Skanska-Railroad JV Wins $200M NYC Subway Station Contract
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Project involves repairs to stations on the MTA's No. 7 Line between Queens and Manhattan's west side.
Skanska-Railroad JV Wins $200M New York Subway Station Improvement Contract
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The project involves repairs to stations on the MTA's Flushing Line.
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Validity of a Construction Cost Estimate – Public Sector
Job Order Contracting
MAY 4, 2023
The contracting agency should have procedures that address conflict of interest issues in all solicitations. Year-of-Expenditure Dollars: After the cost estimate is prepared, it should be expressed in year-of-expenditure dollars if there are multiple construction contracts. utility, railroad) costs.
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Manhattan DA charges former Metro-North Railroad employee, two others in bid-rigging scheme
Construction Dive
JANUARY 23, 2020
WRS Environmental Services, according to the district attorney, won Metro-North contracts worth $10 million by using inside information and is also charged.
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Pump Station Will Cut Town’s Sewage Overflow
ENR Construction
JANUARY 25, 2022
When Daniel O’Connell’s Sons won the construction contract in 2018 for the $122-million York Street Pump Station and Connecticut River Crossing project in Springfield, Mass.,
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Construction of World Trade Centers
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
In gaining approval for the project, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to take over the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad which became the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). The original World Trade Center was designed by Minoru Yamasaki in the early 1960s using a tube-frame structural design for the twin 110-story towers.
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HCEA to Display Steam Shovel Model at CONEXPO-CON/AGG
Construction Equipment
JANUARY 28, 2014
It was originally built for use in railroad construction by the contracting firm in which inventor William S. The model will be found at booth L20012 at the west end of the Grand Lobby. Designed in 1835 and patented in 1839, the Otis Steam Shovel is the earliest known land-based single-bucket excavator.
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Active Interference Wins Skee Ball Points and Precludes Enforcement of A “No Damages for Delay” Clause
Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 22, 2018
In construction contracts, “active interference” is a recognized exception to the enforcement of what is known as a “no damages for delay” clause. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company , 668 F.2d The real lesson is to make sure to review your contract for these types of provisions and try to negotiate the terms.
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Mark Cerrone, Inc. champions people and processes to honor its legacy and ensure longevity
Construction Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
MCI) provides a diverse range of civil construction services including demolition and asbestos abatement, site preparation and earthmoving, landfill construction, railroad construction, land remediation, utilities and infrastructure improvements, asphalt and concrete paving, and marine construction services. Mark Cerrone, Inc.
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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer
The Korte Company
AUGUST 5, 2020
A precedent for career goals had already been set in Tom’s family: working for the railroad. His father, a railroad engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad. His grandfathers on both sides, railroad telegraphers. For Tom’s father, “the railroad was his life.” His uncle, a dispatcher for the Illinois Central.
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What Is Crane | Different Types of Cranes
CivilJungle
APRIL 24, 2020
Railroad Crane. Railroad Crane. What Is Construction Contract | Types of Engineering Contracts | Percentage-Rate Contract. Bridge crane. Crawler crane. Aerial cranes. Hydraulic crane. Carry Deck Crane. Floating Crane. Bulk-handling Crane. Hammerhead Crane. Stacker Crane. Harbor Cranes. Level Luffing Cranes.
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The importance of crushed stones alongside rail tracks
Construction Cost Estimating
MAY 15, 2018
Sleepers can be termed with different names like cross-tie, railroad tie etc. Railway tracks have to generally undergo heat expansion and contraction, fast movement of trains, vibrations etc. To suppress heat expansion & contraction (because of thermal stresses), and ground movements. •
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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 9, 2016
Rail Industrial Access Program: Helps connect businesses to freight rail service by funding the construction or improvement of railroad tracks and facilities to serve industrial or commercial sites where freight rail service is currently needed or anticipated in the future.
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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Adjacent to Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific Railroads and Interstates 20 and 49, companies at AeroPark are strategically located near some of the largest consumer markets in the South. The Air Industrial Park offers all utilities and infrastructure including multiple rail spurs from Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific Railroads.
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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 19, 2014
1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. In addition, the state has 22 smaller railroads operating over its more than 2,700 miles of track. In Arkansas, you will find: 1,000 miles of navigable waterways.
