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ENR Art Dept. Social Media: A Special Report Related Links: Hashtag This: Social Media Risks and Rewards in Construction VHB/Eng-Wong, Taub and PB: Building Client Relationships with Social Media Corps Finds Facebook Excels for Flood Emergency Communications Writing the Social Media Policy Handbook at Burns & McDonnell, HOK Social Media Reshape Job Hunting and Recruitment at

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Slide Show The Doosan DA40 Articulated Dump Truck boasts a 40-metric-ton payload and a dump volume of 31.9 cu yd. It is powered by a 500-hp Interim Tier 4 diesel engine with 1,750 lb-ft of torque at 1,300 rpm. The truck has a sloping body design with a low rear frame, resulting in greater overall stability. It features independent front suspension and constant six-wheel drive. Doosan

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Israel Natural Gas Lines has signed an agreement with Italy's Micoperi Marine Contractors, Ravenna, to plan and construct a floating offshore terminal along the country's central Mediterranean coast to better ensure its supply of liquified natural gas. The $140-million project is expected to help Israel meet growing demand and counteract not only undependable natural-gas supplies from Egypt

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Florida Office of the Public Counsel Kelly says utility apparently mismanaged steam generator replacement project. Courtesy Progress Energy's Florida Public Service Commisssion public filing Root-cause analysis report by Performance Improvement International identified seven factors contributing to delamination, including tendon stresses and detensioning sequence. Related Links:

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PHOTO COURTESY VDOT / Trevor Wrayton Innovative financing Virginia DOT plans to expand use of PPP on projects in the suburbs of D.C. Related Links: ENR's Top Owners List and Top Owners Sourcebook Features After years of steady gains fueled by record funding levels, departments of transportation across the U.S. face lean times ahead. With funds from the 2009 American Recovery and

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Slide Show Photo courtesy of USACE The St. Louis District operated the emergency spillway at Wappapello Lake, Mo., for the first time since 1945. It caused about 40 ft of scouring into bedrock and washed out a section of road. Related Links: Corps Unveils Public National Levee Database Corps Pulls Out All the Stops To Cope With Rising River Corps of Engineers' List of 93

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Related Links: Jefferson County Commissioners Send Refinancing Plan to Alabama Legislature Jefferson County, Ala., Commissioners in Last-Ditch Renegotiations Over Muni Debt Spending on Sewers, Risky Financing Push Alabama County Near Bankruptcy Jefferson County, Ala., commissioners, faced with massive sewer-system debt and loss of a major revenue source, filed for bankruptcy Nov. 9,

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Joseph Penzien, a University of California-Berkeley engineering professor who developed the world's first modern shake table in 1972 and pioneered groundbreaking earthquake engineering research and academics, died on Sept. 19 in Redwood City, Calif. He was 86.   PENZIEN   Penzien, a 35-year teaching veteran at the school, was a key developer of its programs in structural dynamics and

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Photo courtesy of Vermont Agency of Transportation Hoping to restore roads before winter snow arrives, National Guard troops help fix three miles of state road in Cavendish, Vermont. Related Links: Hurricane Irene Provides a Laboratory For Testing Bridge Innovations Before winter arrives, crews are working hard in the Northeast to assess and repair infrastructure damaged from

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Photo by Greg Aragon for ENR Komatsu's 22-ton PC200LC-8 Hybrid Excavator, which went on sale earlier this year, is the first hybrid of its kind in the U.S. Related Links: How John Deere's New Hybrid Wheel Loaders Get Their Juice CARB, AGC Agree to Delay Emission Rules Until 2014 The California Air Resources Board is studying the effects of two pieces of hybrid construction

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Photo by Skip Pennington/Brasfield & Gorrie Protection of public safety, health and welfare is the chief imperative of licensed practice. Related Links: The Case For Practice Restrictions in Licensure How To Close A License Loophole Dont Blame Engineering for the Gulf Spill A physician's first priority is to do no harm, and an engineer's primary obligation is to hold paramount

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Photo Courtesy of AP Wideworld A fatal flaw in a cold joint, with splicing couplers instead of dowels, weakened the concrete wall. The April wall collapse at a Gatlinburg, Tenn., wastewater treatment plant that killed two workers was caused by deficient construction that allowed gradual corrosion of the rebar inside it, a state safety report said.The report, written by Mahammad Ayub,

