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NDA’s Estimating Course will be taking place May 3-4, in Houston, Texas, at the DoubleTree – Houston Intercontinental Airport. Register by Friday, April 27 to join fellow demolition professionals for tailored learning on the best practices and processes for estimating a demolition project. Plus book your room in the NDA room block at the DoubleTree – Houston Intercontinental Airport to secure your room at the NDA price (room rate is $109 per night). Lunch sponsored by ROTAR.
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NDA is applauding the leaders of several federal agencies for signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to streamline the environmental permitting process. The MOU implements President Trump's executive order, to cut permitting time for big infrastructure projects to two years.
Signatories of the agreement included the Energy, Interior, Transportation and Agriculture departments as well as U.S. EPA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers. The MOU was signed at a White House cabinet meeting on Monday.
For more information about the MOU, click here.
Engineering News-Record
The Trump administration has approved a plan to speed up federal environmental reviews for "major" infrastructure projects, with the goal of reaching decisions within two years.
Under a memorandum of understanding that department and agency heads signed on April 9, a “lead agency” would take charge of drawing up an environmental impact statement and record of decision for eligible projects. Signatories included the Transportation and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers.
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The omnibus federal budget bill recently signed into law is being touted by the White House as a down payment on infrastructure. House Republican leadership is playing up the bill's $21.2 billion in infrastructure funding as a key priority. The House Committee on Appropriations divided up the promised funds as follows:
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Houston Public Media
An Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Houston started to be demolished April 9. KTRK-TV reported that during Hurricane Harvey, the United Orthodox Synagogue‘s campus, located in the 9000 block of Greenwillow Street, flooded for the third time in three years.
The sanctuary was a staple of the community, hosting countless events from bar mitzvahs to weddings and funerals.
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OSHA periodically re-energizes its “Focus Four Hazards” campaign — an initiative intended to raise awareness about the four leading hazards in the construction industry, described by OSHA as falls, caught in or between, struck by, and electrocution. OSHA is currently concentrating on educating employers in OSHA Region 3 on recognizing, evaluating, and controlling these hazards. The Region 3 effort began in March and will extend through June 2018.
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Construction Dive
March's Dodge Momentum Index surged upward 6.1 percent to a reading of 155, up from February's downward-revised figure of 146, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Month-over-month commercial activity rebounded 9.6 percent in March, making up for the 5.1 percent contraction in the category last month. Institutional momentum was up 1.6 percent, although it fell short of its 8.1 percent February surge. Six nonresidential projects valued at $100 million or more entered the planning stages in March.
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The Herald-Whig
The contractor that demolished the former Adams County (Illinois) Health Department building and five other buildings that stood within the footprint of the new county jail has filed a lawsuit saying the county owes it more than $100,000.
Filed recently by Quincy attorney Tad Brenner, Blick's Construction Co. Inc. is seeking to have the county pay a $117,019 bill dated April 17, 2017, for additional work required during the demolition of the properties. The lawsuit alleges that the project manual did not include additional tasks that were required, meaning Blick's did not build those costs into their bid.
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Minnesota Public Radio News
Minnesotans long knew Dayton's as a store with just about everything, and it is proving even more so as crews demolish the interior of the iconic downtown Minneapolis store for redevelopment. The latest: a dead monkey.
"We don't know a lot about this monkey, but I can say that there was a monkey found during renovation. We continue to find a lot of pieces of history like this in the Dayton's project as we redevelop the building," says Cailin Rogers, a spokesperson for the project. "Unfortunately, this was one of the recent discoveries."
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