TEXAS
The Towne Lake Business Park is being built by Lauth near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and State Highway 161 in Irving. The project will feature two Class-A
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THE TOP 400 CONTRACTORS
Markets Show Signs of Slowing Down
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Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton
Wilson V. Binger, former partner and chairman of engineering firm Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, who oversaw its work on large global dams, died April 21 in Chappaqua, N.Y., at age
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WYOMING
ExxonMobil recently announced plans to build a commercial demonstration plant near LaBarge. ExxonMobil has committed more than $100 million to complete development and testing of an improved
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WYOMING
DJ Power Partners, a joint venture between Kiewit and TIC-The Industrial Co., has been awarded a contract by PacifiCorp for the full engineering, procurement, construction and startup
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Where To Find the Top 400
FIRM RANK
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Wire Guides: Come in Many Shapes and Sizes
Beckson Wire Guides allows installation of computer network cables, electrical lines and other wires through walls without chafing or damage. They are made of durable, UV-resistant ABS
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650-Plus Meters Skyward, Crews Are Already Out of this World
August topping-out expected for record-tall supertower in Dubai
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Air Quality: EPA To Propose Tighter Lead Standard
The Environmental Protection Agency on May 1 said it will propose stricter air-quality standards for lead for the first time in 30 years. The proposal would tighten
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Airports: Senate GOP Blocks FAA Bill, Highway Fund 'Fix'
Senate backers of an aviation reauthorization bill were unable to muster enough votes on May 6 to block a Republican filibuster. The bill was pulled from the
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Building Bridges
Minnesota Reaches Settlement as New Bridge Is 65% Complete
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Building Cost Index
Due to a correction in wages, last month's BCI was revised downward to 4574.15.
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CALIFORNIA
Granite Construction Co. has been awarded a contract by the California Dept. of Transportation for a $44-million highway rehabilitation project near Essex. The scope of work includes
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CALIFORNIA 5/21
County of Riverside, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 4080 Lemon St., First Floor, Riverside 92501, Sheriff Station and Aviation Complex at Polk St. and Airport Blvd.
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COLORADO
Groundbreaking ceremonies were recently held by the U.S. General Services Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Alex S. Palmer & Co., for the future home of
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Cement Spreader: Dustless
The A2 Site Spreader is a dual-auger cement spreader capable of dustless loading and spreading. It is capable of a spreading rate of 90 lb per sq
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Checking Huey's Pulse
This week, you can see a narrated slide show on how engineers and contractors on the Huey P. Long Bridge-widening project in New Orleans are sequencing construction
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Construction Contractors Follow Defense Peers in Ethics Push
Construction firms are aiming to mirror what defense- industry contractors did in the late 1980s by launching a new business ethics initiative. Thirteen general contractors have joined
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Construction Cost Index
Due to a correction in wages, last month's CCI was revised down to 8112.45.
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Contractors Challenge Miami-Dade's Tower-Crane Ordinance
A coalition of Florida crane owners has filed suit asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to enjoin Miami-Dade County from enforcing its
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Contractors Must Fix Cracks On Tracks in Phoenix
Repairs to cracks in steel rails along a $1.4-billion, 20-mile Phoenix-area light-rail project are nearly complete. The 33-station, at-grade METRO line, which runs through Phoenix, Tempe and
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Developer Rises From the Desert Dust To Alter the Landscape
Emaar Properties PJSC seemed to rise out of nowhere, much like the Burj Dubai--the superskyscraper it is building in the desert city on the Persian Gulf peninsula
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Dulles Project: Not Dead Yet
After $210 million of value engineering, the proposed $5-billion, 23-mile extension of Washington, D.C.'s metrorail system to Dulles International Airport is back on track.
