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• In a Tuesday afternoon speech, presidential candidate Joe Biden outlined his plan for nearly $2 trillion in infrastructure spending, focused mostly on renewable energy and electrification, which he described as a "one-time" opportunity to reestablish the U.S.

A new study has found that proposal activity for architecture, engineering and construction firms sank to its lowest level in over a decade in the second quarter of 2020, as the coronavirus-related downturn trimmed backlog and reduced revenue for firms across the country.

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• Florida's new Public Financing of Construction law requires columbus oh dump truck company on publicly funded coastal projects to study how those projects could be impacted by sea level rise before starting work.

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• The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that a subcontractor's unintentionally faulty columbus oh dump truck company was an "accident" as it relates to commercial general liability (CGL) insurance and therefore is a valid claim under the subcontractor's insurance coverage.

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• The builder of a privately funded U.S.-Mexico border wall segment in Texas has agreed to an inspection of the 3.5-mile structure, which experts say is showing signs of erosion.

In the National Football League, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas have been partly financed by public dollars.

For the second month since the coronavirus pandemic began, prices of construction materials have risen.

Nonresidential construction input prices rose by 2.3% in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S.

COVID shifted the needle in construction safety. It had to.

This week, the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department disclosed information about recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program, and thousands of construction-related firms are on the list.

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• The amount of liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal capacity under construction globally has more than doubled in the past year, and is now running headlong into cratering demand due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.

This week, the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department disclosed information about recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program, and thousands of construction-related firms are on the list.

When it opens later this summer, a $26 million Chicago office building will be one of the first in the country to boast features designed to address COVID-19 safety concerns.

This article is part of a series of conversations that Construction Dive reporters and editors are having with industry leaders about the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their firms and their markets.

While any face covering will help contain the usual droplets that come from coughing, sneezing and even speaking, there are things to look for in a face covering to maximize jobsite safety from the coronavirus.

Coronavirus-related shutdowns required columbus oh dump truck company to scramble to find new ways to protect workers and monitor jobsite progress while maintaining social distancing.

When paper-based health screenings were too cumbersome to manage remotely, Wisconsin-based contractor The Boldt Co. turned to a digital solution.

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• DesertXpress Enterprises LLC, an affiliate of Virgin Trains USA, has struck a lease deal with the California DOT (Caltrans) for a right of way along Interstate 15 as part of its $4.8 billion, 170-mile

Just weeks after New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority announced it was beginning its largest capital program ever, COVID-19 hit the region, and the area quickly became the epicenter of the coronavirus infection in the U.S.

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• Facebook has announced it will build an $800 million data center in the Chicago-area city of DeKalb, Illinois.

Value engineering, the process of evaluating a project for potential changes that could save money without compromising on performance, typically happens for a few reasons in the realm of traditional construction.

Since March, U.S. construction firms have been on the front lines of the country's new normal, formulating practices to help keep jobsites safe and operational.

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• Citing the effects of the coronavirus on operations around the world, Australian contractor and developer Lendlease has declared a full-year loss of AUD 230 million to AUD 340 million (U.S.

President Donald Trump's recent executive order directing federal government agencies to waive environmental regulations and to take other actions necessary to streamline and expedite infrastructure projects was designed to help hasten the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction tech startups are invited to earn a platform for showcasing their products by taking part in a global competition.

The Construction Startup Competition 2020 is looking for what organizers call “the missing piece” in the construction technology landscape.

Robots have continued to make inroads into the construction industry. Whether due to a lack of skilled labor, or simply new tech becoming commercially available, companies continue to market robots and drones to columbus oh dump truck company as options to perform important tasks faster and more efficiently.

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• Energy contractor McDermott International yesterday announced it has successfully completed its restructuring process. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones signed an order releasing the Houston-based engineering and construction firm from Chapter 11 reorganization.

Levelset has released its list of the top 20 best-paying large columbus oh dump truck company for the first half of 2020. The recipients of the notice and lien service provider's Excellence in Managing Payments Awards ran at least 10 jobs in the first six months without any mechanics liens filed against them.

In the best of economic times, minority-owned construction firms struggle to access the capital they need to operate and grow their businesses.

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• Nearly three-quarters of municipalities in the U.S. have made budget cuts and adjustments due to the effects of the coronavirus, according to a survey from the National League of Cities (NLC), which predicts that cities will lose a total of $360 billion in revenue over the next three years.

