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More from 12/25/2006 Issue >>

Federal Funds Infuse New Life In New York City Megaprojects

Two Big Deals Open Markets for U.S. Nuclear Power Industry

Diesel Put on 'Endangered List'

Former DePalma Exec Indicted

First U.S. Trial Guidance Released for Water-Wastewater Facilities

From 12/18/2006 Issue >>

Huge Tent Proposed To 'Weatherize' Complex

Air Quality Near WTC Site Tested

Collaborative Effort Will Assess Nation's Lakes and Reservoirs

Study Looks at Impact of Quakes on Nonductile Concrete Buildings

Federal Tax Incentives Fuel Clean Coal Plant in Mississippi

U.K. Plans Major Upgrade of Natural Gas Pipeline System

NFL Agrees To Give $300 Million for New Jersey Football Stadium

From 12/11/2006 Issue >>

Damaged Gate Repaired at a Tennessee River Lock

St. Petersburg, Russia, Ready To Join the Tall-Building Club

New Orleans Picks a Veteran Urban Planner To Lead Rebuilding

EIA Predicts Strong Growth for Nuclear and Alternative Energy

Yet Another Museum for Denver

Hydro and Desalination in Plans To Resuscitate 'Dying' Dead Sea

From 12/4/2006 Issue >>

Design for Pedestrian Bridge in Portugal Breaks With Tradition

GSA Gets New Chief Architect

Chernobyl Fix Reaches Milestone

Program Targets Deficient Bridges

Asbestos Settlement Reached, New Protocols Considered

New U.S.-Canada Bridge Span Could Be Public-Private Deal

From 11/27/2006 Issue >>

Investigators Eye Winds and the Crane's Base for Clues to Cause

London Estimates Up by 38%

International Agreement Gives Green Light to Fusion Plant

Fluor To Appeal $98.8-Million Jury Verdict for Contractor

Contract Awarded for One of World's Largest Cement Plants

From 11/20/2006 Issue >>

Wind Measured on Air Force Memorial

New York Times Building Makes Its Point

Caltrans Revises Bid Process to Attract More Firms to Project

Indiana Takes Closer Look at Public Private Partnerships

Dallas Cowboys Lose Fight to Keep Stadium Plans Secret

From 11/13/2006 Issue >>

Work To Shore Up California's Levees Waits on Bond Vote

Fluor Takes Hit on Embassy Jobs

The Netherlands-based ARCADIS Acquires U.S. CM PinnacleOne

Second Worker Dies in a Year on Opus Job in Minneapolis

World Bank Debars German Firm

From 11/6/2006 Issue >>

McGraw-Hill Construction Forecasts a Modest Decline

Lawsuit Filed in Attempt To Stop Big Brooklyn, N.Y., Development

Four Teams Bid for Atlanta Toll Job

Work Begins on Los Angeles' New Light Rail System

CEMEX Bids To Buy Rinker, Deal Would Create Aggregate Giant

From 10/30/2006 Issue >>

Despite 'Wobble,' Philadelphia Stadium's Exit Ramp is Stable

Slip in Housing Caught By Strong Gains in Other Markets

New Roads Require Private Funds

A Wide Range in Cost Proposals For Restoring the Salton Sea

Manhattan's New Transit Hub Is Caught in Local Politics

From 10/23/2006 Issue >>

A Gehry Design Will Give New Paris Art Gallery a 'Modern' Air

After 20 Years, U.S., Canadian Lumber Agreement is a 'Done Deal'

EMCOR Buys Fire Protection Firm

Utility Settles for $10 Million

Wrong Pipe Cited in Refinery Fire

London Games Go Design-Build

From 10/16/2006 Issue >>

A "Mud Volcano" is Indonesia's Latest Environmental Disaster

Extreme Price Hikes Shelve D.C. Wastewater Digester Project

Rental Service Sold for $4 Billion

Denver Justice Center May Not Miss Architect Who Left Job

Manhattan Green Building Opens

From 10/9/2006 Issue >>

Complex Design for Denver's Art Museum Completed on Time

EPA Cracks Down on Imports That Fail Emission Standards

Guilty Verdict in Bribery Case

California's New Plan To Manage Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

