After finally beginning the demolition of the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana in May of this year, the remains of 2 of the 3 workers killed in the incident are still trapped within the building. After working for several weeks to clear a safe path to retrieve the bodies, a lawyer from the development team of the project provided an update recently.

Average annual U.S. ‘real’ (i.e., after accounting for inflation) gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the latest 20 years (2000 to 2019 inclusive) has been +2.1%; and for the past 10 years, +2.3%. The latest 10-year (2010 to 2019) annual average isn’t biased downwards by the 2008-2009 recession.

Social distancing may feel surreal in the beginning—coworkers avoiding physical contact, people separated by partitions, everyone wearing masks. It might even seem a little lonely with a lot of our coworkers still forced to work at home as organizations ramp up operations, allowing people to return to work in phases. Nonetheless, over time, we’ll get used to a new “normal” as novel ways of working emerge.

Planning permission required for HS2 work could be delayed after the Court of Appeal ruled councils are responsible for assessing the local impact of works for the project, rather than HS2 itself. The verdict is part of a dispute that began more than two years…

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A £900m funding package for new homes and infrastructure projects has been confirmed by the housing secretary, with film and TV studio projects named among the winners. The Getting Building Fund, a government investment in “shovel-ready” projects, has been allocated to more than 300 projects…

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Keller is still planning to increase its market share in the UK despite the hit on demand caused by the coronavirus crisis. Chief executive Michael Speakman told CN in March that the company wanted a bigger slice of the ground engineering market in the UK. This morning,…

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The Court of Appeal provided both good and bad news for HS2 last week, issuing verdicts on two fiercely contested cases involving the megaproject. In the first, the court ruled that HS2 was not subject to the same arguments that in February saw government decisions…

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A £500m construction framework for the British Antarctic Survey is being prepared. Phase two of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme (AIMP) is scheduled to run for 10 years and will procure design-and-build work in Antarctica and nearby islands. Some of the projects that could be…

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Balfour Beatty is planning to reopen its concrete manufacturing site in Avonmouth, Bristol, which was shut down after a coronavirus outbreak. The facility, which supplies the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, was closed until further notice on 24 July after 19 employees were confirmed to…

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Morgan Sindall’s profit more than halved in the first six months of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Results for the six months to the end of June showed pre-tax profit had dropped to £13.6m compared to £35.5m for the same period in 2019. Revenue…

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