When workers arrive at a Skanska jobsite at the University of Delaware, they are asked a series of questions such as, “Are you experiencing flu-like symptoms?" and " Have you, or has anyone in your family, been in contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19?” They also receive daily temperature checks before beginning work.

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• The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump cannot divert $2.5 billion of military funds to use in the construction of wall projects at the U.S.

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• The columbus oh dump truck company behind one of the largest hotel projects in the country last week confirmed that a noose was found in one of the towers of its $4.3 billion Resorts World Las Vegas construction project, KLAS 8 News Now reported.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order earlier this month directing federal government agencies to waive environmental regulations and to take other actions necessary to streamline and expedite infrastructure projects.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been planning a new high-containment laboratory facility near its headquarters in Atlanta for years, well before the coronavirus made its debut in the U.S.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order earlier this month directing federal government agencies to waive environmental regulations and to take other actions necessary to streamline and expedite infrastructure projects.

Pre COVID, companies may have felt secure in their safety programs, feeling like they’ve built a solid culture of safety, and even proudly detailed their lack of incidents as proof their safety was above par in the industry.

While major sports leagues have postponed their opening days or suspended play indefinitely until fear around the novel coronavirus subsides, construction on many new stadiums and arenas continues.

Even though new coronavirus infections are rising in several states, most construction workers responding to last week's Friday Feedback poll say they are not concerned that their jobs could make them or their families sick.

This article is part of a series of conversations that Construction Dive reporters and editors are having with industry leaders about the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their firms and their markets.

As many construction companies enter the post-COVID-19 environment, they have a challenging job ahead — to ensure their workers abide by social distancing guidelines and still remain productive.

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The coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on technology spend as companies navigated short-, medium- and long-term business projections. Caution became a go-to strategy; businesses deferred where possible and closely scrutinized spending.

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• Seattle photo-based inspection tech firm HeadLight, formerly known as Pavia Systems, has raised $25.6 million through an investment from Viking Global Investors, based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

This feature is a part of "The Dotted Line" series, which takes an in-depth look at the complex legal landscape of the construction industry.

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• The USG + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index plummeted from 74 to 56 from the first to second quarter of 2020.

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• Contractors and other vendors that supplied construction services and materials to SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment LLC for its properties in Central Florida have filed $23 million of mechanics liens against two major theme parks — Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, and SeaWorld in Orlando — for nonpayment.

When the COVID-19 outbreak hit the U.S. in March, Associated General Contractors of California was deep into rolling out Build California, a two-pronged campaign to recruit middle and high school students to the trades.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, airports have experienced an enormous drop in the number of travelers due to safety concerns and stay-at-home orders. This decrease in travel has directly affected airports’ bottom lines, and therefore, impacted ongoing and upcoming construction of runways, terminals and concourses.

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• House Democrats have unveiled a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes almost $500 billion of green measures proposed as part of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act earlier this month.

In recent weeks, two of the country’s largest columbus oh dump truck company have debuted prefabricated module systems to help facilitate the reopening of offices, schools, transit hubs and sports venues.

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• Statistics are indicating construction columbus oh dump truck company may be approaching precoronavirus numbers, according to data collected by Procore and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six states this week, marking a wave of new cases even as most states are moving forward with reopening their economies.

McCarthy Building Co.'s Southern California division works with owners on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, including healthcare facilities, educational centers for research and learning, laboratories and water and energy companies.

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• Natural gas columbus oh dump truck company Tellurian has pushed the start of construction on its $27 billion Driftwood LNG project near Lake Charles, Louisiana, to next year and is reconsidering the need to build the $4.2 billion Permian Global Access Pipeline to serve the Driftwood facility.

While face coverings are recommended and even required on construction sites across the country, construction pros have a range of reasons for not liking them.

A jobsite practice that originated years ago to help columbus oh dump truck company save time and money has been transformed into a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• A new system from health monitoring firm Kenzen can help employees keep cool this summer when working outside.

Construction firms across the country are responding to recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice with statements calling for an end to inequity and with programs to attract and retain diverse team members.

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• On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 vote that the U.S.

Having a strong relationship with a bank is crucial for businesses even in good times, but the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation has reinforced the importance of an effective financial institution.

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed construction across the country, firms continue to struggle to fill jobsites with skilled labor, and one of the largest pools of attractive candidates is former military staff.

