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• The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has selected Granite Construction as the construction manager/general contractor for two major infrastructure projects worth a total of $520 million.

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• Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and other metros in Linn County, Iowa, have seen $1.6 billion of construction since 2016, according to a study conducted by the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, The Gazette reported.

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• Puerto Rico Education Secretary Julia Keleher told Education Week that it will cost $11 billion and take from three years to seven years to bring the U.S.

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• Google’s investments in San Jose, California, property has spurred a development boom that has seen plans for housing, retail and office projects explode, according to The Mercury News.

Bankruptcy is many contractors’ worst nightmare. For some companies, it’s a public declaration that it was not able to handle its business dealings successfully, and that it can’t pay its bills.

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• The Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Labor conducted construction jobsite inspections under the province’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) from May 1 to Aug.

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• After an evaluation of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), the Hawaii state auditor’s office issued a scathing report that describes the authority’s performance on the $9.2 billion Honolulu Rail Transit Project as "over promising, under delivering.

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• The Arkansas Department of Transportation selected Kiewit-Massman Constructors, the joint venture of Kiewit Infrastructure South and Massman Construction, over two other bidders to design and build 30 Crossing, a rehabilitation of the Interstate 30 bridge corridor through Little Rock.

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• New York City Council Member Ben Kallos has proposed legislation that would require construction workers to be paid the prevailing wage for projects subsidized by the city.

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• The $5.6 billion, 16-mile Purple Line light-rail project in Maryland that eventually will provide access to the Washington, D.C.

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• OSHA has cited St. Louis-based contractor Western Waterproofing Co. Inc., doing business as Western Specialty Contractors, and proposed a fine of $155,205 in relation to a mini-crane accident on a project in New York City last June.

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• Members of the U.S. military and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection were able to cut through a steel bollard fence, one of eight board wall prototypes built near San Diego in 2017, with a saw, according to NBC News.

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• The American Society of Safety Professionals Foundation has released the results of a three-year study on worker fatigue that indicates that wearable technology could play a role in both better defining the problem of overtired workers and increasing safety on the job.

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• At a Tuesday meeting of the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA) board in Omaha, Nebraska, members voted unanimously to hire Kiewit Building Group as construction manager for a $260 million to $290 million downtown riverfront renovation project, The Omaha World-Herald reported.

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• Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ office announced Monday that the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) System have reached an agreement on development bonds for the $5 billion Gulch project.

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• Real estate investment trusts Hudson Pacific Properties and Macerich announced Tuesday that Google has agreed to lease the Westside Pavilion shopping center in Los Angeles in its entirety for a term of 14 years.

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• The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, as part of a settlement, has ordered contractor Reynolds Baldwin III — doing business as Copperhead Construction LLC and Sara-Tech LLC — to pay $531,000 of back wages, liquidated damages and civil penalties for violations involving 82 employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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• Sarcos Robotics recently announced technology advancements to its Guardian XO Max full-body, all-electric, battery-powered industrial exoskeleton robotic system that is capable of allowing a human operator to safely lift and manipulate up to 200 pounds, the columbus oh dump truck company said.

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• Gage Bros. Concrete Products, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based manufacturer, completed its first automated concrete pour from a recently opened plant, reported The Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

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• In a Jan. 8 email to his 2nd Ward constituents, Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins announced he would not approve developer Sterling Bay's $6 billion Lincoln Yards development as long as the master plan includes a proposed 20,000-seat soccer stadium and Live Nation ownership of entertainment venues, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.

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• The City of Rowlett, Texas, has declared Bayside Land Partners LLC and Bayside District Partners LLC in default of their development agreement for the $1 billion mixed-use Bayside development and has filed a lawsuit in Dallas County District Court, “seeking all available legal remedies.

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• Dodge Data & Analytics reported that its Momentum Index for the full year of 2018 was up 4.3% from 2017.

As technology becomes more integral to construction professionals and businesses, mobile phones have become essential tools to getting the job done on time and on budget.

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• In New York City, where lenders are clamoring to finance real estate deals, building-related costs in the Big Apple could keep new construction loans, and, as a result, new construction projects, to a minimum in 2019, according to Bisnow.

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• The Downtown Code Design Review Committee in Nashville, Tennessee, has approved code modifications for two parcels in the city’s Nashville Yards development that will allow Amazon to move forward with construction of its new business operations unit there, according to The Tennessean, an investment previously valued by Amazon at $230 million.

Is a trend really a trend if it repeats year after year? That's a valid concern in the commercial construction world. For a competitive and fragmented industry that happens to be resistant to some of the rapid evolution noted in others, participants and observers are continually seeing some of the same glacial movements take center stage.

