Silvertown will likely be last major privately financed infrastructure project in the UK quite a while, as PFI method has fallen from favor.
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Month: May 2019
Construction Economics for June 3, 2019
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Wind Engineering Giant Peterka Dies at Age 77
Wind engineering pioneer Jon A. Peterka died May 21 in Fort Collins, Colo. He was five days shy of his 78th birthday.
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ENR 2019 Top 400 Contractors: The Market Keeps Growing
The market has hit its tenth year of growth, one of the longer expansions in history. But firms don’t see any signs of a cooling off.
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AECOM R&D Credits Helped Zero Out 2018 Federal Taxes
AECOM’s success in reducing its 2018 corporate tax liability from potentially tens of millions of dollars down to zero may seem like magic.
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Fully Autonomous Excavators and Dozers Deploy to Site
There’s been a lot of talk about getting autonomous construction equipment into the field, but few have been willing to use operatorless heavy iron on real sites.
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Construction Economics for May 27, 2019
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Product Snapshot: Cooling Vest and Drill-Driver
Ergodyne’s lightweight phase-change cooling vest uses cooling packs that can be chilled in a freezer or cooler to keep the vest at 59° F for up to two hours at a time.
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Pulse: Project News for the Week of May 27, 2019
Beazer Homes is planning to build Vista del Verde, a 435-lot single-family subdivision in Avondale.
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Construction Economics for May 20, 2019
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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