As construction projects around the country begin to reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns, columbus oh dump truck company are returning to work. Whether because of reduced customer demand or government mandate, many have endured months of inactivity and the lack of revenue to go along with it.

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• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is floating a $4.6 billion plan to protect the most vulnerable areas in Miami-Dade County, Florida, from future coastal flooding and storm surge damage.

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• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday rejected the AFL-CIO’s lawsuit designed to force OSHA to create an emergency workplace safety rule focused on the coronavirus pandemic.

The antiracism protests spurred by the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of police in Minneapolis has put business owners on guard and looking for ways to protect their property against looters and others intent on inflicting damage.

Just as construction workers adapted to requirements regarding hard hats and safety glasses years ago, new personal protective columbus oh dump trucks necessitated by the coronavirus is having an impact on U.S.

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• U.S. Customs and Border Protection has asked columbus oh dump truck company building the wall along the U.S.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused columbus oh dump truck company to pivot to new ways of working on projects that were underway before it hit, such as Skanska's renovation of the University of Delaware's Worrilow Hall academic building.

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• A Texas construction columbus oh dump truck company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "when it fostered a columbus oh dump truck company environment rife with racist comments and discriminatory columbus oh dump truck company conditions" at a New York construction site in 2016, the U.S.

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• Boston-based Windover Construction is pioneering a method combining 3D modeling with prefabrication and augmented reality to speed up truss production and installation.

Digital design-build columbus oh dump truck company Prescient has received a $90 million financing commitment from Eldridge, a holding columbus oh dump truck company with businesses across finance, technology, real estate and entertainment.

Each year, Builder ranks the top 100 homebuilders in the U.S. based on closings. Here are the 10 top in the residential construction sector.

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• The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) has agreed to postpone an analysis of rail system alternatives, one of which would serve the Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California, in order to evaluate an unsolicited proposal from Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk's The Boring Co.

Now that moratoriums on nonessential construction have been lifted across the country, columbus oh dump truck company are getting back to columbus oh dump truck company with new protocols and provisions in place.

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• The president of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council (MBTC), Francis X. Callahan Jr., has asked Massachusetts Gov. Charles Baker to take another look at the state's COVID-19 reopening plan and provide more worker protections.

During these challenging times, construction companies must protect not only their employees, but also their financial data and business information.

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• Borrowers only have to use 60% of their loan funds for payroll costs under changes the federal government made to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that President Trump signed into law Friday.

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• Through a new executive order issued last week, President Donald Trump directed federal government agencies to waive environmental regulations and to take other actions necessary to streamline and expedite infrastructure projects in order to hasten the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• ​The construction industry added 464,000 net new jobs in May, the largest monthly increase in construction jobs since the government began tracking employment in 1939 and a drastic improvement from April, which recorded the industry’s largest month-over-month job loss.

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified a demographic shift that could affect the top markets for multifamily construction for years to come.

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• The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has joined a whistleblower case against engineering and construction columbus oh dump truck company AECOM, as well as certain recipients of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief aid after 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

While COVID-19 has forced columbus oh dump truck company across the country to lay off or furlough workers, Cincinnati-based Messer Construction has been able to keep its teams employed.

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• Democrat Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon, chair of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced a $494 billion transportation bill Wednesday that would see investments in critical road, bridge, rail, mass transit and resiliency projects.

As we enter the second half of 2020, event planners are rethinking the rest of the year’s conferences and expos. Many are being hosted virtually or rescheduled.

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• In Minnesota, a new application from the Construction Careers Foundation (CCF) seeks to bring young people from middle school through their early 20s into the construction industry.

As many projects across the U.S. are swinging back into action after being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, columbus oh dump truck company are facing another threat to their schedules and, potentially, the projects themselves.

Just as construction workers adapted to requirements regarding hard hats and safety glasses years ago, new personal protective columbus oh dump trucks necessitated by the coronavirus is having an impact on U.S.

Joe Piro is the vice president of supply chain for Providence, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building Co., the 10th largest contractor in the U.S.

It hasn’t been an easy ride for those applying for or administering Paycheck Protection Program loans since the program went into effect on April 15.

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• Homeowners living near the $1.5 billion Amazon Air hub project at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) in Hebron, Kentucky, have filed a lawsuit against general contractor Whiting-Turner Kokosing JV for alleged damages that blasting and other earthwork activity caused to their homes.

