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Major Pipeline Firm Aegion Corp. Agrees to $963M Private Equity Buy

ENR Construction

The purchaser has made several industry acquisitions since 2017.

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Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in the construction industry, you likely know the labor shortage has been a significant problem for some time now. Construction firms are struggling to find trained carpenters, welders, masons and other construction professionals. Recruiting Women to the Construction Industry. percent of what men do.

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Oberhelman to Retire as Caterpillar Chairman/CEO

Construction Equipment

Jim Umpleby will succeed him as CEO, effective January 1, 2017. Dave Calhoun, a current member of the Caterpillar Board, will assume the role of nonexecutive chairman of the board upon Oberhelman’s retirement on March 31, 2017. Umpleby is currently group president responsible for energy & transportation.

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Biggest Construction Companies in Europe

Lets Build

It’s no surprise that the construction industry is big, but did you know that some of the biggest construction companies are based in Europe? In fact, the biggest construction company in the world is the Spanish company, ACS. Below you can see the whole list of biggest construction companies and countries.

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Top 10 Tiles Companies in India 2020

CivilJungle

Also, Read: Top 10 Construction Companies in UAE. Top 5 Tiles Company in India Revenue Comparison 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. Revenue 2017. Also, Read: Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA. Also, Read: Top 10 Construction Companies in India. Also, Read: 10 Best Steel Brand for House Construction in India.

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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector

Constructlaw

Imagine a complicated engineering and construction project that has lasted years and has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars. As stakeholders in the construction community know all too well, this scenario is not an uncommon one. As published in Dispute Resolution Magazine, volume 26, issue 3, September 2020.

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USGBC Wants You to Comment on the Next Version of LEED

Green Building Law Update

million square feet certified LEED every day, there are other ways to construct a green building, but LEED is not only the globally recognized symbol of sustainable achievement, but also the thought leader moving the market. I offered that constructive criticism in a recent blog post. But if there are two issues that LEED v4 and v4.1

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