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06/08/2005 Convicted Contractor Turned His Talents to CM Work 06/06/2005 Alliance’s Growth 05/30/2005 Justice Dept. Says Contracts Won’t Pass the Smell Test 05/30/2005 Guesswork Cut By New Method 05/23/2005 DOD, Industry Weigh Base Closure Impact 05/23/2005 Kiewealth: Payout Sets Stock Apart 05/23/2005 New Jersey Fixes Building Program 05/23/2005 Laborers Join Five Other Unions Seeking Reform of AFL-CIO 05/20/2005 Midwest Ethical Challenges: Kickback, Bid-Rigging Cases Abound 05/16/2005 Tribal Projects Bringing Wins and Losses 05/10/2005 Appeal to be Heard Over Portland's 'Big Pipe' Contractor Switch 05/10/2005 Kiewealth: Contracting Giant Delivers Value and Bonuses 05/09/2005 Prosecutor: Ready-Mix Supplier Pleads Guilty 05/09/2005 Litigation's Domain Covers All E-mail 05/02/2005 Revised Code May Force Construction Teams To Change Project Manuals 05/02/2005 Trades Form First Women’s Panel 05/02/2005 California’s Kleinfelder Extends Reach with East Coast Buy 05/02/2005 Dick Corp. Shuts Heavy Unit As Recovery Plan Takes Shape 04/25/2005 Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Acquisition 04/25/2005 Houston Retail Investment Still Remains Strong 04/25/2005 PBS&J Reports Missing Funds And Exit of Top Finance Officer 04/25/2005 U.S. Deal Helps Profitable Canadian Firm Add to Bottom Line 04/25/2005 Code Translated For Latin America 04/25/2005 Trades Declare War On Nonunion Training 04/18/2005 Designer Stantec Plans to Acquire Keith Cos. 04/18/2005 Carpenters Expand Drive For Wall Work to New York 04/18/2005 Parsons Buys RCI To Boost Markets 04/15/2005 House Approves Permanent Repeal of Estate Tax, Battle Moves to Senate 04/12/2005 Purchase of Firms Extends Parsons Reach into Northwest 04/12/2005 A Utility That Morphed Into Materials Powerhouse 04/11/2005 For a California Contractor, The Last Battle Is With Surety 04/11/2005 Oregon Officials Will Test Per-Mile Fuel Charge Concept 04/11/2005 Contractor's Defamation Claim To Be Tried 04/11/2005 Unhappy Client's Claim Barred By Malpractice Time Limit 04/11/2005 Ohio River Reopens After Corps Repairs McAlpine Cofferdam 04/05/2005 Carpenters Looking For Wall Finishing Work in N.Y. 04/04/2005 New York Times Building Steel Is AMEC’s in Pre-Auction Deal 04/04/2005 Judge Tells Local To Stay Off Walls 04/04/2005 American Work Boosts Hochtief Profits 04/04/2005 CH2M Hill, Washington Group Win $5 Billion in DOE Awards 04/01/2005 For Fresno Contractor, Two Disputes Spell Doom 03/28/2005 Court Ruling May Force AMEC To Bid for Times Project Steel 03/28/2005 Trade Barriers Stymie Global Demand for Capital Goods 03/28/2005 Education and Legislation Are 2005 Priorities for AGC 03/28/2005 Ellerbe Sues After Five Principals Jump to Rival HOK 03/21/2005 Construction Funds Drop, New Jersey Boosts Scrutiny 03/21/2005 HDR Acquires Risk Managemnt Firm 03/18/2005 Steel for Times Project Heads for Auction 03/17/2005 'Manfacturing Czar' Pledges Crackdown on China 03/17/2005 No End in Sight for Material Price Swings, Says AGC's Simonson 03/14/2005 Peering into Global Projects 03/14/2005 U.S. Civil Engineers are Harsh In Rating Conditions in Nation 03/14/2005 New Transport Bill Advances As State Planning Is Slowed 03/14/2005 Crayons to CAD Hopes to Lure Youngsters to Construction 03/14/2005 AFL-CIO Pushes Carpenters To Rejoin Or Risk Ouster from Building Trades 03/08/2005 Will History Repeat Itself? 