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Slide Show The Polypro Optimax seal-coating machine is available in both 550- and 825-gallon capacities. The tank's polyethylene composition prevents the sealant from adhering to the inside of the tank. The tank's helix-blade agitation prevents stalling under heavy sand loads. The machine is powered by a Honda engine and compressor and features a large hose reel on a swivel mount. The

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Global changes, such as population growth, rising sea level and energy demand, create challenges for civil engineers. And advances in data sensing, and analysis can help address them—but researchers must concentrate on significant needs to make useful contributions."We see so many people doing research that doesn't help anyone," laments Ioannis Brilakis, an assistant professor in civil

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Related Links: Full 3Q Cost Report (Subscription required) Construction economists continue to dial back their forecasts for 2011. Single-family housing, public works and the institutional-building markets have all stumbled badly in 2011, says Robert Murray, McGraw-Hill Construction's chief economist. The few bright spots, such as multifamily housing, manufacturing and powerplants, "

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Ben C. Maibach Jr., who joined Michigan contractor Barton Malow Co. as a laborer in 1938 and rose to become chairman of what, nearly 40 years later, is now a major U.S. building construction firm, died on Sept. 24 in Farmington Hills, Mich., at age 91.   MAIBAC   He died of cancer, says a spokeswoman.Maibach, who followed his carpenter-foreman father into the firm, was instrumental in

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  HAUSSMANN   Louis D. Haussmann has been elevated to chief operating officer of Baxter & Wodman Inc., a Crystal Lake, Ill.-based municipal engineering firm. A 14-year veteran, he had been head of its transportation group and joined the board in 2009. Baxter & Woodman is ranked at No. 352 on ENR's list of the Top 500 Design Firms, with $27.5 million in 2010 revenue. Thomas Clinard

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TOP PHOTO: Komatsu America Corp., BOTTOM PHOTO: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. How Green? Komatsus hybrid excavator, which the firm says is 25% more fuel efficient than the standard model, is one of two machines to be tested. If you are working out West and have been thinking about trying a hybrid construction machine, now is the time to take advantage of nearly $1 million in incentives

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Courtesy of University of Oklahoma Work Crew University of Oklahoma College of Architecture students learn materials and methods in building mock-ups in industry-funded work lab. Apprentice instructors are on the teaching staff. Related Links: Education Special Report Main Story: Engineers and Universities Advance Career-Long Learning When contractors and labor heard that

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Slide Show Photo courtesy of Southern Nevada Water Authority. The first section of the TBM was hoisted into the drop shaft on Sept. 7, 2011. Related Links: Big Drop in Lake Mead Curbs Water, Power Southern Nevada's newest piece of mega-hardware—a custom $25-million Herrenknecht tunneling-boring machine—will make its long-awaited underground debut later this year.The machine

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Map by ENR The 1,483-kilometer industrial corridor from Delhi to Mumbai would contain nine megazones for industry, spread out along a future high-speed freight rail. Related Links: The Ten Most Noteworthy Rail Projects: Overview and Related Stories Project: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Cost: $90 Billion The Indian Cabinet last month approved the restructuring and

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Workers' compensation premiums posted a 2% increase this year compared with 2010's national average. The increase will likely set the tone for rate increases to come, say construction-industry insurers tracking states' annual filings this summer.The year's overall "modest increase in premiums [is] a sign the workers' compensation markets are hardening," says Peter Burton, senior division

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Photo courtesy of TEDx Engineer Imad Naffa, at industry conference in May, was a strong advocate of social networking. Related Links: TEDx Dead Sea Imad Naffa Video Imad Naffa, a civil engineer and building code software developer who propelled his "passion for people" to become a global social media networking phenomenon, died suddenly on Sept. 6 in Fresno, Calif. He was 49 and

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Slide Show ENR Art Dept. Civil war has interrupted work on country's rail system project. Related Links: The Ten Most Noteworthy Rail Projects: Overview and Related Stories Comprehensive National Rail Network Cost: $5.6 billion Construction period: 2008-12 (original estimate) Libya's civil war has halted an ambitious plan to build an extensive $5.6-billion rail system