DOE Questioned on Misapplying Incentive Fees at Hanford

U.S. Firm Joins Team To Design Engineering College for Kuwait

From 10/2/2006 Issue >>

Turbine Cranes May be for Sale in '07

Report Faults Costs, Schedule for Everglades Restoration Job

Changed Roles Approved for World Trade Center Rebuild

Feds Approve Funding for Pittsburgh's Light Rail Tunnel

Costs Change Tunneling Plans

Shaw Group Reorganizes

From 9/25/2006 Issue >>

After a Record Period of Growth, the Housing Market Stumbles

Shear Assumes NAVFAC Command; Loose Nominated for Third Star

Layne Christensen Expands Its Sewer Line Rehab Business

Lebanon Conflict Delays Project

Huge NYC Jobs Ready To Go

Former PBS&J Officials Charged With Fraud by Miami Grand Jury

From 9/18/2006 Issue >>

Astronauts Begin Installing Truss, 208 Miles Above Earth

Fluor's U.K. Nuke Bid in Trouble

Deal Lets PBS&J Back in Texas

ValleyCrest Plans To Give Landscaping the Designer Touch

Project Raises Tunnel Clearance

Contractor Sues Sound Transit for Rising Costs on Light Rail

From 9/11/2006 Issue >>

New Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge Reaches Milestone

Bush Picks Mary Peters To Be Secretary of Transportation

NIST Takes on WTC Critics

Bridge to 'Nowhere' Redesigned

ICC and NFPA Settle Dispute

California Passes Law Restricting Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

From 9/4/2006 Issue >>

Inflation Pushes Up Costs for D.C. Area Bridge by 50%

Construction in the First Half of this year is Up 7% Over 2005

Fire Slows Shanghai Maglev

Proposed Tampa Bay Beltway Receives Vote of Confidence

A Commuter's Ultimate Revenge

From 8/21-28/2006 Issue >>

Concerns Raised Over Severe Corrosion of Oil Pipelines in Alaska

Construction Work Fatalities Decline but Remain High

CRH, Oldcastle Build U.S. Role with $1.3-billion APAC Purchase

 

 

Galvanizing Problem Studied in Collapse of TV Station Antenna

Court Upholds EPA on Clean Air

From 8/14/2006 Issue >>

Field Day Near Phoenix

Work Starts on WTC Memorial

Former J.A. Jones/Tompkins Exec Awarded Damages in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

A Student Design Competition With a Real World Application

Study Looks at Cement Panels To Substitute for OSB Products

From 8/07/2006 Issue >>

Coney Island Ride Gets Makeover

Corps of Engineers Floats Plan for Template Designs

Javits Center Expansion OK'd

Business Roundtable Pushes Job Training in Gulf Coast Area

Engineering Contract Awarded For New Hudson River Tunnel

Puget Sound Cleanup Studied

From 7/31/2006 Issue >>

MGM Mirage Inc. Starts Work on $7-Billion Vegas Casino Project

Canadian Constructors Seek Legal Status for Industry Aliens

PBS&J Reinstated To Compete For Florida, Texas Highway Jobs

Seattle's Historic Monorail Stalls In Its Post-Accident Return

London 2012 Games Organizers Say 'Let the Bidding Begin'