03/07/2005 Claims of $18.8 Million Keep Meadow Valley in Courthouses 03/07/2005 Vendor’s Rep Found to Be ‘Statutory Employee’ of Contractor 03/07/2005 Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Law’s ‘Additional Insureds’ Bans 03/04/2005 Calif. Interchange Contractor Returns to Work 02/28/2005 North Carolina Takes Big Step Toward Its First Toll Roads 02/28/2005 ABC Examines Its Roots, Plans Push for Health Care 02/28/2005 OSHA May Update Warning on Quick Excavator Attachments 02/28/2005 Focus on Engineer in ASCE Guidelines 02/28/2005 California Battles Safety Laggards 02/28/2005 Census Bureau Project Could Be Costly Job Cited By Skanska 02/23/2005 Failing Grade for Port Security Funding Program 02/21/2005 Distant Sound Signals Trouble In European Marketplace 02/21/2005 Probe Flushes Out State Sewer Mess 02/21/2005 AECOM Buys Offices, Use of Name from Design-Builder Austin 02/21/2005 Entry of New York Competitor Signals Building Market Shift 02/21/2005 Contract Pact and Cuts Hit DOE Cleanup Budget 02/16/2005 Chertoff Confirmed as New Homeland Security Secretary 02/15/2005 Fewer Law suits? Senate Takes Key Step Forward 02/14/2005 Contractor’s Default on Sales Contract Bars Recovery 02/14/2005 Contractor Must Use Contract Procedures To Pursue Claims 02/14/2005 Bush’s Big Squeeze Hits Construction 02/14/2005 Ex-Turner CEO Bob Fee Forms Competitor and Lures Staffers 02/14/2005 Skanska Dismisses U.S. Buildings Chief Healy over Losses 02/08/2005 Senate Panel Clears Homeland Security Nominee Chertoff 02/07/2005 12 Turner Execs Join Contractor's Former CEO in New Venture 02/07/2005 Bush 2006 Budget Tight on Spending, But Backs $284-Billion, 6-Year Transport Bill 02/07/2005 Iraq Managers Assess Future 02/04/2005 Skanska Dismisses Healy Over 2004 Project Losses 01/31/2005 State�s Ethics Battle With Feds Hits Bump 01/31/2005 Pittsburgh Arena Mop-Up Operations Now Include A Date With a Judge 01/31/2005 Skanska Loss of $98.6 Million Tied to British LNG Project 01/28/2005 Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Tutor In Subway Dispute 01/24/2005 Carpenters Fined Over Training Mix-up 01/24/2005 Spie Batignolles Seeks Probe In Nigerian Bribe Conspiracy 01/24/2005 Haskell Leads Push for Construction Index Overhaul 01/17/2005 Study Claims China’s Huge Steel Capacity Could Drive Prices Down 01/17/2005 California Contractors Fight for Funding 01/17/2005 Contractor Execs Can Expect Better Pay Raises in 2005 01/11/2005 Bush Picks Federal Judge Chertoff as Homeland Security Nominee 01/10/2005 Siemens Buys Shaw Group's Power Analysis Unit 01/3-10/2005 Sterling’s Unusual Succession Plan 01/3-10/2005 World Construction Spending Nears $4 Trillion for 2004 01/3-10/2005 Air Combat Command Scores, Borrowing Football Game Plan 01/06/2005 New House Homeland Security Panel Gains Wide 'Turf' 01/06/2005 Federal Trade Commission Order Will Split Chicago Bridge & Iron in Two 01/05/2005 House GOP Picks Lewis as New Appropriations Chairman 12/13/2004 EPA's Leavitt Tapped as HHS Secretary, Kerik Pulls Out for Homeland Post 12/13/2004 Top 500 Executives Focus on Deepest Industry Challenges 12/09/2004 OSHA Chief Henshaw Resigns 12/06/2004 Integrated Electrical Plans Unit Sales Amid Surety Woes 12/06/2004 Emergency Housing Rises In Storm Season's Wake 12/06/2004 Hite Expected To Succeed Maddaloni as Plumbers's President 12/03/2004 KBR Chief Promoted to No. 2 Spot at Halliburton 12/03/2004 Former NYPD Official Nominated by Bush for Homeland Security Chief 11/30/2004 Ridge Announces Resignation as Homeland Security Secretary 11/29/2004 Plastic Water Pipe Gets California Test 11/29/2004 Congress Unzips Purse For Industry Programs 11/24/2004 Senate Deal Clears Scores of Nominees, Including Several at EPA 11/22/2004 Coalition Moving Forward On Work Force Initiative 11/22/2004 Kerry Defeat Smolders For AFL-CIO�s Sweeney 11/18/2004 Senate and House Negotiators Eye $388-Billion Spending Package 11/17/2004 Reid, New Senate Democratic Leader, Seen as Infrastructure Backer 11/15/2004 Voter Pain Translates to Industry Gain in Ballot Initiatives 11/15/2004 Fear of