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Photo courtesy of VHB/Eng-Wong, Taub Twitter posts helped the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and its consultant drive participation in a customer survey. Photo Credit: Owen Murphy/Louisiana DOTD Interstate widening project in Baton Rouge, La., called Geaux Wider, drew 70,000 page views a month to its Facebook page. Related Links: Hashtag This: Social Media Risks and

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Photo courtesy of Indianapolis Dept. of Public Works Treatment plant is set for completion next year; deep tunnel is set for a 2017 completion. One month after awarding a $25-million sewerage-tunnel construction inspection contract amid a packed field of proposals, Indianapolis utility Citizens Energy Group will select a firm to build the $275-million project, with the low bidder 33%

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Despite threatened spending cuts, the General Services Administration plans to keep a Coast Guard headquarters project on track for a fiscal 2013 opening, says Public Buildings Service Commissioner Robert Peck. The $350-million, 1.2-million-sq-ft project is part of a $3.4-billion Dept. of Homeland Security complex planned for southeast Washington, D.C.GSA sought $212 million in 2012 for the DHS

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The House has approved legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to revisit its cement emissions regulation. The House cleared the bill on Oct. 6 by a 262-161 vote.EPA's final rule, which would cut emissions from cement manufacturing plants by requiring use of "maximum achievable" technology, is slated to go into effect in September 2013.But proponents of the legislation,

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Michael Goodman for ENR Wolff directed other Berger officials to devise fraudulent billing scheme, indictment charges. Related Links: Aug. 10, 2010, ENR story: "Probe Leads to Wolff's Likely Exit From Berger" Text of the indictment (PDF) The former CEO of Louis Berger Group, Derish Wolff, has been charged with leading a plan to intentionally inflate overhead charges on hundreds

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With plans for 18 million sq ft of commercial space and 37,000 homes, Albuquerque's master-planned sustainable community, Mesa del Sol, was selected as an ideal test site for a collaborative U.S.-Japanese demonstration project to examine emerging technologies that digitally control and balance power generated by various energy sources, including renewables.Upon completion of Mesa del Sol's $6-

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Next year, the American Institute of Architects plans to release "green" model contract forms designed to help limit legal exposure on sustainable projects. The forms are based on the institute's model agreements between owner and architect and between owner and contractor. They will incorporate concepts from AIA's free Guide for Sustainable Projects, published in the spring.AIA previewed the

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Courtesy FRA Rae says that 72 of 77 rail projects under ARRA are now in some phase of development. Related Links: DOT Drives To Commit Rail Aid The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $8 billion for high-speed passenger rail and regular appropriations provided about $2 billion more. It’s been up to the Federal Railroad Administration to set up the program,

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Photo courtesy chevron PRISTINE? Builders of the $45-billion Gorgon LNG plant in Australia face strict bio-security rules. Uncertainty and volatility will dominate development of large-scale projects in new markets and untapped locales, say attendees of the Engineering and Construction Contracting in Phoenix on Sept. 7-10.With uncertainty and volatility stifling large-scale capital

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  BURCHAM   U.S. Army Col. Margaret W. Burcham was selected on Sept. 18 to command the Corps of Engineers' Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, based in Cincinnati. She is the first woman to serve as a division commander and engineer on a full-term basis, says the Corps. Burcham will lead seven Corps districts in a 17-state region that includes 4,800 staffers and an annual operations

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Slide Show Photo courtesy of Ditch Witch The Super Witch is a hot-rod trencher that started out as a rogue marketing project. Related Links: Watch the Super Witch in Action (YouTube) Every time Don Pemberton fires up the Super Witch, people stop what they are doing and pay attention."I'm the operator, the only operator," says Pemberton, 55, who for years has sat behind the

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Burton S. Sperber was a "passionate and accomplished" magician, says the California landscape architecture firm he founded and ran for decades. But it was Sperber's vision and tough business skills, not magic, that built Valley Crest Landscape Cos., Calabasas, into the billion-dollar business it became before recession nipped its bottom line. Sperber, 82, died on Sept. 30 in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Bottom Photo by Nadine M. Post for ENR DETERMINED On 9/11, Lyons, wearing his firefighter-brothers spare gear, went looking for him at Ground Zero. Lyons has worked there since. Related Links: Witnesses to 9/11, Devoted to Rebuilding World Trade Center At New York's New World Trade Center, Uncommon Cooperation Brian Lyons, 51, has worked on 10 projects at Ground Zero. The man is

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Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR GETTING IT DONE: Caterpillar still has some work to do on its first heavy-duty truck, but the CT660 is a solid start and a quick study on and off the road. Photo By Tudor Van Hampton for ENR The CT660 interior features a simple instrument layout and a quiet cab. Cat says it has muffled noise by 3 decibels, or about 50%, compared to other work trucks.