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ENR's Materials Price Indexes
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Elevator Man Takes On Only Long Rides
Veteran elevator consultant James W. Fortune says he used to hear about a supertall tower like the Burj Dubai once every five years. These days, he hears
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Engineer Got To Wear Two Hats for World's Tallest Structure
Some may have considered Ahmad Abdelrazaq's late 2004 move from architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to contractor Samsung Corp. a missed opportunity. SOM had just issued the
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Fat Fuel Will Fly Faster Than Chickens Ever Could
CDI Corp. has a feather in its cap--a chicken feather to be precise. The company is completing the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a new refinery
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Flood Control, Cleanup Propel Riverside Project in Toronto
Extensive soil cleanup and flood-control upgrades are enabling Canadian officials to transform a derelict industrial site on Toronto's waterfront into a community that will include housing, parks
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Food Shortages Turn Corn to Toast as Fuel
Renewable Fuels Association also points to other factors, but shakeout is under way
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Form-Based Codes Help Make Good Cities Great
As more young college graduates and elderly empty-nesters are drawn to urban centers for employment and active social and cultural lifestyles, retaining and preserving buildings, community legacy
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Form-Based Codes Help Shape New Urbanism
As more municipalities adopt smart-growth initiatives, officials are finding that some planners, architects and consultants are looking at form-based codes to better manage development. Unlike traditional zoning,
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GEORGIA 5/22
(prequalified bidders )-Athens Clarke County, Purchasing Dept., 375 Satula Ave., Athens 30601, Athens North Oconee Water Reclamation Facility on Bailey St. Construction of the new 14-mgd water
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IDAHO 5/20
Idaho Transportation Dept., Roadway Design, 3311 W. State St., Room 116, Boise 83703-5879, reconstruction and realignment of U.S. 95 from Mileposts 468.15 to 477.36 in Sandpoint. The
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ILLINOIS
A bond referendum has been approved for construction of the new Creal Springs School in Marion. The two-story, 60,000-sq-ft project was proposed by the Marion Community Unit
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ILLINOIS
A contract to design, deliver and install all the elevators for the new 61-story Mandarin Oriental Tower Chicago was awarded to KONE by Bovis Lend Lease on
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Iraqi Plant Is World-Class But Barely Producing
Problems successfully operating a finished $277-million water-treatment plant in Nassriya, Iraq, exemplify some of the difficulties the U.S. has experienced in transferring control and authority over reconstruction
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JOB-SITE SECURITY: ALL-SEEING EYE
The MVS-6 Mobile Security System is a remote monitoring system for job sites. The unit is powered by a hybrid system of solar panels and a diesel
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LOUISIANA 5/20
St. Tammany Parish School Board, 212 W. 17th Ave., Covington 70434, new Salmen High School at 300 Spartan Loop in Slidell. The estimated $30-million project includes a
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MISSISSIPPI
RTI International Metals Inc. has selected Parsons to provide construction management services and R.E. Warner & Associates was selected as architect for a premium-grade titanium sponge facility
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MOBILE CRANE: HIGH REACH IN A SMALL PROFILE
The LTM 1150-6.1 is a six-axle mobile crane with a maximum hook height of 93 m and a radius of 76 m with its telescopic boom attachments.
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Materials Cost Index
Steel prices increased for the third consecutive month, offsetting declines in lumber and cement prices.
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Modified Waters Plan Awaits Public Comments To Advance
Public comments are due on May 9 on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' "tentatively selected plan" (TSP) to address one of the longest-standing congressional mandates for
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NEW JERSEY 5/20
New Jersey Schools Development Authority, Procurement, One W. State St., Floor, P.O. Box 991, Trenton 08625, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School in Mays Landing. With cost
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NEW YORK
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects has been selected by the City of New York, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, to design the two-level, 36,000-sq-ft Lakeside Center located
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NEW YORK 5/20
(general contract-plumbing-HVAC and electric bids)-New York City, Design and Construction, 30-30 Thomson Ave., First Floor, Long Island City 11101, new 120th Precinct and Staten Island Central Booking
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NLRB: Battista Asks To Have Nomination Withdrawn
Former National Labor Relations Board Chairman Robert Battista has asked the White House to withdraw his nomination for a new term as board member. Battista on May
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Nation's Largest Crane Outfit To Merge With Private Equity Firm
Bridgeville, Pa.-based Maxim Crane Works Holding Inc. says it inked a contract on May 5 to merge with Platinum Equity Capital Partners II LP. for $42.50 per
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New Bovis CEO: Strategic Shift?
I n a move that could presage a strategic shift in one of the largest U.S. building firms, the Australian parent of Bovis Lend Lease has replaced
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PENNSYLVANIA
A contract to build a new $216-million nuclear power engineering campus was awarded to Turner Construction Co. by Wells REIT II - Cranberry Woods Development Inc., Trammell
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Perini's Band Notes Concern As New Vegas Accident Hits
The Las Vegas Strip claimed another worker's life, and again the accident happened at the huge CityCenter complex. It is the fifth at CityCenter and the sixth
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Philly Matches National Cost Trends
Construction costs in the City of Brotherly Love are matching that of the national 20-city average indexes. In May, the CCI for Philadelphia was up 2.6% for
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Pile-Driving Gantry System Debuts in North Carolina
Apair of custom-designed launching gantries has started driving piles, setting precast pier caps and launching and placing precast girders for a new 3-mile-long bridge in North Carolina.