Spending Cuts Mutes Industry Cheer 11/15/2004 Powell, DOE's Abraham, Education's Paige, Agriculture's Veneman to Leave Cabinet 11/15/2004 Structural Engineers Join To Tackle Insurance Threat 11/11/2004 Nearly 15,000 Off-Road Work Buggies Recalled 11/08/2004 Plumbers� Chief in Hot Water Over Finances 11/04/2004 Stung by Republican Gains, Unions Face Uphill Regulatory, Legislative Fights 11/04/2004 Construction Industry Fares Pretty Well on State Ballot Initiatives 11/03/2004 Second Bush Term, New Congress Seen as Pro-Business, But Tough on Domestic Spending 11/01/2004 Construction Leaders Scan Ahead for Rising Issues 11/01/2004 Engineers See Better Times But Business Risks Still Loom 10/25/2004 Fluor's J.A. Jones Unit Wins Two Embassy Contracts 10/25/2004 Voters Will Determine Construction Initiatives 10/21/2004 States' Capital Spending Rises 9% in 2004, to $72 Billion 10/20/2004 Engineers Begin Sculpting From Cans 10/18/2004 Eby�s Big Unpaid Job Claims Drive Away Surety and Bank 10/18/2004 Lawmakers Leave Construction Dangling 10/11/2004 Lawmakers Clear $57.6 Billion for Hurricane Relief, DOD Construction, Homeland Security 10/11/2004 Kansas City Arena Contest Strained Civility of Competitors 10/11/2004 Congress Approves $130-Billion Corporate Tax-Cut Bill 10/07/2004 Australia�s Worley Group Will Acquire Parsons E&C for $245 Million 10/07/2004 Conferees Approve Big Tax Bill With A/E Break, Ethanol 'Fix' 10/07/2004 House Approves $11-Billion Hurricane Relief Bill 10/04/2004 Halliburton Expected To Shed Troubled KBR 10/04/2004 New Cement Substitute May Stand Up to Hurricane Winds 10/04/2004 Tomasso Faces Federal Charges 10/01/2004 HOK, Leader of the 'Home Team,' Selected to Design Kansas City Arena 09/29/2004 House Panel Approves Two-Year Terrorism Insurance Extension 09/29/2004 Panel to Pick Kansas City Arena Designer Following a Rancorous Competition 09/28/2004 Bush Seeks $7 Billion More in Disaster Aid 09/27/2004 CM/PM Firms Find More Opportunities-and Roadblocks, Too 09/27/2004 Concrete Pavement Association CEO Riva Dies at 50 09/24/2004 Corps of Engineers Flexes Emergency Response Muscle 09/24/2004 Modern Continental Merges with Jay Cashman 09/22/2004 Ivan's Winds Didn't Pack the Punch Suggested by Media Reports 09/20/2004 U.S. Filter Corp. Finds New Life In Its New Home with Siemens 09/20/2004 Ohio Case May End Era of Unlimited Incentives 09/14/2004 Bush Requests Added $3.1 Billion for Hurricane Relief 09/13/2004 Hurricane Doubleheader Gives Floridians Much to Ponder 09/08/2004 Congress Approves, Bush Signs $2 Billion in Aid for Florida Hurricane Recovery 08/31/2004 Terrorism Insurance Coverage Purchases Edge Up, Survey Says 08/30/2004 Parent Firm's New Strategy May Impact Bovis CEO 08/27/2004 Peter Zuk takes UK position 08/26/2004 Sheet Metal Workers, Painters, Plasterers Re-elect General Presidents 08/16/2004 Halliburton Accounting Switch Significantly Boosted Earnings 08/16/2004 County and Pipeline Contractor Fight Over Environmental Risks 08/09/2004 Big Owners Balance Triple Bottom Line 08/09/2004 Contractors Battle Big Insurer Over Oregon Privatization Push 08/09/2004 San Francisco Program Clipped 08/04/2004 Labor Dept. Settlement Ousts Plumbers' Officials As Pension Fund Trustees 08/02/2004 Shrinking Modern Continental Seeks New Financial Options 07/26/2004 Painters Keep Wall Work But Blast �Raid� Tactics 07/23/2004 World Bank Bars Acres Over Lesotho Project Bribes 07/23/2004 Halliburton Picks Lane as KBR Chief Executive 07/19/2004 Committee Seeks Hike in 2005 Aid 07/12/2004 Questions Raised Over Steel Roof Struts 07/12/2004 Panel Reaches Consensus on New OSHA Crane Standard 07/12/2004 Public Firms Lack �Quality� Earnings 07/08/2004 Unions Praise, Business Criticizes, Edwards Selection for Democratic