Contractor elevates COO to top roles amid ongoing project charge review; STV chief Milo Riverso departs design firm
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Leaders Shift at Granite; New CEO for Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders, the nonprofit group of more than 9,500 construction sector students and professionals that channels technical talent to pro bono sustainable infrastructure projects in underdeveloped countries and to global emergency relief, and also boosts volunteers’ project management skills, named Jackie O’Brien as CEO.
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Bentley Systems Sees Strong Performance in NASDAQ IPO
Bentley Systems Inc.’s leap from a 36-year-old, family-run provider of software for infrastructure design, construction and operation to a publicly traded company is the realization of a long-term goal to reward employees and “get liquidity to our colleague shareholders,” says Greg Bentley, chairman and CEO.
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Michigan Enacts Carbon Neutrality Mandates For Net-Zero State Facilities
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and be carbon neutral by 2050. If she loses reelection in 2022, a future governor could rescind the mandates,
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Whitmer Signs Michigan Carbon Neutrality Orders, Mandates State Facilities be Net Zero by 2025
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and become carbon neutral by 2050. If Whitmer does not win reelection in 2022 a future governor could rescind the orders.
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New York State Bans Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerants
New York has finalized regulations designed to significantly reduce the use of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons—a refrigerant common in air-conditioning systems.
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McCarthy Workers Test Fall-Protection Harnesses Designed to Better Fit Women
Contractor was a recipient of an AGC-Autodesk grant program that funds the purchase of safety harnesses for women.
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Construction Economics for September 28, 2020
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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Only Informed Analysis and Integration Can Deliver on the Promise of Digital Twins
The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?
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Most Comments Blast ENR's Trump Editorial
ENR’s editors used its opinion page to weigh the pros and cons of the Trump presidency for the construction industry and found that the cons heavily outweighed the pros.
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