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istockphoto Precedents in most states establish that OSHA standards apply to third parties at construction sites. Related Links: Nevada Toughens Safety Laws In Response to Work Fatalities Personal injury case juries are known for their generosity toward injured individuals, but a current case where I'm an expert witness for the plaintiff shows that juries can be unpredictable.The

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Related Links: The Ten Most Noteworthy Rail Projects: Overview and Related Stories Project: Tehran-Khosravi Rail Link Cost: $2 billion Construction period: Unknown China, which wants to create more robust rail corridors across Asia, is offering to build a $2-billion freight rail line in Iran. If continuous railway corridors were in place and, standard-gauge track installed from end

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Slide Show iStockphoto.com This bleak view of the markets' immediate future is reflected in the most recent ENR Construction Industry Confidence Index survey. Related Links: COST REPORT: View Complete Report with Data and Analysis Slim Margins and Uncertainty Making Inflation Dangerous Flat, One-Year Pacts Highlight Collective Bargaining in 2011 Workers' Comp Rates Start to

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Slide Show ENR Art Dept. Harbin-Dalian Rail Line Will Boost Traffic in China's Northeast. Related Links: The Ten Most Noteworthy Rail Projects: Overview and Related Stories Project: Harbin-Dalian High Speed Railway Cost: $14.4 billion Construction period: 2007-11 China’s high-speed-rail building program is a bold commitment to increase passenger-carrying capacity on major

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Paul Eng-Wong has been named a principal of Watertown, Mass.-based engineer Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. following the firm's Sept. 6 acquisition of Eng-Wong, Taub & Associates, a New York City transportation planner of which he is president and co-founder. Martin Taub, the acquired firm's other co-founder and executive vice president, also joins VHB as a principal. Eng-Wong, Taub & Associates

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Courtesy Volvo CE "We want to have the flexibility to scale according to customer demand," Olney says. Pat Olney, chief executive and president of Volvo Construction Equipment, is currently overseeing a $100-million investment in the heavy-equipment maker's North American operations. This push includes a $30-million expansion of the Sweden-based conglomerate's Shippensburg, Pa., facility

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Photo courtesy of Geocomp A sampling of one of the sensors on the Twin Span Bridge. Related Links: New Orleans Bridge Raises Bar On Embedded Sensor Technology Well before embedded instrumentation delivered data from a February 2009 lateral load test of a bent and pier of the I-10 Twin Span Bridge in New Orleans—and long before the sensors begin a life of service as long-term

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Slide Show Two new dust-collecting cutting guards are now available for Makita's 4 1/2-in. to 5-in. grinders. The grinder attachments are made of cast aluminum and weigh only 0.45 lb. The guard has a dust port that is compatible with most commercial vacuum hoses. The dust guards can be used in a wide range of concrete and masonry applications, including concrete cutting, tile cutting, tuck

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Courtesy of Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar is ramping up production in China with new projects like a 193,750-sq-ft hydraulic excavator undercarriage and track assembly plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, expected to open in mid-2012. Related Links: As Fleets Grow Old and Weary, Purchasing Rebounds Construction machinery suppliers have posted a robust second quarter fueled by

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Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR The CT660 is Caterpillar's first work truck. It is built by Navistar in Garland, Texas, and sold through Caterpillar dealers. Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR A six-cylinder, 11-liter diesel engine comes standard on the CT660, which can be fitted with a larger, 13-liter engine. For the heaviest tasks, a 15-liter engine is due out early next year.