Ticket 07/05/2004 Study Concludes Productivity Is Up, Just Not Enough 07/05/2004 Connecticut Scandal Targets Tomasso's 'No-Bid' Contracts 07/01/2004 Strock Assumes Command of Corps of Engineers 06/30/2004 Riley Named Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Director 06/28/2004 Big Change Ahead At DOE Idaho Site 06/28/2004 A Fresh Approach To Union Projects 06/25/2004 Strock Confirmed as New Chief of Corps 06/21/2004 Los Angeles Warns Tutor-Saliba on Job 06/21/2004 Privatized Dulles Rail Wins DOT Go-Ahead 06/18/2004 Halliburton Terminates Relations with Former CEO A. Jack Stanley 06/18/2004 Treasury Dept. Extends Terrorism Insurance Availability 06/18/2004 Corps, DOE Cleanup, Rail, Port Security Gaining Increases in 2005 Spending Bills 06/14/2004 AMEC Is Selling Off Its U.S. CM Offices 06/14/2004 Homeland Protection Industry Foresees Numbers in Safety 06/10/2004 House Panel Hikes Corps, DOE Cleanup Spending for 2005 06/07/2004 Equipment Firms Get Spring Boost 06/03/2004 House Panel Hikes Homeland Security Funds for 2005 05/31/2004 New Leaders Stabilize ULLICO And Try to Put Scandal in Past 05/31/2004 LNG Tussle Could Speed Approvals 05/31/2004 URS Stock Sale Allows Firm To Trim Past Acquisition Debt 05/24/2004 Audit of Federal Highway Job Overruns Worries Engineers 05/24/2004 Cement Shortages Pressure Prices 05/24/2004 Large Manufacturing and Powerplant Jobs Boost First-Quarter Starts 05/24/2004 Massachusetts Bars CA/T Veteran From Highway Work 05/17/2004 Engineering Firms Claim Artery Plan Has Missing Links 05/17/2004 Strong Demand Starts To Hit Gypsum Wallboard Prices 05/12/2004 Senate Passes Tax Bill With Breaks for Design Firms 05/10/2004 Building Trades Seek Formal Changes to Apprenticeships 05/10/2004 Bechtel-Washington Group Rail Plan Wins Some Support 05/03/2004 Fuels Tax Is Under Assault, New Alternatives Are Sought 05/03/2004 Labor Dept. Looks For More Students 04/26/2004 Mineta Exploring Steel-Price Options, Including Legislation 04/26/2004 Survey Shows Higher Demand, Lower Prices for Terrorism Insurance 04/26/2004 New Rules Threaten Global Firms In China 04/26/2004 Senate To Consider Tax Break for A-E Firms 04/26/2004 Corps Favors $7.7-Billion Mississippi Plan 04/19/2004 Report on Caltrans Operations Set for More Political Debate 04/12/2004 Gasoline, Diesel Prices Keep Climbing Higher 04/12/2004 A General Strike by Labor Threatens New Athens Stadium 04/12/2004 Feds Search Two Central Artery Subs In National Probe of Sham DBEs 04/09/2004 Senate Passes Pension Relief Bill; Bush Expected to Sign 04/05/2004 Havens Steel Scrambles To Survive 04/05/2004 Higher Steel Prices Could Push Overall Building Costs Up 8% 04/01/2004 GOP Conferees Clear Pension Bill, Over Democrats' Objections 03/29/2004 Building Israel�s Huge �Fence� Is a Hard Lesson in Politics 03/29/2004 Jacobs and Prosecutors Differ On Data Provided by Lobbyist 03/29/2004 Strock Will Become Next Chief of Corps of Engineers 03/25/2004 Bureau of Reclamation Slammed for 50% Animas-La Plata Project Overrun 03/22/2004 Deal Shows How Jacobs Used Chicago Lobbyist To Get Job 03/22/2004 AGC Urges Contract Escalation for Steel 03/22/2004 Builders of Athens Olympics Struggle to the Finish Line 03/15/2004 Jacobs Officials Plead Guilty 03/11/2004 Army Official Says Selection Process Progressing for New Corps Chief 03/08/2004 Contractors Stocks Are Up But Some Sale Values Lag 03/08/2004 EMCOR Seeks New President After Levy Leaves the Firm 03/03/2004 California Voters Pass Most Ballot Finance Issues 03/01/2004 Californians To Weigh State's Financial Future 02/23/2004 Industry Veteran Reconnects As New Earth Tech President 02/23/2004 Chicago Tries "e-Permits" To Unclog Traffic in City Halls 02/16/2004 Bush, Congress Battle Over Transport Bill 