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Trade Group Predicts Fall For Portland Cement Use - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tony Illia
A weak U.S. economy will severely impact cement consumption and the construction industry, reports the Portland Cement Association, a Skokie, Ill.-based trade group. In 2008, Portland cement consumption is expected to drop 11%, followed by ...

Supplemental Bills Advance In House and Senate - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tom Ichniowski
Legislation to provide $10.4 billion for construction has passed the House and a similar measure with slightly less new construction aid has cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee, but the outlook for the construction money is tied to ...

Beleagured Board Comes Down For Precedent: Trees on Levees Must Go - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Angelle Bergeron
After more than a year of debate, the levee authority in New Orleans has granted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers right-of-entry to remove trees and fences over residents’ objections along a section of the 17th Street outfall canal. B...

AIA Issues New Docs For Integrated Delivery - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Nadine M. Post in Boston
The American Institute of Architects, at its convention in Boston, released new model agreements for integrated project delivery. The standard contract documents follow the concepts in Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide. They provide two ...

Designer-Led Teams Lose Out On Nashville Programming - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Sam Barnes
Two teams led by engineering and architectural firms with members based in Tennessee failed to win the facility programming contract for the new Nashville convention center. Local officials instead awarded the work to Orlando, Fla.-based Conventional Wisdom.

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Drywall: Inventor’s Time-Saving Tape Is Stuck in the Mud - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
When inventor Jeff Yakobics isn’t flipping burgers at the greasy-spoon restaurant he owns in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he is at home slinging drywall mud to test new wallboard prototypes.

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DOE Says Wind Could Supply 20% of U.S. Energy Needs - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By 2030, the U.S. could supply 20% of its electricity with wind energy, says a Dept. of Energy report released on May 12. Achieving the goal would require advanced integration technologies and new transmission because of the variable and un...

New Group Plans To Train Iraqis In Bridge-Inspection Techniques
A fledgling organization planning to help train Iraqi engineers in best practices for bridge inspection and management received non-profit status last month, paving the way for Tree of Life Professional Development Inc. to begin raising fun...

Canada Backs Link To Detroit
The Canadian government says it will help finance a $1.6-billion, 12-kilometer access road linking Ontario’s Highway 401 to a planned bridge linking Detroit and Windsor. With 11 tunnel sections, totaling 1.8 km, the six-lane, below-gr...

Construction Aid Rides on War Funding Bills - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tom Ichniowski
Bills to provide a new round of funds for the Iraq war also are carrying billions of federal construction dollars for domestic projects. The White House has threatened a veto if the supplemental spending measures go beyond military funds, b...

Spain’s Flowing Tube Crossing Poses Challenges - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Peter Reina
Fast-track construction of an unusual bridge and building at Spain’s Expoagua Zaragoza 2008 will not be fast enough to provide a cushion of time ahead of next month’s exhibition opening.

High Oil Prices Bring a Smile To Carbon-Dioxide Producers - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tom Nicholson

The 2008 Top 400 Contractors: Markets Show Signs of Slowing Down - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Gary J. Tulacz
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first time ENR ranked contractors based on size. In the Jan. 2, 1958 issue, ENR ranked 62 contractors based on 1956 domestic new contract awards from data published in its Construction Daily, the forerunner to McGraw-Hill Construction&r...

Schiavone Owners in Legal Battle Over Firm’s Sale - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Debra K. Rubin
Tensions, apparently simmering for years between the aging, now former principals of heavy-contracting firm Schiavone Construction Co. over the company’s future and the executives’ own financial stakes have now boiled over publi...

Buyout Ends Era at Privately Held BE&K, Giving KBR More Market Presence - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Richard Korman
KBR’s planned acquisition of BE&K for $550 million in cash brings to a close 35 years of private ownership at BE&K, one of the most prominent open-shop employers in the industry. It also restores KBR’s presence in industrial construction.

Oil Companies Agree To $422-Million Deal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Pam Hunter
“Clearly this is a chemical that should not be in drinking water,” says Rebecca Greenwald, who heads the environmental group for New York City-based Weitz and Luxenberg, one of the two law firms that argued the case for the water providers. “This settlement prov...

Congress: House Bill Calls for Infrastructure Commission - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tom Ichniowski and Pam Hunter
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has proposed legislation to set up a national infrastructure commission. His bill, introduced on May 7, directs the panel to issue a report that “articulates a national vision for infrastructure investmen...

Clean Coal: DOE Wants Input on New ‘FutureGen’ Plan - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tom Ichniowski and Pam Hunter
The Dept. of Energy is seeking public comments through May 21 on its restructured “FutureGen” program to develop carbon-capture storage (CCS) technology. In a May 7 notice, DOE outlines the scope of several commercial-scale clea...

SAFETEA-LU: Rep. Mica Favors Big Hike in 2009 Bill - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Tom Ichniowski and Pam Hunter
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s top Republican, John Mica (Fla.), wants to see a large boost in highway and transit funding in the bill that succeeds SAFETEA-LU in 2009. In a May 6 meeting with reporters, Mica ...

Faulty Disaster Relief Shows the Need For Private Help - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction

Expertise in the Technology Age - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction

Five Years of Iraq War Impact Union Program That Turns Military Vets Into Craft Workers - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By Angelle Bergeron, with Debra Rubin
Since 2003, when the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Dept. (BCTD) and nine construction employer groups founded Helmets to Hardhats, or H2H, to transition military personnel into industry craft jobs, the continuing Iraq war has add...

Software Records Job’s Relationships - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
One of the leading manufacturers of critical path method (CPM) scheduling software, Primavera Systems Inc., has incorporated a new feature in one of its scheduling and risk-analysis programs that could help manage projects by showing schedu...

Massive Earthquake Devastates Central China
A massive magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated much of China’s Sichuan Province, killing more than 12,000 people. The epicenter was 52 miles northwest of Sichuan’s capital Chengdu. The quake occurred at a depth of 11.8 miles. The...

Desalination Plant for London
London Mayor Boris Johnson has cleared the way for the U.K.’s first large desalination plant, to produce potable water from the brackish River Thames. Preparatory work has already started on the $495-million project, including a 14-ki...

Contractors Get New Tool In Combatting Corruption Overseas
An independent organization has been set up to help construction-related companies and organizations fight corruption on projects. The Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre provides free Web-based guidance developed for Transparency ...

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