Consultant STV Snags New York MTA Chief Prendergas

Thomas F. Prendergast, who stepped down on Jan. 30 as chairman and CEO of New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), has joined consulting firm STV, also based there, as executive vice president and chief strategic officer, the firm said on March 1.

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Construction Productivity Slips in U.S. and Rises in Africa and China

Efforts to improve lagging construction productivity have largely failed, notably in the U.S., but skills shortages and increasing constraints on migration likely will inflate pay and force productivity improvements across the globe, according to a recent construction-industry survey and forecast by the McKinsey Global Institute.

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Where Construction Productivity Lags and Grows

Efforts to improve lagging construction productivity have largely failed, notably in the U.S., but skills shortages and increasing constraints on migration likely will inflate pay and force productivity improvements across the globe, according to a recent construction-industry survey and forecast by the McKinsey Global Institute.

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Which Firms Are Interested Vendors on Trump's Border Wall Plan?

Easing up slightly on the gas pedal, the Trump administration has delayed until at least early May the award of design-build contracts for the multi­billion-dollar southern border wall, even as interest mounts regarding the massive but controversial project.

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Border Wall Plan Slows Slightly as Industry Interest Crests

Easing up slightly on the gas pedal, the Trump administration has delayed until at least early May the award of design-build contracts for the multi­billion-dollar southern border wall, even as interest mounts regarding the massive but controversial project.

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