02/11/2004 Design-Build Method Gaining Ground in Water-Sewer Arena, But Hurdles Remains 02/9/2004 GE and MWH Link Up To Offer Industrial Water Outsourcing 02/09/2004 Siemens Sues Puerto Rico DOT Over Tren Urbano Completion 02/09/2004 Industry Sounds Warnings Over Corrosive Effect on Steel 02/06/2004 Building Trades' President Wants Unions to Back Kerry 02/02/2004 Bush's FY2005 Budget Freezes Highways, Transit; Cuts Corps, EPA Water Aid 01/29/2004 Senate Passes Pension Reform, with Multi-Employer Relief 01/26/2004 Court Rules That DOE’s Easing Of AC Standards Was Illegal 01/22/2004 Senate Finally Clears Omnibus 2004 Spending Bill 01/21/2004 NSPE Board Opposes Raising Limit on H-1B Visas 01/19/2004 Unemployment Rose in 2003 01/19/2004 Pentagon Priming the Pump for the Flow of Cash to Iraq 01/19/2004 ‘Illegal’ Worker Plan Debated 01/08/2004 Fluor Corp. Adds Prieto, Promotes Hopkins to Replace Oakley 01/08/2004 Bush Immigration Plan Draws Mixed Reviews 12/29/2003 World Bank Approves $166 Million for Afghanistan Rebuilding 12/29/2003 NCSEA Announces Certification Program for Structural Engineers 12/22/2003 CH2M Hill Wins Prize In Bankruptcy Contest 12/22/2003 Long-Anticipated Bankruptcy Ends Chapter for Halliburton 12/22/2003 FEC Fines Centex Construction Units For Campaign Contribution 12/22/2003 Business Rules Are Changing For Contracting in China 12/15/2003 San Diego Rights Its Ship Under Navy’s Lou Smith 12/09/2003 $328-Billion Spending Package Sidetracked in Senate 12/08/2003 Bear Patrol Guards Workers Closing Arctic Mine 12/08/2003 Bids Fly for Bankrupt J.A. Jones Unit, Lockwood Greene 12/05/2003 No Quick Approval Seen for $328-Billion Omnibus Spending Bill 12/01/2003 St. Paul-Travelers Merger Thins Underwriter Ranks 11/24/2003 XL America Buys DPIC Renewals As Professional Liability Insurer Exits 11/24/2003 New Guidelines May Take Some Pain Out of Reverse Auctions 11/17/2003 Fluor Corp. Exec Ron Oakley Set to Join Bovis as New CEO 11/17/2003 Unions Ask for Slowdown of Las Vegas Home Sprawl 11/10/2003 Contractor Files for Chapter 11 On Tampa Desalination Project 11/05/2003 Congress Approves 3% Hike for Park Service Construction 11/03/2003 Construction Will Continue Along Slow Growth Path 11/03/2003 Danger Lurks Behind Some Friendly Looking Contracts 11/03/2003 Structural Engineers Expected To OK Certification Program 10/30/2003 Investors Air Concerns About Security and Business Stability in Iraq 10/30/2003 Nash: DOD to Speed Bidding of Iraq Reconstruction Contracts 10/30/2003 Conferees Agree on $87.5-Billion Iraq Spending Bill, with $13 Billion for Infrastructure 10/27/2003 Contractors Place Their Bids For J.A. Jones� Prime Assets 10/27/2003 Corps to Seek Bids on Up to $5 Billion in Non-Oil, Overseas Contracts 10/23/2003 Rear Admiral Loose to Take Command at NAVFAC 10/22/2003 Hurdle Remains for FY04 DOD Committee Spending Bill 10/20/2003 House and Senate Pass Iraq Reconstruction Aid Package 10/20/2003 Poor Health May Save Union Leader 10/20/2003 DBIA Looks for New President And Fair Project Delivery Laws 10/20/2003 Plans Laid for Next Phase As Iraq Rebuild Continues 10/16/2003 Corps Backs New 'Relief Valve' for North Dakota Lake 10/13/2003 Picking Up the Pieces In the J.A. Jones Saga 10/13/2003 Labor-Owned Firm Investment May Ease Financial Woes 10/13/2003 Blackout Buzz Attracts Tire Kickers to Utility Exposition 10/10/2003 House Panel Approves $86.9 Billion for Iraq 10/09/2003 Corps of Engineers Reorganizing, Seeking to be "a Team of Teams" 10/07/2003 House Panel's Chairman Trims Bush Request for Rebuilding Iraq 10/06/2003 Engineers in California Recall Stake Claim to Be Governor 10/06/2003 J.A. Jones Files Chapter 11 After Long Effort To Find a Buyer 10/03/2003 Labor Dept. Finalizes Changes to Union