the African nation of Djibouti, a Dubai-based developer has tapped an American firm to build a bridge across the
Publication Date: 01 May , 2007
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Canal Authority's Arias In an Expansive Mood - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Panama City, Panama – Agustin Arias is the Director of Engineering and Projects for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). Since 2001 his primary responsibility has been overseeing the $5.25-billion expan
Publication Date: 27 April , 2007
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Authority Beefs Up Fleet To Expand Panama Canal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
GAMBOA, Panama – The Rialto M. Christensen sits forlornly in dock, idle for one of the few times this year. A week ago it
Publication Date: 26 April , 2007
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South African Protester Drops Bid to Block Durban Stadium - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 09 April , 2007
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Spain's ACS Group Aquires Hochtief - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Corporate Spain’s seemingly insatiable quest for foreign acquisitions has now led to one of the world’s top five contractors falling under Spanish control. By agreeing to buy 25.1% of Germany H
Publication Date: 22 March , 2007
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Security Pushes London Olympics Cost Estimates to New Heights - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Projected total costs in preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games in London has again raced ahead of original budgets, this time partly due to a near trebling of security measures.
Publication Date: 15 March , 2007
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Work On Controversial Jerusalem Walkway Delayed - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Jerusalem Municipality has decided to temporarily delay construction of a controversial walkway located just outside the Temple Mount in the Old City.
Publication Date: 12 February , 2007
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Israel To Spend More For Ports and Roads - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Israel Ports Development and Assets Co. Ltd. and its Dutch engineering consultant, Royal Haskoning, have presented the Israeli government with a $6-billion master plan to develop Ashdod and Haifa, the coun
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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Brazilians Seek Cause of São Paulo Metro Disaster - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
While the recovery of the bodies from victims killed in a the worst incident in the history of the São Paulo subway system reached its conclusion, officials began taking steps to understand what wen
Publication Date: 20 January , 2007
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$2-Billion Tel Aviv Light-Rail Project Signals Start of Network - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
After decades of delay, metro Tel Aviv will soon have mass transit. Israel’s Finance and Transport Ministry awarded Dec. 31 a $2-billion build-operate-transfer contract for the first line of a light
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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Peru's Transport Minister Ponders Which Concessions to Make - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With the election of Peruvian President Alan Garcia last July, one of the key priorities of the new administration
Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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Repair Fleet Converges on Quake-Severed Cables - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Four big cable repair ships are converging on six submarine fiber optic cables damaged by an earthquake off Taiwan Dec. 26, trying to turn around the consequences of a “freak” seismic event tha
Publication Date: 05 January , 2007
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ASCE Designates Incan Sites As Engineering Landmarks -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
More than five hundred years ago, the supreme ruler of the Inca empire, Pachacuti, ordered the construction of a royal resort in the remote mountain jungle of his empire. This edict led to the creation of
Publication Date: 06 November , 2006
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Iraq and Afghanistan Efforts At Crossroads, Corps Says -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
October marked several turning points for reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, the former Project and Contracting Office in Baghdad closed. Contract administration and quality assurance for the
Publication Date: 06 November , 2006
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Panama Voters Approve $5.25-Billion Expansion -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The people of Panama have given the go-ahead to the most extensive overhaul of one of the modern world’s greatest engineering achievements.
Publication Date: 30 October , 2006
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Corps Has $1-Billion Plan -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Army Corps of Engineers’ rebuilding program in Afghanistan will double in size over the next year, as NATO forces battle the Taliban and seek to produce infrastructure improvements for the Afghan
Publication Date: 30 October , 2006
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Army Corps to Double Effort In Afghanistan, Chief Says -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Army Corps of Engineers' rebuilding program in Afghanistan will double in size in the next year, says Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock, the Corps' Chief as NATO forces battle the Taliban and seek to demonstrate
Publication Date: 19 October , 2006
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China's Great Expansion Fuels Boom in High-Profile Designs- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
China’s tremendous infrastructure buildout is making it a country of superlatives and that includes bridge construction. From ring roads to signature crossings—particularly self-anchored suspen
Publication Date: 02 October , 2006
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Contractors Get Hammered Over Flawed Projects in Iraq - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
At a Sept. 28 hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform, lawmakers grilled the Parsons Corp. and Special Inspector
Publication Date: 29 September, 2006
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The Top 225 Internatioanl Contractors 2006 - New Competitors Enter Market - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The international construction market over the past couple years has brought widespread prosperity and opportunities. But it also has led many international contractors to be more careful about the kind of
Publication Date: 28 August , 2006
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Betting on Hydro to Stablize Power Sector - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
