Construction News

• Construction foreman, 59, killed after forklift he was operating fell 75 feet from Missouri bridge
  
  Foreman Alan Jackson, a married father of three and grandfather, lost his life when the forklift he was operating fell off of the Blanchette Memorial Bridge near St Louis on Tuesday morning.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Ft. Hood to dedicate new memorial gate for Vanessa Guillen
  
  The family of the army specialist from Houston, who was murdered earlier this year, is providing input in the gate's construction.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Construction Suspended By Court
  
  Equitrans' (ETRN) Mountain Valley Pipeline Project has been put on hold as a court observed that the permit for its construction violates the environmental laws.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Should You Invest In Fluor Corp After Its Impressive Gains?
  
  The stock of Fluor Corp, an engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company, is up 22% in the past one month. Compared to this, the S&P 500 moved up only 0.5%. ...
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Denmark resorts to dumping 17million culled animals in mass graves amid mutant Covid fears
  
  WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking photos showed construction lorries offloading thousands of dead mink into ditches this morning in the town of Holstebro.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 10 Nov 2020.
• The InvestAmerica Plan - Reconstruction With Or Without Senate Help
  
  The new Biden-Harris Administration will require a comprehensive national reconstruction plan that can renew the nation's productive powers with or without Senate cooperation. ...
  Forbes.  Monday, 9 Nov 2020.
• Is Thor Industries (THO) Stock Outpacing Its Construction Peers This Year?
  
  Is (THO) Outperforming Other Construction Stocks This Year?
  Zacks.  Monday, 9 Nov 2020.
• Evidence of Neolithic Construction Boom Found at British 'Mega-Henge'
  
  New research suggests ancient humans built the Mount Pleasant henge in as little as 35 to 125 years
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 9 Nov 2020.
• Retailers board up storefronts ahead of Election Day
  
  High-end and discount retailers alike are enlisting construction companies to help protect their businesses if protests erupt.
  CBS News.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• Warren Buffett-Funded Foundation Secretly Paid For Protest To Stop The Construction Of A Highly Contentious Pipeline
  
  26-Year-Old Paid Thousands To Bail 500 Activists Out Of Jail. But The Money May Have Actually Come From Third-Richest Man In World
  Daily Caller.  Tuesday, 3 Nov 2020.
• Beetle larvae think with brain 'under construction'
  
  In human brains, hundreds of billions of nerve cells are interconnected in the most complicated way. This is no different for insects, although their brains 'only' have up to one million nerve cells. ...
  Science Daily.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry's current carbon emissions
  
  A new study has found that shifting to wood as a building construction material would significantly reduce the environmental impact of building construction. ...
  Science Daily.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• Northern State officials: New stadium should benefit region
  
  ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - As construction of the Dacotah Bank Stadium moves forward, campus officials already see it as an enhancement not only for campus but for the entire region. ...
  Washington Times.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• Firefighters battle flames at construction company site in Gilberts
  
  A construction company in Gilberts caught on fire Sunday afternoon.
  ABC News.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• If a Fish Could Build Its Own Home, What Would It Look Like?
  
  By exposing fish to experimental constructions, scientists hope to find out if replicating coral reefs is really the way to go
  Smithsonian.  Friday, 30 Oct 2020.

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