From 7/24/2006 Issue >>

Pipeline Between the Caspian and Mediterranean Sea Completed

Marathon Plans a $2.2-billion Expansion of Texas Refinery

Converting a North Sea Oil Field

Georgia's DOT Taps New Funding

British Government Policy Paper Advocates New Nuclear Plants

Bidding Opens for Job Tapping The Sacramento River's Water

From 7/17/2006 Issue >>

Operating Engineers End Strike In New York and Sign Contract

Louisiana Coast Protection Plan Calls for Integrated Approach

California Court Slams EPA Over Its Stormwater Runoff Policy

Concrete Admixture Giant Degussa Sold for $3.6 Billion to BASF

Texas Latest Private-Public Job

Imbedded Anchors Give Way in Boston Tunnel, Killing One

From 7/10/2006 Issue >>

Begun in 2001, Chinas New Line to Tibet Is the Worlds Highest

Mid-East Gets New Pump Facility

Hill International Lands Huge Management Project in Dubai

ASCE Begins Effort To Assess Future of Civil Engineering

JCB Reports Banner Year

First Case of Bridge Hitting Bridge Causes A Few Scrapes

From 7/3/2006 Issue >>

Construction on Detroits $300-million Terminal Begins

Markets Defy Forecasts of a Slowdown With Strong Start in 2006

EPA Unveils Prototype for New Breed of Hybrid Vehicles

New Battle in Southern Water Wars

Ashland Looking to Sell Paving Sub APAC to Oldcastle

A Slip in Design Billings May Indicate Weaker Markets Ahead

From 6/26/2006 Issue >>

Hybrid design will replace century-old bascule bridges

Science Guides Florida Officials To Expand Wind Debris Rules

After Great Fanfare, Deal To Purchase Vinci Fizzles

Chicago Announces $1-billion School Building Program

Maxim Crane Hangs 'For Sale' Sign on Rental Fleets

Hunt and Bovis Depart as CM On $310-million Newark Arena

From 6/19/2006 Issue >>

New Singapore Resort Will Be Topped with Two-Acre Park

Local Firms Merge To Create Giant Global Practice in Boston

EPA Drops Stormwater Permits For Small Oil and Gas Sites

Feds To Clarify New Tax Rule

North America's First Retractable Playing Surface Moves Indoors

From 6/12/2006 Issue >>

Three Gorges Project Advances as Cofferdam Is Blown Away

Military Airfield Is Top Candidate For Critical San Diego Expansion

OSHA Fines Contractor Over Collapse of Chicago Building

Chairman of France’s Vinci Out In Big

Florida Panhandle Builders Brace for New Wind Codes

Perini Corp. Puts a Stop To A $100-million Debt Offering

From 6/5/2006 Issue >>

Tennessee River Lock Gets Regular Tune-Up

Welds on Trans-Alaska Pipeline Storage Tanks Under Scrutiny

Equity Investor Aims Sight At Chicago-based NES Rentals

Court Tightness Restrictions On DOE Work at Idaho Site

Labor Dept. Prepares To Release Warning on Dump Truck Hazard

From 5/29/2006 Issue >>

Big Concrete Pour is 'cornerstone' for New University Campus

Study Says Repair is Cheaper Than Replacing Seattle Viaduct

Laborers' Announce Official Split With AFL-CIO As of June 1

Georgia Joins Private-Public Trend

Main Structure Is Completed Faster Than Scheduled

From 5/22/2006 Issue >>

Emergency Work on New Orleans Gates Falls Behind Schedule

U.S. Supreme Court Backs States In Dispute over Clean Water Act

Regulators Allow Deutsche Bank Demolition with Site Changes

Concrete Supplier Cuffed for Two Card Monte

Pact Between Developer and Syracuse Clears Way for Work

Storm Stresses New England’s Roads, Dams, Wastewater Plants

From 5/15/2006 Issue >>

An Apparent Formwork Failure Dooms Three Workers

New $200-Million San Diego Courthouse Open for Bids

PBS&J Buys Environmental Firm

N.Y.C. Plans Javits Expansion

Sage Timberline To Include Master Builder as Intuit Sells

From 5/8/2006 Issue >>

German Developer Moves Ahead on Structure in London

Civil Engineers Endorse Corps Katrina Inquest Progress to Date

U.S. Scholars Launch Virtual Science Library for Iraqis

Japanese Industry Execs Arrested For Falsifying Data To Cut Costs

Terex Corp. Buys Half Interest In Chinese Crane Manufacturer

EPA Adds and Proposes Sites To The Federal Superfund List

From 5/1/2006 Issue >>

Caterpillar Sales and Profits Hit Record Levels in First Quarter

JCB Builds 1,500-hp Racer

Asbestos-Driven Reorganization Finalized for ABB Ltd.’s U.S. Unit

Women Engineers Abroad Have Long Road to Equality, Says Study

Overseas Acquisition To Create New Contender for U.S. Deals

Feds Settle with Alabama Power Over Air Emissions Compliance

Impasse Ends and Clears Way For World Trade Center Building

Airport Terminal To Add 9 Million Sq Ft

From 4/24/2006 Issue >>

The 65-Year-Old Jamestown Bridge over Narragansett Bay Taken Down without
a Hitch