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• The Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America is suing the City of Phoenix and a local advocacy group, asking a judge to toss out a proposed ballot initiative that would have voters revisit the issue of light-rail funding, reported The Arizona Republic.

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• In April, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which is administering billions of dollars of disaster relief and recovery funds authorized through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, awarded $16 billion for state projects that would help prevent and mitigate damage from future natural disasters, but President Donald Trump's administration still has not instructed states about how to apply for the money, Bloomberg reported.

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• Shop class is making a comeback in Texas, where immigration enforcement has left the construction industry with a lack of skilled workers, Dallas News reported.

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• In its "2019 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook Report," the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate found that almost 80% of the more than 1,300 columbus oh dump truck company they surveyed plan to add workers to their payrolls this year — one of the positives highlighted in the annual study — despite worries about the pool of available and qualified workers.

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• The Federal Aviation Administration has given its authorization for the developers of the $1 billion Vertical Medical City (VMC) in Orlando, Florida, to build the tallest part of the complex 444 feet above ground level and, technically, into Orlando International Airport’s airspace.

The ever-increasing number of connected devices and the need to store all the resulting data has led to a rise in U.S. data center construction that shows no signs of slowing down.

Infrastructure columbus oh dump truck company may be heating up again with whisperings of President Donald Trump’s administration reinitiating the $1 trillion infrastructure plan promised during his 2016 presidential campaign.

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• The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration has executed a $1.17 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement for Seattle, Washington's $3.2 billion, 8.5-mile Lynnwood Link Extension light-rail project through the FTA Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program.

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• Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, an affiliate of The Cordish Cos., has selected Gilbane Building Co. as general contractor for its $700 million development in Philadelphia's stadium district.

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• Wynn Resorts Holdings has accused Resorts World Las Vegas of “pirating” the signature design of Wynn hotel casino developments, according to documents filed with the U.S.

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• Developer Millcraft Investments provided more information last week about the Esplanade, its planned $700 million, 15-acre mixed-use development on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

As 2018 comes to a close, Construction Dive is looking back on some of the most impactful storylines from the past 365 days. Construction had a huge year, with major companies announcing strategic shifts in their plans and OSHA’s much-debated silica rule taking effect and being enforced.

As 2018 comes to a close, Construction Dive is looking back on some of the most impactful storylines from the past 365 days. Construction had a huge year, with major companies announcing strategic shifts in their plans and OSHA’s much-debated silica rule taking effect and being enforced.

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• Flatiron Construction Corp. recently announced that its joint venture with Skanska and Stacy and Witbeck (FSSW) was awarded a $224 million segment of the $6 billion, 40-year North Coast Corridor (NCC) project in San Diego County, California, bringing its total contract value for the project to $560 million.

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• Autodesk Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire construction bid-management platform BuildingConnected for $275 million net of cash, according to an Autodesk press release.

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• The Timber Innovation Act will soon be on its way to President Donald Trump for signature as part of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the Farm Bill) that won wide, bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate last week.

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• September’s Hurricane Florence left behind approximately $3.6 billion of damage at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, reported the Marine Corps Times.

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• A U.S. Appeals Court judge for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans has ruled that OSHA can cite general columbus oh dump truck company — even if their employees are not affected — for subcontractor safety violations.

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• Procore has closed a $75 million funding round, led by Tiger Global Management, that boosted its value to $3 billion, according to a statement.

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• Monster's year-end look at hiring and job searching in 2018 found that construction- and trade-oriented industries accounted for much of the hiring in 2018, according to its 2018 The Year in Jobs Report.

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• A series of emails around the $233 million Colorado Convention Center’s planned expansion reportedly point to collusion between Trammell Crow 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.

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• The Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership has issued its latest report on the state of construction projects completed, in progress or on the way in the District of Columbia, and, according to an analysis by Bisnow, the district is looking at a development pipeline of $50 billion.

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• Google on Monday announced plans to invest $1 billion in a new Manhattan campus development called Google Hudson Square, which will increase its presence in New York City by 1.7 million square feet.

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• The New York State Attorney General’s office has confirmed to NBC 4 News that it is investigating a potential coverup of defective steel bolts discovered during construction of the $4 billion Mario M.

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• The New York State Attorney General’s office has confirmed to NBC 4 News that it is investigating a potential coverup of defective steel bolts discovered during construction of the $4 billion Mario M.

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• The National Fire Protection Association, after conducting an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, has determined that construction workers represent a “significant share" of contract worker deaths as a result of electrocution from 2012 through 2016.

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• The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board this week approved $872 million for the $1.1 billion, 26-mile east-west Cotton Belt light-rail line and awarded two major contracts for the project contingent on a $908 million U.S.