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In May 2014 the Cherokee Nation issued a bid notice for bridge and roadway construction in Mayes County, Oklahoma (the “Project”). Funding was authorized pursuant to the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of the Interior’s Tribal Transportation Program, 23 U.S.C. – 202, by which federal funding is offered to Native American tribal governments to pay the costs of certain transportation …
Two contractors involved in building the Assembly Square T station knowingly submitted inflated payment estimates for materials and will pay large fines and penalties to resolve the case, according to the Office of Attorney General Maura Healey. Read the full article >>>
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday that the state will use a $460 million public-private partnership to add more high-occupancy toll lanes to the Alexandria-to-DC portion of Interstate 395, according to WAMU. Read the full article >>>
A small group of subcontractors protested Saturday morning outside City Hall, demanding that the City of Brownsville pay them for work they have completed. They entered into a project with the city in April 2015 on the Southmost Hike and Bike Trail, and despite repeated promises that they would be paid, nothing has come of it, said Jorge Contla, the …
It’s been less than two weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he has fulfilled his campaign promises of shaking up the political world. The ink is not yet dry on several of his executive orders and other memoranda that have turned immigration, national security and infrastructure into coast-to-coast topics of conversation and fiery debate. The construction industry-related directives that …
The construction industry is becoming more mobile, and with that comes the need for a growing app industry. A survey by construction apps advisory firm Software Advice recently found that 50 percent of construction companies are still using manual methods to calculate takeoff, prepare bids and manage projects. For the other half we’ve compiled our fifth annual best construction apps …
Several elements of Murray Securus’s DNA impressed past Agency of the Month winners who voted for the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, firm as our Rough Notes 2016 Agency of the Year. One past winner was particularly impressed by “how they built out the agency in response to client needs.” Others echoed the sentiment, citing the agency’s formation 80-plus years ago and the …
On Tuesday morning, Senator Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho, decried on the Senate floor the “cauldron of anger, bitterness, and acrimony” that Washington has become since President Donald Trump began trying to assemble his government. Certainly Congress has divided sharply on several of Trump’s cabinet picks. But one instance where that was not true – or at least not as …
On a paved lot between Nationals Park and Fort McNair, a mayor, a sports commissioner, a mascot and a machete gathered under a white tent in a gritty industrial nook of the District on Monday. After 13 years of surefire plans, shifting locations and shattered hopes, D.C. United hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new stadium at Buzzard Point in …