Construction management software is starting to look a lot different.

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an uncertain period for many contractors. Some have been forced to shut down projects due to state or local mandates while others have seen their customers scuttle or postpone new projects.

Some types of construction projects historically have been prone to delays, and thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, those delays are about to get worse, according to a Moody's Analytics REIS analysis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a host of legal issues for U.S. construction pros. Here, attorney Patrick J. Greene Jr., a partner in Peckar & Abramson's Government Contracts Practice​, answers readers' top questions.

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• Four major columbus oh dump truck company announced they are forming the “NEXT Coalition” to ensure columbus oh dump truck company learn the best safety practices to better protect their crews and office teams during the coronavirus pandemic.

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• OSHA has issued two new pieces of enforcement guidance for employers, one for recording COVID-19 cases and the other regarding its plans for onsite inspections.

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken over the construction industry through government-mandated shutdowns, safety and health concerns for workers and worries about how the outbreak will affect future work.

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• The Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan has filed a lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and two other state officials and is asking the state's court of claims to scuttle two emergency COVID-19 safety orders the association said are unconstitutional.

This article is part of a series of conversations that Construction Dive reporters and editors are having with industry leaders about the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their firms and their markets.

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Countries and individual states are beginning to reopen after weeks of stay-at-home orders. What remains are questions about how to proceed, what should reopen and what businesses should remain remote.

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• Construction technology columbus oh dump truck company Quartz Systems received $7.75 million in pre-seed and seed funding earlier this month.

One of the primary reasons experts cite for why construction lags in tech adoption is a lack of robust data collection and analysis. Especially with pandemic-related shutdowns and business uncertainty, contractors need to make informed, data-based decisions.

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• Just one year after breaking ground on its $1 billion Charlotte Harbor resort complex in Southwest Florida, Allegiant Travel Co.

This feature is a part of "The Dotted Line" series, which takes an in-depth look at the complex legal landscape of the construction industry.

Just like the rest of the world, construction was upended by this pandemic.

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• With $21.8 billion in total revenue for 2019, Bechtel remains atop ENR's Top 400 contractors list for 2020.

Contractors are always on the move. But the challenges of maintaining visibility of inventory and high-value assets outside of the warehouse have become more difficult and more crucial than ever.

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• U.S. mechanics lien filings have risen significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all but the most essential projects in many states, according to notice and lien service provider Levelset.

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• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $1.3 billion border wall contract to Fisher Sand and Gravel, the Arizona Daily Star reported.

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• The the total U.S. digital twin industry is estimated to soar from $3.8 billion to almost $36 billion by 2025, driven in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, analysis by research firm MarketsandMarkets shows.

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• After months of testing by multiple general contractors, Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog is being put to use in a real-world scenario, at the Denver International Airport’s multibillion-dollar expansion and renovation project.

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• The coronavirus pandemic has forced construction companies to adopt new and readily available technologies, and that adoption will continue in the short term and post-pandemic, according to McKinsey & Co.

Even though the U.S. unemployment rate is at a level not seen since the Great Depression, the construction industry's labor woes aren't close to ending, according to panelists at a recent Associated General Contractors of America webinar.

This article is part of a series of conversations that Construction Dive reporters and editors are having with industry leaders about the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their firms and their markets.

There have been tens of thousands of blogs over the years about Building Information Modeling (BIM).

Although many coronavirus-related shutdown and stay-at-home orders are in still in place, the U.S. is on the road to loosening restrictions to keep the outbreak at bay.

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• General contractor Balfour Beatty has stopped some of its modernization columbus oh dump truck company on California's commuter train service, Caltrain, through the end of the month.

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• Although the COVID-19 pandemic response and stay-at-home orders in California have resulted in a significant decrease in state revenues and increases in unanticipated emergency spending, it appears that the impact on the state's transportation agencies will be minimal.

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• The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has issued its 2020 "Dirty Dozen" report of what the organization characterizes as some of the worst safety violators in the U.S.

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• The Allegheny County Airport Authority has delayed the $1.1 billion Pittsburgh International Airport modernization project amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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• House Democrats’ proposed $3 trillion coronavirus federal aid package, the latest plan designed to stimulate the economy, includes benefits for construction firms and workers, but fails to address some of the biggest challenges facing the industry during the pandemic,Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) CEO Stephen E.