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Poly-Filled Tires: No More Flats
Arnco polyurethane-filled tires are intended for big construction equipment where flats and blowouts pose significant safety risks. The extra weight in the tires also adds ballast, which
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Rising Steel Prices Hit Metal Pipe Products
Rising scrap-metal prices are starting to impact metal pipe products. Hardest hit has been ductile iron pipe. DIP prices jumped 4% this month, following a 3% price
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SAFETEA-LU Corrections Bill Clears Congress
More than two years after SAFETEA-LU became law, Congress has passed a measure making "technical corrections" to the voluminous highway-and-transit statute. The bill, which gained final congressional
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Sealing a Big Deal With a Handshake
The place was a bar called Vu in Dubai. The date was April 3, 2003. There, George J. Efstathiou, a managing partner in the Chicago office of
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Sewer, Water and Drain Pipe
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Study Supports Desalination
Anew report from the National Research Council underscores desalination's viability as a potential method for boosting the nation's water supply but says more research is needed to
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TEXAS 5/21
North Texas Municipal Water District, James M. Parks, 505 E. Brown St., Wylie 75098, Lake Tawakoni Treatment Plant on CR 330 near Terrell. The 30-mgd treatment plant
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U.K. Awards Tidal-Dam Study
The United Kingdom has awarded a two-year Strategic Environmental Assessment contract for a potentially $30-billion, 16.1-km-long tidal dam across Severn Estuary, between England and Wales, to a
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U.S. Inks Levee-Fence Pact
The Dept. of Homeland Security on May 5 agreed to fund $65.7 million of a $113.9-million hybrid levee-fence along a 22-mile-long portion of the Rio Grande River
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United Nations Fast-Tracks Its New York City Headquarters
The United Nations broke ground on a 2.6-million-sq-ft headquarters on May 5 in New York City and is on a fast track to open it two years
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Vehicle Back up Camera: See In Blind Spots
The RearSight Backup-Camera System is a back-up camera for vehicles with obstructed rear views. The heavy-duty, waterproof color camera sends a 150° wide-angle view to a 5-in.
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World's Longest Bridge Starts Up
An international consortium, led by Paris-based Vinci Construction Grands Projets and including Germany's Hochtief A.G., is building the world's longest bridge, from Qatar to Bahrain. The newly
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"$1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains" (ENR 4/28, 2008 p. 24)
The story "$1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains" incorrectly attributed a source who described software used to create a 4D construction model of a new
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20-City Average
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A Father and Son's Climbs and Falls
Growing up in Bellevue Borough, outside Pittsburgh, I would go with friends to climb the superstructure of Jack's Run Bridge. The bridge traverses a ravine between Bellevue
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ARKANSAS
Jacobs Carter & Burgess has been selected architect by BJ Services Co. USA for its regional headquarters at 3750 Main, southeast side of Highway 67 in Searcy.
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ARKANSAS 5/14
Little Rock Wastewater, 11 Clearwater Dr., Little Rock 72204-8009, wastewater treatment facility, Contract 2 of the Little Maumelle Sewage Treatment Plant on Pinnacle Valley Rd. in Little
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Air Force Seeks Secure Domestic Source for Fuel
Proposals are due on May 2 for development of a plant on a Montana air base to convert coal into synthetic fuel. The U.S. Air Force is
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Asphalt, Cement, Aggregate, Concrete, Brick, Block, Lime
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Building Cost Index
Due to a correction in wages, last month's BCI was revised downward to 4574.15.
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CALIFORNIA 5/13
Port of Long Beach, Administration Dept., 925 Harbor Plaza, Sixth Floor, Long Beach 90802-6402, terminal redevelopment project at Pier G in Long Beach. The estimated $43-million project
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CALIFORNIA 5/16
(proposals for construction manager at risk services)--San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., CPDC Room 202, San Francisco 94132, phase 1 of Creative Arts Center Replacement at
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COLORADO
The board of directors of the Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District has selected Nolte Associates Inc. to provide program management and inspection services for the design
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CONCRETE SCREED RAIL SUPPORT: NO MORE STAKES
The Super Saddle is a simple forked-hook device intended to replace the traditional stakes and hangers used to support screed rails during the wet screeding of concrete.
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Calendar
©12-16 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2008 Honolulu. The Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. For more information, visit Website
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Chicago's Deadly Fire Dispute Is Settled for $100 Million
Lawyers settled on $100 million over a deadly blaze at the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago, which killed six and injured 16 people on Oct. 17,
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