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April 19, 2022 | Port of Long Beach $1.5b On-Dock Rail Gets Environmental Greenlight | Pier B at the Port of Long Beach will soon be getting an on-dock rail in addition to other rail projects. The US Maritime Administration issued its final environmental impact statement (EIS) ...Read more |
April 12, 2022 | House Bill Would Ban Federal Contractors From Working in Russia | The House Oversight and Reform Committee passed a bill on April 6 that would ban federal contractors from doing business in Russia and rip up any contracts if they are caught flouting the rule. ...Read more |
March 7, 2022 | Russia-Ukraine War Cause Oil, Cargo Prices to Soar | Rising oil prices are barely worth a headline since the pain at the pump is acutely felt by nearly every American. But the side effect of cargo costs is something many may have not noticed… yet.< ...Read more |
October 26, 2021 | US Trails Egypt on High Speed Rail Despite 57X Bigger GDP | Phase 1 of the project includes the construction of 660 kilometers, or 410 miles, of high speed rail with “at least 18 stations.” The entire project will include about 1,118 and a half miles of ...Read more |
October 6, 2021 | “Biden Didn’t Keep His Word”: New Border Wall Construction Underway | As we reported in January, Joe Biden repeatedly promised that construction of a border w ...Read more |
August 16, 2021 | US Blew $30b on Afghanistan Construction Programs | Here at Contractor News, we like to talk a lot about what we call the three C’s: contracting, construction, and corruption. Though we typically cover domestic issues, Afghanistan is a story that ...Read more |
June 30, 2021 | Border Wall Billions Redirected to Military Construction Projects | The Pentagon “will use the $2.2 billion of available unobligated military construction appropriations to restore funding for 66 projects in 11 States, 3 territories, and 16 countries in FY 2021, ...Read more |
June 24, 2021 | US Territory Northern Mariana Islands Needs More Construction Workers | As reported by the Saipan Tribune the Governor of the ...Read more |
February 22, 2021 | New Study Shows Unionized Construction Sites are Safer | The institute also looked at lost-time injury claims, which is when physicians recommend workers refrain from engaging in regular job duties due to injuries. Rates were 31 percent less frequent in ...Read more |
February 17, 2021 | The Biggest Construction Companies of 2021 | The U.S. is the second largest construction market in the world following China. While commercial construction may be slumping due to the pandemic, some big firms may still have subcontracting oppo ...Read more |