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Courtesy of National September 11 Memorial & Museum Panels with 2,983 names of victims can be heated or cooled for the comfort of visitors. Photo by Nadine Post/ENR Sole surviving tree from 9/11. Related Links: At New York's New World Trade Center, Uncommon Cooperation Key Links Help Reshape Manhattan Below Grade at WTC Hub, a Transit Tango Tower Crews Get Royal

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People Chicago Architect Jeanne Gang Named MacArthur Fellow The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named architect Jeanne Gang as one of this year's 22 MacArthur Fellows. Founder and principal of Studio Gang Architects in Chicago, Gang, 47, over the next five years will receive a no-strings-attached cash prize of $500,000 as part of the award, which the foundation announced on

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Related Links: Delayed FEMA Projects, Listed by State Thanks to another near-the-deadline deal in the Senate, Congress seems to be on the way to averting a government-wide shutdown and replenishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s nearly empty disaster-aid fund. On Sept. 26, the Senate approved a short-term spending measure that, if the House agrees to it, will keep federal

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Related Links: Benguela Railway Promises To Open Angola's Interior China Offers To Build $2-Billion Iranian Rail Link Opening of Harbin-Dalian High-Speed-Rail Line Postponed Rail Network Construction in Libya Stalled by Rebellion Saudi Arabia's North-South Railway Will Upgrade Passenger and Freight $11.3-Billion China Rail Link Tunnels 63% of the Way Saudi Arabia Upgrading Rail

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Map by ENR Art Department The North-South Railway, a 2,400-kilometer-long branching system, will link Saudi Arabias northern mineral belt with smelters and a port on the Persian Gulf. Cost: $3.5 billion Construction period: 2007-2013 Saudi Arabia, though late to adopt rail service, has embarked on an ambitious program that will feature both freight and passenger service.Its North-South

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Slide Show Photos courtesy of Tishman One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, currently 960 ft tall, is on target to grow to 1,776 ft before the end of 2013. Related Links: See All Of ENR's Rebuilding Ground Zero Stories, Videos and Photos Video: An Overview of Ground Zero Video: Progress in Rebuilding Ground Zero A Slide Show History of the World Trade Center At New

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Gabriella L. Turnay, a New York City-based editorial researcher who worked for McGraw-Hill's education division and Engineering News-Record during her 48-year career, died on July 20 following a long illness. She was 82.Turnay joined ENR in 1967 as an editorial research associate; she compiled the ENR Index, a semi-annual listing of topics covered in the magazine, until it was replaced in 1984

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Photo courtesy AWEA EVOLUTION As development in the wind industry reaches maturity, safety-standard requirements are growing. Workers are often perched 60 ft to 100 ft off the ground during installations. As the wind industry expands its reach across the nation and prepares to begin building offshore wind farms, federal agencies and contractors are focusing on improving safety for the

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Related Links: Caterpillar CEO: We Want To Stay in Peoria CAT Moves Forward in Purchase Of Bucyrus for $8.6 Billion Caterpillar Buys Mining Giant Bucyrus For $8.6 Billion Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., has announced a $5-billion investment in a new global mining initiative, less than two months since the equipment maker finalized on July 8 its acquisition of Bucyrus

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The Producer Price Index (left), which measures prices for new equipment, and Rouse Value Index (right), which tracks used-equipment values, both show upward pricing pressure this year. Related Links: Concerns About U.S. Economy Deflate Industry Confidence Chinese Heavy Equipment Digs In Globally Rising commodity costs, scaled-back production and scant availability of late-model

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Courtesy of Inland Kenworth A piece of heavy equipment loads a large dump truck. Large construction trucks will be required to cut fuel economy 10% by 2018 to meet new federal greenhouse-gas rules. Related Links: First Fuel-Economy Standards Hit Construction Trucks The Flip Side of Fuel Economy: Less Cash for Road Construction Heavy Truckers Say Goodbye to the Stick While

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  DAVEY   Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Aug. 4 that he will appoint Richard A. Davey as Transportation Secretary and CEO of the state Dept. of Transportation, effective Sept. 1. Davey will replace MassDOT Secretary Jeffrey Mullan, who said in July he would resign. Since 2010, Davey has served as MassDOT’s rail and transit administrator and as general manager of the

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced on Aug. 2 that it plans to delay construction of the $1-billion Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford until fall 2018 or as late as summer 2020.It plans to purchase the required land and obtain permits before putting out a bid for design and construction to avoid loss of time and money—which happened to a commuter-rail project