Financial Disclosure Reports 09/30/2003 One-Month Spending Bill Enacted, Covers Most Agencies 09/29/2003 Bush Seeks to Bolster Rebuilding in Iraq 09/29/2003 Bechtel’s $680-Million Contract Is Now Tapped Out 09/26/2003 Congress Passes Stopgap Funding Bill 09/25/2003 Reconstruction Will Expose Iraqi Construction Industry To Modern Western Practices 09/25/2003 Course Change At Graphisoft 09/22/2003 As AGC Girds for Elections, Union Chiefs Talk Cooperation 09/15/2003 GSA Pioneers CM Standards in RFP 09/15/2003 U.S. Firm Claims Competitor Rigged Chinese Crane Option 09/11/2003 House Passes FY04 Spending Bill for DOT, GSA 09/08/2003 German Designer Fined In African Bribery Case 09/08/2003 Pittsburgh District Attorney Declines to Charge Contractor 09/04/2003 ASCE Infrastructure Report Shows Negative Trend for Several Sectors 08/27/2003 CBO Projects Record Federal Deficit for 2004 08/27/2003 Bechtel Awards Lucent Iraqi Communications Subcontract 08/18/2003 Owner of Damaged Building Sues Insurers to Pay for Demolition 08/11/2003 International Firms Band Together to Promote Clean Bidding 08/11/2003 Politics Impede $5.6-Billion South Korea Program, Says GAO 08/11/2003 Owners Play a Major Role in Site Safety 08/08/2003 Bechtel Bows Out of Iraq Oil-Repair Contract Competition, Citing Scope Changes 08/04/2003 Contractor's Iraq Connection Dogged By Trail of Project Woes 08/04/2003 Policies for Defects Axing Key Elements 07/28/2003 Capitol Visitor Center Costs Continue to Spiral Upward 07/28/2003 California Road Jobs Given Emergency Fix 07/24/2003 Iraq Reconstruction Resource 07/21/2003 Airports Must Now Redesign To Relocate Screeners 07/21/2003 Heavy Lifting Ahead: Cliff Mumm, Bechtel National's Iraqi Project Director, Addresses Looting, Security Concerns 07/21/2003 Depressed Market Takes Out Powerplant Builder and Owners 07/21/2003 Corps, Contractor and Iraqis Prioritize Projects to Bring Back Oil Production 07/18/03 House, Senate Panels Clear Corps Funding Bills 07/17/2003 Bechtel Completes Bridge Bypass in Iraq 07/14/2003 Bush Picks Chicago Construction Official as Ambassador to Ireland 07/14/2003 Iraq's New $6.4-Billion Budget Has $1.1 Billion for Construction 07/14/2003 Hawaiian Engineers Targeted By Campaign Finance Probe 07/14/2003 Retirement Wave Looms for State DOTs 07/07/2003 AWWA Looks for New Ways To Go with the Flow in 2004 07/07/2003 Toyota Claims Union Pact Gives Nonunion Firms Fair Shake 07/07/2003 As Fiscal Problems Persist, States Cut Across the Board 07/07/2003 Changes Coming In Iraq's Oil Fields 06/30/2003 Transportation Officials Lament Lack of Funds 06/30/2003 ULLICO Probers Question Georgine�s Compensation 06/30/2003 Waiting for California's New Law to Show Results 06/30/2003 Shotgun Claims Drive Insurance Sky-High 06/27/2003 States' 2003 Budgets Cut By $14.5 Billion, Survey Says 06/27/2003 House Approves 14% Cut in DOD Construction Funds for 2004 06/26/2003 House Passes Bill Hiking Homeland Security Dept. Funds By 2% 06/23/2003 Bank Loses Its Confidence With Project 95% Complete 06/23/2003 House, Senate Pass Aviation Funding Bills 06/19/2003 House Approves Permanent Repeal of Estate Tax 06/18/2003 House Panel Cuts DOD Construction Spending for 2004 06/18/2003 DOT Revises Contract Retainage Rule 06/16/2003 Griffin To Become Corps' Deputy Chief 06/16/2003 Contractor Stars in Verdict In $1.5-billion Casino Lawsuit 06/16/2003 Small Steps Made Toward Big Afghanistan Rebuild 06/16/2003 A Responsibility Gap Crashes At Location C3 06/09/2003 Class Of 2003 Finds Jobs Tight But More Interest In Engineers Grads 06/09/2003 Bovis Wins Venetian Lawsuit 06/05/2003 Senate Rejects Bid to Cancel 2005 Base Closure Round 06/02/2003 Construction Sees Gains From Tax Bill, At Least In Near Term 06/02/2003 Thousands Jockey