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Justice Department joins whistleblower lawsuit against AECOM

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The lawsuit, originally filed in 2016 but unsealed this week, claims that the contractor and other defendants knowingly inflated repair estimates for post-Hurricane Katrina FEMA work.

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Top Construction Videos of 2016

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Equipment World reported on the top 10 construction videos of 2016 last week, including this time lapse clip that shows a 230 foot long prefabricated tunnel inserted below a highway over a weekend in Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands.

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, region sees $1.6B of construction since 2016

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Linn County has seen 125 projects valued at $1 million or more, offering testament to the trend of big development booms happening in small pockets outside the country's major metros.

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Funding approved for $4B Atlanta transportation program

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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority officials pared down their list of projects from more than $11 billion to match expected 2016 tax revenue.

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Construction gains 30,000 jobs in December

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The industry added 210,000 jobs in 2017, a more than 35% jump from 2016's increase of 155,000.

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Majority of worksites could be violating OSHA's electronic record-keeping rule

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OSHA has until June 15 to inspect its database of locations and issue violations to those that did not file 2016 summaries.

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LA Metro approves $3.2B Purple Line extension budget

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The cost of the subway's Section 3 has almost doubled since Los Angeles County voters approved a tax to fund the project in 2016.

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