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The widening of I-405 marks one of the few major design-build projects in Los Angeles to date. But thanks to an ambitious initiative to build 12 major transit projects by 2019, rather than over three decades, alternative project delivery methods are expected to be deployed on some of the county's biggest rail and highway projects.One of the highway projects that might benefit is the decades-old

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Slide Show AP Photo/Reed Saxon Traffic returns after demolition of bridge over Interstate 405 is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. Related Links: The Sepulveda Pass Widening Environmental Impact Statement Precast Overview, Contract Amount for Overall Project But thanks to a massive media attention and some lucky construction breaks, the work was

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The National Building Museum has cancelled a Sept. 14 public ceremony to honor Caterpillar Inc. with this year's Henry C. Turner Prize after a U.S.-based Middle East peace advocacy group demanded the award be rescinded. At issue is the Israel Defense Forces' alleged use of Caterpillar bulldozers to destroy Palestinian settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Civilians were killed during the

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Physics problem or engineering challenge? Wireless networking company LightSquared argues that, with some technical engineering work, its $14-billion plan to expand wireless broad-band to millions of consumers can work without disrupting the majority of the industry's global positioning systems.But on Sept. 8, during a hearing in the House, major U.S. government agencies that rely on GPS

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Photo courtesy of kleinfelder ENGINEERING GEN Makarechi (second from left), Behboodi (second from right), Moossazedeh (right). Graphic by Justin Reynolds A special ENR feature. Related Links: Main Story: Where Progress in Diversity is Changing the Face of the Construction Industry Korean-Americans Build Cultural Inroads in U.S. Construction Chinese-Americans Find

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In a move that business praised and environmentalists decried, President Obama told the Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 2 to withdraw an ozone rule issued in July. He said the rule would harm the economy. The rule required utilities in 27 states to trim emissions or buy pollution allowances starting in 2012. Then, in 2014, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would have needed to

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Separate incidents of equipment failure caused two construction-worker fatalities in Ohio and Colorado, prompting probes and fines by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA is looking into a July 26 scaffold collapse that killed one cement mason and injured two others at a site near Denver.The trio, employed by B-W Masonry Inc., a Denver subcontractor, were on a scaffold 30

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Slide Show The Atlas Copco SBU 220 Hydraulic Breaker has a one-piece housing, with the percussion mechanism and guide system in a single block of steel. The breaker has an operating weight of 494 lb and is intended for carriers in the 6,150-lb to 13,230-lb range. It has an impact of 720 to 1,380 blows-per-minute, with an oil flow rate of 11 to 20 gallons per minute. Atlas Copco Construction

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Photo Courtesy of Portadam LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Flood control products such as Portadam were deployed on short notice at the Fitzgerald Casino in Tunica, Miss., to provide protection from the rising waters of the Mississippi River. As cities and municipalities in the Midwest deal with seasonal floods, a new crop of flood barrier products have emerged in recent years.When Mark Bittner,

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Slide Show Graphic by Justin Reynolds for ENR A special feature in ENR Related Links: Minorities Lament their Low Numbers in Engineering and Construction How a Support Group for Gays in Aviation Took Flight Korean-Americans Build Cultural Inroads in U.S. Construction Chinese-Americans Find Themselves Bridging the Gap Between the U.S. and China A Generation of Iranians

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Harold E. "Bud" Nelson, known to many as "the most influential fire protection engineer of the 20th century" and the father of the emerging discipline, died on July 21 in Fairfax, Va., from complications after a fall, according to the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). He was 82 and lived in Bethesda, Md.Fire protection engineering is considered a unique subset of construction, but its

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Courtesy Cary Kopczynski and Co. Once thought to be just a seismic product, high-strength rebar is paying off for general builders because they can use less steel reinforcement. However, it is not yet widely available. Related Links: When Does It Pay To Use Innovative Concrete Products? Materials High-strength rebar reduces overall building costs compared to traditional steel

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Related Links: Dont Blame The Workers As a civil engineer and a licensed professional engineer, I found your article "Rethinking Wrench Time" to be of great interest. I also have a master's degree in industrial engineering, specializing in quality control, and am a longtime member of the American Society for Quality.For many years, I have been promoting the application of