To Rebuild Iraq 05/30/2003 Bechtel Says First Land Subcontract In Iraq Signed 05/29/2003 OMB Releases New Rule for Contracting Federal Services 05/27/2003 Tax-Cut Bill Clears Congress 05/27/2003 Labor Insurer ULLICO Names Acting President 05/26/2003 Multiyear Jobs, Even Small Ones, Are Biggest Risk For Overruns 05/26/2003 SAFETEA Funding Debate Begins 05/23/2003 Tax-Cut Bill Clears Congress 05/23/2003 House Passes $350-Billion Tax Cut Package 05/22/2003 First of Three Bechtel Road shows for Iraqi Subcontractors Draws SRO Crowd 05/14/2003 Bechtel Awards Additional Iraq Subcontracts 05/12/2003 Bechtel Advances In Awarding Iraq Rebuild Subcontracts 05/12/2003 Key J.A. Jones Construction Unit Is On The Block To Pay Off Debts 05/12/2003 Accurate Measures Are Elusive 05/09/2003 Georgine Resigns As ULLICO CEO, Replaced By O'Sullivan 05/05/2003 VDOT Staff Told To Get Licensed 05/05/2003 Bechtel Awards Subcontracts But Iraq Work Slowed By Storms 05/05/2003 Potential Asbestos Deal Nears 04/28/2003 Fluor, AMEC Form Team to Compete for Oil Field Contracts in Iraq 04/28/2003 Deal Could Oust Georgine As Chairman Of Troubled Ullico 04/25/2003 Bechtel Seeks To Register Potential Iraq Rebuilding Subcontractors 04/25/2003 Georgine Will Step Down as ULLICO Chairman 04/24/2003 Bechtel Sends More Personnel, Supplies to Iraq 04/21/2003 Creel Leaves Tyco's Earth Tech For Role As R&D Entrepreneur 04/21/2003 U.S. Steel Top Bidder in Auction for National Steel 04/21/2003 Group Settles For Compromise In Needed Revamp Of Standards 04/21/2003 SARS Forces Firms To Trim Trips While Working For Asian Clients 04/17/2003 USAID Awards Iraq Reconstruction Contract to Bechtel 04/17/2003 Bush Signs Bill Providing $79 Billion for Iraq War, Reconstruction 04/14/2003 Congress Approves $78.5 Billion for Iraq War, Reconstruction 04/14/2003 Corps Picks Three Contractors For Broad Mideast Support Work 04/11/2003 Corps: Kellogg Brown & Root Contract Has $7-Billion Cap; Only $50 Million Spent So Far 04/04/2003 Corps Picks 3 Firms for Work Under U.S. Central Commande 04/07/2003 HealthSouth's Financial Woes Squeeze Construction Projects 04/07/2003 Army Beefs Up Its Logistics 04/07/2003 War Funds Advance In Congress 04/04/2003 War Spending Packages Clear House, Senate 03/31/2003 Border Berms Cleared To Make Way For U.S. Invasion Of Iraq 03/31/2003 Engineers Place Pipeline That Follows Troops Into Iraq 03/31/2003 War Fuels Burst Of Contracting 03/27/2003 Rumsfeld and Ridge Defense $75-Billion Supplemental Request to Senate Appropriators 03/27/2003 Corps Prepares to Assess Early Infrastructure Needs in Iraq 03/25/2003 Bush Seeks $75 Billion For Iraq War, Humanitarian Aid 03/25/2003 Kellogg Brown & Root Gains Corps Contract to Extinguish Iraq Oil Fires 03/24/2003 Worries Over Shrinking Assets As Ullico Director Resigns 03/24/2003 Troops And Equipment: Good To Go 03/20/2003 USAID Expects to Award Iraq Reconstruction Contract by End of Month 03/03/2003 The Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq 03/14/2003 Carpenters' President Resigns From Ullico Board 03/13/2003 DOD Seeks Potential Oil Fire Contractors for Post-War Iraq 03/10/2003 U.S. Agency Seeks Bids for Rebuilding Iraq 03/10/2003 AFL-CIO Council's Flap With Chao Stalls Its Debate Over Ullico 03/10/2003 U.S. Charges 42 In Crackdown On Mob Influence In N.Y. Unions Rackets 03/05/2003 Corps Budget Slammed by Senate Appropriators 03/03/2003 Empty-Pocketed States Look To Feds 02/28/2003 Civil Works Nominee Has Smooth Confirmation Hearing 02/24/2003 Spending Bill Finally Passes 02/17/2003 Security Needs Raise New Issues 02/17/2003 Toyota Sites New Plant in Texas for Some Unusual Reasons 02/17/2003 Disciplinary Hearings Draw Crowds 02/13/2003 Conferees Agree on $397-Billion Omnibus Spending Bill 