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Why Politics Must Never Obscure Learning From Earthquake Disasters

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Richard Korman
February 15, 2023

There’s a grim familiarity to what the world is witnessing in Turkey and Syria, where powerful double earthquakes spread death and misery over such a wide area.

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Listening To Construction Workers Raises All 'Gangs' Higher

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Richard Korman
January 12, 2023

At a time when an aggressor is bombing cities to rubble, the construction of new buildings is a potent symbol of peace and commerce.


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Editorial: Qatar Is Champion of Safety Hypocrisy in Migrant Worker Deaths

ENR Editorial Board
December 8, 2022

Once the World Cup soccer tournament concludes, decency dictates that someone should put a wrecking ball to Qatar’s Al Bayt and Lusail stadiums, where the opening ceremonies and matches were held.


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New York City's AirTrain Project Needs a Dignified Death

ENR Editorial Board
November 10, 2022

No doubt the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council has its reasons, but the planning group’s list of projects; for which it seeks $15 billion in federal funding support over the next five years, includes the LaGuardia Airport AirTrain.


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NEPA and Permitting Reform After Joe Manchin Flops

ENR Editorial Board
October 12, 2022

A commentary on the missing piece of the U.S. infrastructure future.


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Biden Davis-Bacon Update: The Good and the Bad

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Richard Korman
June 23, 2022

Arguments about prevailing wages have not changed much since the 1980s, the last time the U.S. government changed methods under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act to determine a prevailing wage on most construction projects with federal funding.


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Disasters and Loss Won't Keep Ansara From His True Calling

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Scott Blair
March 31, 2022

When Nadine Post arrived in Boston last July 8 to report a profile on the nonprofit Build Health International, which constructs and maintains modern hospitals in Haiti and other low-income regions, she was alerted that BHI’s Jim Ansara, his staff and their Boston-based hospital-operator partners might be distracted during interviews.


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Please End Gas Tax Holiday Nonsense

March 28, 2022

One day there will be a book on the ups and downs of state gas taxes and infrastructure finance—with a whole chapter dedicated to what is unfolding during the inflation surge of 2021 and 2022.


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Scott Blair and Jan Tuchman

ENR Editorial Welcomes New Leadership

Scott Seltz
February 9, 2022

Succession planning—knowing your best candidates for promotion in leading positions—is critical to the success of every enterprise.


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Editorial: Open Vaccine Mandate Rulemaking to More Voices

ENR Editors
January 31, 2022
OSHA should model industry engagement on effort to craft the 2017 silica dust rule to design vaccine mandate that is enforceable—and realistic.
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