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Slide Show Photo By Tudor Van Hampton for ENR Steel rods arranged radially like a stringed instrument are tensioned to an average 400 kips, supporting a glass atrium inside the lobby of the 286,000-sq-ft Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.   Video by Tudor Van Hampton JE Dunn Construction's Kyle McQuiston takes us on a hardhat tour of the Moshe Safdie-designed Kauffman Center

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ENR The $632-million plant is being built at Magtaa, near Algeria's second-biggest city, Oran. Completion of the world's largest desalination plant, in Algeria, will be delayed by nearly a year as a result of a fire that destroyed crucial equipment and other supplies meant to be installed at the 500,000-cu-meter-per-day facility.Singapore's Hyflux Ltd., the contractor building the $632-

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Photo Courtesy of Chesapeake Energy Critics have said the entire natural gas production cycle poses environmental risks; industry sources say they are working to improve the process. Related Links: View the Fraking/Drinking Water Infograph DOE Advisory Panel Releases Shale Gas Recommendations Industry sources say they are generally supportive of the recommendations of the

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McGraw-Hill Construction Research & Analytics Number of Top 225 Firms Reporting Backlog Changes McGraw-Hill Construction Research & Analytics Percent of Change for Top 225 Firms Reporting Backlog Related Links: Full Report: ENR's 2011 Top 225 International Contractors Top International Contractors Basic Rankings Top Global Contractors Basic Rankings Related story:

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Photo by Tudor Van Hampton Building a cement plant is key to survival, local firm says. Rendering courtesy Ozinga Bros. Inc. Ozinga filed an Illinois permit application for its proposed plant under a new business unit, Universal Cement, in December 2008. It expects a decision later this year. Related Links: U.S. Cement Production Flat Following 2009's Big Decline A

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Slide Show PHOTO COURTESY OF CARDNO LTD. Chief Executive Andrew D. Buckley is the 56-year-old mechanical engineer whose low-key demeanor belies his desire to get the firm noticed. Related Links: Cardno's Recent Financial Reports The Top 200 International Design Firms Rankings List The Top 150 Global Design Firms Rankings List The strategy appears to be working. The 56-

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Slide Show Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation The 4-acre site on the Tidal Basin feature the 30-ft-tall granite Mountain of Despair and Stone of Hope sculptures. Landscaping includes 185 Yoshino Cherry trees, 32 American Elm trees and 16,835 Big Blue Liriope plantings. Related Links: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial website The decades-long

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Photo courtesy Inland Kenworth The new federal fuel-economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles, which includes most construction trucks, follow new light-vehicle standards announced last month. Related Links: The Flip Side of Fuel Economy: Less Cash for Road Construction Obama Orders Fuel-Economy Standards for Big Trucks (subscription) Final Rulemaking: On EPA's Website The

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  BRANUM   W. Howell "Hal" Branum, president of Professional Service Industries Inc., an Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based engineering and environmental consulting firm, died of a heart attack on July 1 while visiting Denver. He was 69.President since 2000 and, before that, chief operating officer, Branum oversaw the integration of numerous acquisitions as the company grew. Now boasting 125

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Slide Show Photo by Dana Shakiba A swale is calculated as a channel with a trapezoidal section if a new $10 hydraulic-flow calculator for the iPhone is any indicator, smart-phone apps are fast becoming the new disrupters of traditional software technology.Flo Hydraulic from Appadana, Baltimore, Md., is powerful, flexible and easy to use. Early adopters say it does just about every kind

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Slide Show Photo Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art High-Wire Act: Workers followed a carefully modeled erection sequence to build each cable-supported roof. "We were quite intrigued by the cable structures across the creek—which to our knowledge had never been done before—but the project was a complex challenge," says George T. Vavrek, managing partner for construction

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Photo: courtesy of Rebecca Halpern Richard Halpern As an executive at former building firm Morse Diesel, Halpern managed the construction of the Sears Tower, the world’s tallest building when it opened in 1974. He was among three executives cited by ENR in 1974 for their roles in the landmark project, which included the industry’s first major effort to recruit minorities into its

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Photo courtesy of USACE Instrument packages at 28 points along the 7.5-mile levee include spider magnetometers, which slide down a tube as the soil below the levee compresses. Clusters also include two inclinometers that bow out of plumb in response to horizontal soil movement and settlement plates buried in the new lifts to measure placement and consolidation in the new work zone. A