FAA Gives Green Light to Phoenix Sky Harbor Program

Seven Utilities Will Develop 1,300-Mile Power Line

Fatal Crane Collapse Lawsuits Settled for $11.25 Million

KBR Sets Wheels Turning Spin-Off from Halliburton

From 4/17/2006 Issue >>

Scaffolding Collapses At U.K. Hotel Project

OSHA Levies Stiff Fines to Firms Over Lead Exposure to Workers

Legislators in Illinois Consider Lease Deal for State Tollway

Bush and Nevada Spar over Site

FHWA Nominee Tops Obstacle To Move Closer to Confirmation

Brazilian Mendes da Rocha Takes Design Prize

From 4/10/2006 Issue >>

Investigation Starts on Deadly Mast-Climbing Platform Fall

Chicago Approves 2,000-Ft Spire

Breaches in Private Levees Threaten California Homes

Joint Venture Leases Army Site For Anti-Terrorism Training Center

CMAAs Certification Program Wins Accreditation from ANSI

Contract To Cap Damaged Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Delayed

From 4/3/2006 Issue >>

Moscow Skyscraper Will Be One of Europe's Tallest

Corruption in Afghanistan Threatens Investment

Airport Agency Funds Transit Job In Exchange for Piece of Toll Road

Pay Dispute Closes Chicago Job

Westinghouse Expansion Plans Anticipate ‘Nuclear Renaissance’

EU Clarifies Private Finance Rules For Infrastructure Investment

DOE's IG Says Site Restoration Will Cost Another $476 Million

From 3/27/2006 Issue >>

Accident Adds To Cost Woes on Wembley Stadium Project

Qualifications Are Due April 6 For San Diego Courthouse Job

Utility Unplugs Assets with Sale Of Major Electrical Subcontractor

NAFTA Favors Canada in Dispute With U.S. over Lumber Imports

Air Force Picks Eulberg To Run its Construction Programs

From 3/20/2006 Issue >>

Despite Protest, Work Begins on World Trade Center Memorial

San Francisco Seeks Input On Performance-Based Frames

Europe Seeks New Energy Policy

Philly Performing Arts Center Settles Dispute with Architect

Canada’s Stantec Is Nonstop In Buying Engineering Firms

A New Hybrid Engine for Trucks

From 3/13/2006 Issue >>

Demolition of New Orleans’ Hurricane-Damaged Buildings Begins

Construction Has Strong Start

U.N. Launches International Effort To Encourage Green Buildings

Cat Drops Suit over Clean Diesel

Fire Kills Worker in Smokestack

From 3/6/2006 Issue >>

Pennsylvania Plan To Cut Mercury Set To Affect Its Coal-Fired Plants

Advanced Combined-Cycle Turbine Begins Trip to Spain

Idaho and DOE Officials at Odds Over Treatment at Federal Site

Lend Lease Takes a Hit After Subcontractors Go Bust

Jacobs Chief Watson Turns Over CEO Position to President Martin

CH2M Hill Gains Coveted License Work in China

From 2/27/2006 Issue >>

Switch of Venue Is Major Penalty for Wembley Stadium Job

New Columbia River Plans Inked

Green Buildings Get a Boost

Terex Reports New Losses

NRC Eyes Illinois Nuke Problems

Will Lead Engineer-Contractor in Separating from Halliburton

From 2/20/2006 Issue >>

Contractors Lift 1,700-Ton Span into Place

Plans Move Forward For $1-Billion Hydrogen-Fueled Powerplant

Curve Ball Thrown at D.C. Project

Unhappy Laborers and Operating Engineers Bolt Building Trades

China Television Tower Could Take Title as the World’s Tallest

02/13/2006 The Final Numbers Are Tallied and Construction Is the Winner

02/06/2006 Snow and Ice Build-Up Also Eyed in Europe's Second Collapse

01/30/2006 New York City Plans $1.7-Billion Expansion of Convention Center

01/23/2006 World of Concrete Sees High Tech Come to Smaller Earthmovers

01/16/2006 Miami Contractor Orchestes 150 Trucks for 13,511-cu-yd Pour

01/09/2006 No Apparent Snow Overload on German Skating Rink Roof

 


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