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LAX Automated People Mover construction won't be completed until 2025

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According to the local outlet’s analysis of a new Fitch Ratings report, “The Automated People Mover system is 96% complete but increasing construction delays and a ‘strained relationship’ between the contractor and Los Angeles World Airports, which owns and operates LAX, have kept it from being completed.”

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LA halts Metro Purple Line construction over worker safety concerns

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“Metro has ordered its contractor to temporarily suspend all field work on the Purple Line Extension Section 2 Project due to the unacceptable rate of serious worker injuries,” Metro said in a statement. The safety of those building our county’s transportation projects must always be protected.”

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Port Authority of NY & NJ reaches milestone with new low-carbon concrete standards

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transportation agencies. They include the incorporation of LEED and Envision-equivalent standards, utilizing low-carbon concrete, collecting environmental data from contractors, facilitating pilot projects, waste matching for concrete, asphalt, and soil, and requiring low-emissions vehicles on site.

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4 Ways Contractors Can Upgrade Their Building And Construction Skills

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In fact, it has entered into several government contracts to build infrastructures in transportation, education, and health care, making construction a lucrative industry for contractors. . Below are the four ways contractors can upgrade their building and construction skills: Seek For Training Courses .

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Construction still ranks as one of the deadliest industries in the U.S., according to new survey

Archinect

Slips, trips, and falls were among the most commonly-recorded causes of death , followed by transportation accidents, exposure to toxic substances, and fatal contact with equipment. It isn’t,” Brian Turmail of the Associated General Contractors of America told Construction Dive bluntly.

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New tool helps developers, contractors identify geographic risk for construction

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Developers and contractors entering new markets that are looking to mitigate their projects’ risk now have available an interactive tool that not only allows them to access real-time updates pertaining to the risk climate of municipalities across the U.S.,

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IJboulevard is an underwater bike park in Amsterdam

Deezen

Three prefabricated hollow elements were transported to the site by river and placed onto 72 concrete piles to form the internal spaces and the boulevard above. The project also involved the creation of a boulevard IJboulevard has been shortlisted in the infrastructure and transport project category of the Dezeen Awards.