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PHOTO BY BRENT ISENBERGER BUILDING TRUST Aveiga and the Iowa chapter of AGC created a bilingual manual for jobsites. Graphic by Justin Reynolds An ENR special feature. Related Links: Main Story: Where a New Inclusiveness is Changing the Face of the Construction Industry Chinese-Americans Find Themselves Bridging the Gap Between the U.S. and China Minorities Lament their

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Versabar Versabars revamped Bottom Feeder, twice the size of its predecessor, can hoist 7,500 tons from the seabed in a single lift. The VB10000 has made 12 lifts already and is booked through mid-October. "There's always a demand for heavy lifts on the water," says Versabar founder, president and CEO Jon Khachaturian.The original Bottom Feeder was built to lift the topsides of oil

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EDMONDS Robins & Morton, a Birmingham, Ala., building contractor, has named Bryson G. Edmonds senior vice president of its new power and industrial division. He had been vice president of sales and marketing for the global power and industrial business unit of Houston-based KBR Inc. Before that, he was vice president of sales and construction services at Birmingham-based BE&K

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Photo by Dennis Drenner Evan Futterman started GALA to support industry members who identify as gay and lesbian. Graphic by Justin Reynolds An ENR Special Feature. Related Links: Main Story: Where a New Inclusiveness Is Changing the Face of the Construction Industry Minorities Lament their Low Numbers in Engineering and Construction How a Support Group for Gays in Aviation

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Courtesy FERC FERC Order 1000 requires providers in neighboring transmission planning regions to coordinate on finding cost-effective solutions to mutual transmission needs. Related Links: Power Producers Validate One Bright Spot in Midyear Outlook FERC Floats Rule Changes To Promote Transmission A July 21 ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that reforms

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Related Links: View the Full ENR 2011 Second Quarter Cost Report (PDF) Contractors Hold Line on Pay How John Deere's New Hybrid Wheel Loaders Get Their Juice Creating Cash From Trash Floods Disrupt Deliveries Fears About the Economy Shake Industry Confidence A Deep and Dogged Recession Will Take a Bite Out of Inflation It was a shot across the bow, just as the two

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COURTESY OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK / NEW JERSEY A FIRST The Goethals Bridge replacement would be port authoritys first public-private partnership. Related Links: Top Design Firms -- Full report Without a multiyear surface-transportation bill in place, designers find many state departments of transportation reluctant to make long-term plans and commit to multiyear projects

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Photo by Angelle Bergeron for ENR Disputed project would replace temporary system of canal gate closures and pumps. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not comply with statutory and regulatory requirements in its award last April of a $675-million design-build contract for flood control upgrades in New Orleans, the U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled Aug. 4 in a bid protest

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Graphic courtesy of Junta42 Digital channels account for the bulk of content marketing outlets. Have you ever picked up a company's brochure or flyer? Watched an infomercial or a shopping channel on television? Ordered a product DVD explaining the benefits of a new mattress or a vacation destination? Leafed through a company newsletter?These are just a few of the ways companies use

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Slide Show The Husqvarna K1260 Power Cutter features a 7.8-hp engine with an active air filtration system which delivers operational times of up to one year dry cutting without needing service. The tool can be used to cut pipe for installation work, concrete and masonry in alteration, renovation and new construction, as well as asphalt in roadwork and pre-cutting for pipe trenches.

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Courtesy I-710 Coalition Image used by proponents of the I-710 Gap Closure project. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority funded the environmental impact report for finishing with a toll tunnel the last 4.5 miles of this section of its freeway core. Currently, northbound vehicles on I-710 exit onto Valley Boulevard, where the freeway ends, and the traffic continues on local

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  SAKHNOVSKY   While running a housing research laboratory at the University of Miami, Sakhnovsky was among the first to perform window testing, in 1954. A trained chemist, he was instrumental in developing, in the 1960s, the American Society for Testing Materials' static water- leakage test. It remains virtually unchanged today. Sakhnovsky bought the lab and launched Construction

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Photo by Tom Sawyer for ENR Damage in northern Japan following the tsunami. Related Links: Tom Sawyer's ENR Report From the Disaster in Northern Japan The past decade has seen a number of lesser but quite extreme events, including Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and New Zealand, and tsunami in Japan. Common to all are extraordinary natural forces, the inadequacy of

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