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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency
Business Facilities
JULY 15, 2014
1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Arkansas also has 22 smaller railroads operating over its more than 2,700 miles of track. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.
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Behind the Build: Interview with Isabel Harlan, Sr. Engineer and Project Manager at Hatch LTK
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 14, 2022
A couple years later, I transferred out to New Jersey with Burns & McDonnell, as part of the Aviation and Federal global practice, and did distribution design for substations, airports, military bases, and other federal contracts. . Then, I got curious about the construction side.
New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 8, 2016
Directed Energy & Satellite Tax Deduction: This new gross receipts tax deduction is provided for a qualified contractor’s sale of qualified R&D services and qualified directed energy and satellite- related inputs when sold under a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. Department of Defense may be deducted from gross receipts.
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ASTM vs ASME Standards: Whats the Difference?
Work Gearz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
What was initiated by railroad engineers as a committee to ensure better rail products, is now an international organization known for the development and publication of voluntary standards for products, materials, services, and systems.
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All About Concrete Expansion Joint | Types of Concrete Expansion Joints
CivilJungle
DECEMBER 20, 2022
There will regularly give while a railroad passes a ditch, way, or figure of water. It allows the concrete to move when it expands and contracts due to temperature changes. Concrete expands and contracts with changes in temperature and moisture. If the concrete cannot progress, you will obtain a split. Railway Expansion Joints.
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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 11, 2014
Military Acquisition Program Tax Deduction: Receipts from transformational acquisition programs performing R&D, testing, and evaluation at New Mexico major range and test facility bases pursuant to contracts entered into with the U. Department of Defense may be deducted from gross receipts.
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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
These decisions are facilitating contract opportunities, attracting new industries and companies to the greater Sacramento area, and encouraging the expansion of existing companies. That contract would also have to be approved by the California State Legislature.
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BUSINESS REPORT: Virginia’s High-Tech Economy Keeps Growing
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 16, 2012
Virginia offers a talented work force, more than 500,000 students enrolled in over 100 in-state institutions of higher education and easy access to domestic and global markets through Washington Dulles International Airport, the Port of Virginia and two of the nation’s largest railroads. And as one of four U.S.
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40 FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Every TEF contract includes a clawback provision requiring a company to return incentive funds to the state if job-creation performance requirements are not met,” he notes. Credit: [link]. While Texas has a generous menu of incentives, Gov. Perry stresses that there are consequences for failing to meet job-creation targets.
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Federal Real Property Regulations (FAR / FMR)
Building Information Management
MAY 19, 2016
This definition also includes private sector firms under contract with Federal agencies that deliver real property services to Federal agencies. Postal vehicle” means a Government-owned vehicle used for the transportation of mail, or a privately owned vehicle used under contract with the U.S. ii) In foreign countries.
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Building Information Management
MAY 19, 2016
This definition also includes private sector firms under contract with Federal agencies that deliver real property services to Federal agencies. Postal vehicle” means a Government-owned vehicle used for the transportation of mail, or a privately owned vehicle used under contract with the U.S. ii) In foreign countries.
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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 22, 2016
its access to highways, water, railroad, and cargo airports has made this region of the United States an ideal location for new businesses to succeed. In addition, the company contracts with dozens of local farmers that grow the chickens for Tyson. Preferred often brings popcorn here from Nebraska via the railroad.
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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 19, 2012
The Texas A&M University System landed a major federal biosecurity contract in June. The firm has signed new 20-year contracts with two large Japanese power companies to export liquefied natural gas from the facility and is reportedly in negotiations with a U.S. established its global professional services headquarters.
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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
DECEMBER 3, 2013
When Thomas Henry Ball convinced the Trinity and Brazos Railroad to run through Tomball in the early 1900s, little did he know what a significant economic impact that would have on the area. There is no down payment to enter a land grant contract and the borrower owns the land for equity at closing. TOMBALL IS TRUE TO ITS ROOTS.
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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN
Business Facilities
JULY 6, 2016
Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. DuPage County is accessible to the 52 railroads in Illinois, which makes the area the nation’s largest rail gateway, providing access to every state in the continental U.S. FAA contract Air Traffic Control tower. This region is the only U.S.
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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
The Siouxland Initiative contracted CH2M Hill, a nationally recognized firm involved in helping new and expanding firms find building sites, to help develop its certification program.
