Canceled WSP Contract Sends Message To NY Construction Industry

Faced with a looming $1-billion operating deficit by 2022 and the need for costly capital projects, New York City’s primary transit agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has imposed a 10% fee cut on current projects by hundreds of professional, technical and advisory firms.

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Canceled WSP Contract Sends Message To NY Transit Engineers

Faced with a looming $1-billion operating deficit by 2022 and the need for costly capital projects, New York City’s primary transit agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has imposed a 10% fee cut on current projects by hundreds of professional, technical and advisory firms.

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Construction Economics for June 10, 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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Think Like a Designer

Design thinking is not an algorithm; unlike in math and science problems, there is no single, right, absolute answer.

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Mortenson Reaches Agreement To Deploy Fully Autonomous Equipment

In a bid to speed work on projects in remote sites and cope with labor shortages, Mortenson has  announced an agreement with tech start-up Built Robotics to expand the contractors deployments of fully autonomous construction projects on renewable energy projects.

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