QUITO, Ecuador – As Ecuador struggles to find political and economic stability, officials say the key to achieving that is regaining control of it’s electricity sector through the development o
Publication Date: 14 August , 2006
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High and Deep Andean Tunnel Tests a Contractor's Mettle - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Brazilian construction giant Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A. has taken on a difficult construction challenge – drilling an 11.2-kilometer tunnel through a mountain more than 2,400 meters high in
Publication Date: 14 August , 2006
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Israeli Engineer Keeps Her Mind on Job, Eyes on the News from the Middle East - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As the world remains riveted to breaking news of the Middle East conflict, for some the reality hits closer to home. Keren Schwartz, a senior staff engineer at Langan Engineering and Environmental Services
Publication Date: 08 August , 2006
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Israeli Engineer Keeps Her Mind on Job, Eyes on the News from the Middle East - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As the world remains riveted to breaking news of the Middle East conflict, for some the reality hits closer to home. Keren Schwartz, a senior staff engineer at Langan Engineering and Environmental Services
Publication Date: 08 August , 2006
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A City Named Victory-Liberty Where Neither Exists, Yet - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Whitney Terrell is a writer-in-residence at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His first novel, The Huntsman (Viking) appeared in 2001 and was selected as a notable book of the year by The New York Times. It was also
Publication Date: 07 August , 2006
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Violence Claims a Poster Child of Work - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
One of the latest casualties in Iraq’s reconstruction is a children’s hospital in Basra that was championed as a humanitarian cause of the first order. But the project is running out of money a
Publication Date: 07 August , 2006
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Iraq IG Procurement Report Slams System Inefficiencies - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A new report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGR) makes several recommendations for streamlining and improving efficiency on Iraq reconstruction efforts. Chief among them: the
Publication Date: 03 August , 2006
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Bechtel Falls Victim to Iraqi Violence - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Add Bechtel National Inc. to the growing list of U.S.-based multinational contractors that are leaving major projects in Iraq.
Publication Date: 28 July , 2006
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Bechtel Falls Victim to Iraqi Violence - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Add Bechtel National Inc. to the growing list of U.S.-based multinational contractors that are leaving major projects in Iraq. The U.S. government is terminating the San Francisco-based company's contract
Publication Date: 28 July , 2006
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Brazilian Dam Fix to Delay Opening Until Next Year - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Lima, Peru - A Brazilian consortium constructing a dam in Southern Brazil has come up with a plan to repair the damage that led to a failure in the structure's diversion tunnels that led to the
Publication Date: 28 July , 2006
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Array of Skills Takes Arup Group's Global Network In New Directions - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Talk to executives at the design firm Arup Group and it won’t be long before they mention the “key speech.” Written by the founder nearly four decades ago, the speech is a road map with u
Publication Date: 24 July , 2006
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The Top 200 International Design Firms - A Good Time To Be a Designer - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Prosperity is expanding the borders of the world construction market. The North American market boom has been well documented, but the Middle East now is growing despite regional tensions, thanks largely t
Publication Date: 24 July , 2006
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Gates Fail on Big Brazilian Dam - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A diversion tunnel for recently built dam in Brazil failed during the last week in June, causing an uncontrolled release of the water from the huge upstream reservoir. The failure caused no loss of life an
Publication Date: 05 July , 2006
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British Jury Clears Hamza Of Murder for Hire Charges- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Hamza was greeted by “thousand and thousands of people” at Cairo airport, says his elated wife Omaima Hamza. News of his trial had been muted in the U.K., but was a “huge, huge story” in Egypt she adds. In a phone call, E
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Publication Date: 29 June , 2006
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Ecuadoran Road Work: Long on Need, But Very Short on Funding - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 22 June , 2006
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Vinci Rebuffs Veolia - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The world's largest construction and concessions group, France's Paris-based Vinci Group, July 15 rebuffed merger overtures from another French conglomerate, the water and wastewater company Veolia Environ
Publication Date: 16 June , 2006
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Italian Regime Change Could Topple Big Span - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Italy's $5-billion, 3.7-kilometer-long Messina Strait bridge will not be built, if the new national government's environment minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio gets his way. A final design/build contract was
Publication Date: 26 May , 2006
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Javits Center Expansion Approaches Final Hurdle- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Dogged by ongoing squabbles over the Freedom Tower design, and still stinging from the rejection last year of a proposal for a new Jets stadium, many city and state officials in New York want the $1.7-bill
Publication Date: 09 May , 2006
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Innovative Structures Take Shape Amid Challenges - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Can a flock of ducks comprising birds from China, the United States and other countries fly in harmony?
Publication Date: 08 May , 2006
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Canal Expansion Drives Colombia's Port Plans - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The proposed $5.25-billion upgrade to the Panama Canal both Panama and Colombi
Publication Date: 03 May , 2006
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