The Dodge Momentum Index took another step forward in June, increasing 1.1% to 141.1 (2000=100) from its revised May reading of 139.6
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Paul Matt Leaves Strong Foundation
Paul Matt, 85, who died on June 30, had a 65-year career building more than 450 structures, including Southern California icons such as the Skirball Cultural Center, The Broad, the Petersen Automotive Museum, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Beverly Hills and the Wilshire Boulevard Temple restoration.
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DOE-CH2 Report Sees Risk of Tunnel Collapse at Hanford
Following a partial tunnel collapse in May at Hanford’s Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant, a facility unused since the 1980s, a report from DOE and its contractor for the area, CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., says a second facility tunnel, which once processed chemicals needed in nuclear production, does not meet current standards.
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EPA-Corps Plan to Rescind Water Rule May Face Long Path
The Trump administration has taken a significant step toward undoing a
controversial 2015 rule that aimed to clarify the scope of federal authority over
rivers, wetlands and other bodies of water.
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US Senator Questions Bechtel Hanford Contract
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) says the new contracting arrangement pioneered by Bechtel National Inc. on the Dept. of Energy’s Hanford nuclear-waste site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant—a $16.8-billion project now four times above its original budget, with 17 years of added schedule—comes with risk to taxpayers.
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Restructured Texas Toll Road Emerges From Chapter 11
A bankrupt Texas toll road has new financing and new management.
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Airline CEOs Oppose Denver Airport Terminal Upgrade Plan
The CEOs of nine major airlines have asked Denver officials to delay by four months a final decision to upgrade the airport terminal.
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US DOT Revamps, Delays FAST Act Grants
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation is revising a $4.5-billion grant program for highway and other freight-related projects.
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Construction Software Competitors are Set to Merge
Viewpoint will buy Dexter + Cheney, combining services and teams but continuing to invest in both brands’ flagship products and modules.
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Viewpoint Construction Software is Acquiring Dexter + Chaney
Construction management and ERP software competitors say they will combine services, products and teams but maintain and continue to invest in both brands’ flagship products and modules.
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