LaGuardia Nears On-Time Arrival

The placement of the second of two pedestrian bridges 60 ft above an active airfield last month marked the final piece of significant construction for the new $5.1-billion Terminal B at LaGuardia International Airport.

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Flying High Over SpeedCore's Second Generation

The nearly 1.4-million-sq-ft 200 Park high-rise in San José, Calif., though only 300 ft tall, has taken Seattle’s 850-ft-tall proof of concept for SpeedCore—a novel modular steel-plate shear-wall sandwich system—to new heights.

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Boston Contractor Faces More OSHA Penalties

The head of a Boston-based construction company that lost two workers in a fatal accident last year now faces nearly $2 million in total fines after safety violations on a new project.

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Bentley Leaders Say Infrastructure Act Can Drive Digital Twins

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 has some encouraging boosts for upfront engineering and design work, but it also includes opportunities to expand the usage of construction and lifecycle digital twins, according to Greg Bentley, CEO of software maker Bentley Systems.  

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Construction Economics for February 21, 2022

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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