02/10/2003 Dillingham Files for Bankruptcy 02/10/2003 Budget Is Tough on Construction 02/03/2003 Bush FY2004 Budget Plan Holds Down Most Construction Programs 01/20/2003 House Appropriations Sets Up Homeland Security Subcommittee 01/27/2003 Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in PLA Case 01/27/2003 W. Va. Contractor Who Hit it Big Sets Sights on Bigger Projects 01/27/2003 Many Strapped Governors Look to Tap Capital Funds 01/27/2003 U.S. Moves to Settle Lumber Rift 01/24/2003 Senate Clears $390-Billion Spending Package 01/23/2003 Bush Nominates DOD Official for Army Civil Works Post 01/22/2003 Ridge Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary 01/20/2003 Giant Statue Topples in India Just Days Before Completion 01/17/2003 Ridge Nears Confirmation As Homeland Security Secretary 01/13/2003 Hugh Shiring Jr. Lived and Died Doing the Tough Work He Loved 01/13/2003 Stimulus May Not Stir Industry 01/09/2003 Ground Zero Design Schemes Debated 01/09/2003 U.S. Steel Signs Deal to Acquire National Steel Assets 01/09/2003 Congress Nears Approval of Bill Funding Agencies Through Jan. 31 01/07/2003 House Democrats Unveil $136-Billion Stimulus Plan 01/07/2003 LTV' s Successor Bids $1.5 Billion for Bethlehem Steel 01/03/2003 Nations Rent Shoots for Bankruptcy Rebound, After Yearlong Struggle 12/26/2002 Spending, Tax, Transportation Bills Among Issues Facing New GOP Leader Frist 12/23/2002 Halliburton Says SEC Accounting Probe Now Formal 12/23/2002 Tutor Fights for Landing Rights 12/23/2002 Feds Get Ready to Outsource More 12/20/2002 McDermott Reaches Settlement Agreement for Babcock & Wilcox Asbestos Claims 12/20/2002 House Chairman Hopes to Pass FY2003 Spending Bills in January 12/18/2002 Halliburton Agrees in Principle to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Asbestos Claims 12/17/2002 FEMA Director WIll Leave Position March 1 12/16/2002 Biz-Savvy Graduates Fast-Tracked 12/12/2002 Halliburton Says Agreement Near on Asbestos Settlement Plan 12/09/2002 Three Union Directors Resign Over Handling of ULLICO Report 12/09/2002 Carpenters Fill Out the Lineup in Reunified Building Trades 11/27/2002 Terrorism Insurance Bill Signed Into Law 11/26/2002 Bush Signs Homeland Security Dept. Bill, Picks Ridge as Secretary 11/25/2002 Steel Erectors And Union Help OSHA Officers With New Rules 11/25/2002 Aid Plan for Terrorism Claims Clears Senate 11/20/2002 Senate Approves Homeland Security Dept. 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Jones Distancing Itself From Bankrupt German Parent 04/01/2002 AGC Contractors Sharpen Focus on Basics and New Technology 04/01/2002 Conexpo Weathers Downturn 03/25/2002 Probes Eye Union Chiefs' Trades 03/18/2002 Carpenters Take Center Stage 03/11/2002 Report Stresses Terrorism Gap 03/11/2002 Open Shop Flexes Politically and Targets 2002 Senate Races 03/04/2002 Carpenters Lay Out Conditions For Returning To Building Trades 03/04/2002 Outlook Improves For Legislation To Restrict 'Soft Money' Spending 02/18/2002 Heavily In Debt Comfort Systems Sells Key Operations To Emcor 02/18/2002 Homebuilders Are Humming And Keeping Economy Afloat 02/11/2002 Forum Pushes E&C Response 02/11/2002 Bonding Business Going For Broke? 02/11/2002 Bush Plan Slices Construction 02/04/2002 Power Job Moves Despite Enron Woe 02/04/2002 Write-Offs Under Rule Change Could Hurt Some Companies 02/04/2002 Insurance Rates On A Wild Ride 01/28/2002 IT Group Seeks Bankruptcy Move As Part Of Planned Sale To Shaw 01/28/2002 Calpine Pulls The Plug On Plants 01/07/2002 Bovis Takes Lead At WTC Cleanup, As Subway Repair Fast-Tracks 01/07/2002 Kentucky Bridge Bribe Case Involves More Than Inspectors 01/07/2002 Bush Revokes 'Blacklisting' Rule

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