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San Diego airport officials vote to use PLA on $3B airport project

Construction Dive

San Diego International Airport staff said agreements with local unions are key to keeping the design-build redevelopment on pace with its five-year schedule.

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After stalled labor talks, $2B Columbus airport project receives more funds

Construction Dive

Negotiations between local unions and contractors did not yield an agreement, but Hensel Phelps and the project owner say they’re dedicated to hiring local, disadvantaged businesses.

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Aecon-led Team Picked for US Virgin Islands Airports P3

ENR Construction

King Airport on St. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix under an agreement with the U.S. VIports Partners will renovate, maintain and operate Cyril E. Thomas and Henry E. Virgin Islands Port Authority.

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Whatever Came Out of That Whole Thing In Copenhagen?

Constructonomics

The goal of the Copenhagen summit was to come to a legally binding worldwide agreement that would tackle climate change by mandating the reduction in carbon emissions by developed nations and require financial assistance to developing countries to curb increasing emissions. However, I get mixed reviews about this.

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But What If Global Warming is All a Hoax?

Constructonomics

I caught it in yesterday’s USA today which I only read while I’m in the airport for some reason. Many are hoping for the conference to result in an ambitious agreement to reduce carbon emissions involving all countries of the World. This was probably the best global warming cartoon I’ve seen.

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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s Validity Is Challenged

Constructlaw

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit addressed the perennially thorny issue of whether the courts or arbitrators retain the authority to resolve questions involving the enforceability of arbitration agreements. After the project began, a labor union representative approached and asked MZM’s president to execute a “short-form agreement.”

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Skanska Appointed Preferred Bidder for LaGuardia Airport Terminal Replacement Project

Construction Superintendent Magazine

LaGuardia Gateway Partners, in which Skanska is a partner, has been selected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as the preferred bidder on the Terminal Replacement Project at LaGuardia Airport.