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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 19, 2014
In 2012, the City of Cheney contracted with CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate company, where they conducted an independent evaluation of the Cheney Industrial and Commerce Park (CICP) and certified the site as being ready for development.
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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 8, 2014
states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline. In addition, the company has contracted with Siemens Energy to supply all 448 turbines—the blades will be constructed in the Fort Madison, Iowa plant and the nacelles in the Hutchinson, KS plant.
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56 State by State Incentives Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 15, 2014
The program offers three types of benefits: Transaction Privilege Tax Exemption – Exemption from transaction privilege tax on contracts for certain types of construction at an MRZ. State Preference Points – Enterprise Zone companies can earn preference points on state contracts. For more information, please visit this link.
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108 List of Common Construction Abbreviations
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 13, 2017
Common construction abbreviations as as part of cost estimating software, Job Order Contracting software, and construction documents is a standard practice. CLL: Contract Limit Line. NIC: Not In Contract. RR: Railroad. CJF: Cork Joint Filler. CK: Caulking. CKT: Circuit. CLG: Ceiling. CLKG: Caulking. CLO: Closet.
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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 21, 2014
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES: University Based Research and Development – An eligible business that contracts with one or more Arkansas colleges or universities in performing research may qualify for a 33 percent income tax credit for qualified research expenditures. This tax credit is applied to a tax payer’s state tax liability.
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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration
Building Information Management
JULY 27, 2016
Various cost information is typically formatted as Products & Activities, General or Routine Maintenance, New Construction, Renovation and/or Repair, Sustainability/Green, Job Order Contracting (JOC), or any combination thereof. Procurement Requirements and Contracting Requirements. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting.
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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings
Business Facilities
AUGUST 1, 2014
Houston, the top-ranked metro in our Renewable Energy Leaders category, is contracting for about 623,000 kWh of wind power to meet about 48 percent of its electricity needs. The Port currently has service by two Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX—both offer double-stack service to critical manufacturing and population centers.
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111 A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration
Building Information Management
JULY 27, 2016
Various cost information is typically formatted as Products & Activities, General or Routine Maintenance, New Construction, Renovation and/or Repair, Sustainability/Green, Job Order Contracting (JOC), or any combination thereof. Procurement Requirements and Contracting Requirements. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting.
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40 Contractor Marketing That Works: The 7 Proven Steps to Empower.
Constructor Marketing that Works
JULY 3, 2012
Yet his “other” full time job was being a father to son, Eric, who’s with the Federal Railroad and daughter Rachelle, vice president of a bank. ” Andrew is rarely without wit or supporting evidence. His ads helped produce an astounding $330,000,000 in sales for contractor clients in one year.
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Constructor Marketing that Works
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Yet his “other” full time job was being a father to son, Eric, who’s with the Federal Railroad and daughter Rachelle, vice president of a bank. ” Andrew is rarely without supporting evidence. His ads helped produce an astounding $330,000,000 in sales for contractor clients in one year.
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40 Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
CLL: Contract Limit Line. NIC: Not In Contract. RR: Railroad. CJF: Cork Joint Filler. CK: Caulking. CKT: Circuit. CL: Centerline, Clearance, Closing, Closure, Class, Closet. CLG: Ceiling. CLKG: Caulking. CLH: Clothes Line Hook. CLO: Closet. CLP: Clamp. CLR: Clear. CLR OPG: Clear Opening. CLS: Closure. NEUT: Neutral.
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40 Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
CLL: Contract Limit Line. NIC: Not In Contract. RR: Railroad. CJF: Cork Joint Filler. CK: Caulking. CKT: Circuit. CL: Centerline, Clearance, Closing, Closure, Class, Closet. CLG: Ceiling. CLKG: Caulking. CLH: Clothes Line Hook. CLO: Closet. CLP: Clamp. CLR: Clear. CLR OPG: Clear Opening. CLS: Closure. NEUT: Neutral.
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How the Infrastructure Bill Could Expand Opportunities to Women and Minorities
Fieldwire
MARCH 27, 2022
Infrastructure regulations typically target road, railroad, bridge, and port designs. Rose Morrison is the managing editor of Renovated , where she covers contracting and residential construction topics. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Biden administration has expanded the term to include social infrastructure.
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