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Pandemic Slowed Payments, Tanked Cash Flow in Construction: 2021 Report
New Ohio Solar Panel Plant and Solar Farms Point to Major Rise in Renewable Energy Construction
Construction Pulse June 2021: Supply Chain Struggles Continue to Plague the Industry
American Jobs Plan: Biden Wants to Invest in a Construction Mega-Boom
Recent Bankruptcies Highlight Widespread Struggle for Nation’s Electrical Contractors
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Texas Overhauls Lien Laws by Enacting HB2237, Effective January 2022
Alaska’s Little Miller Act: Labor Defined, Notice Requirements Clarified
Ohio: Prompt Payment Protection for Private GCs on the Horizon
Utah Construction Notice Not Found in SCR Search? It May Still Be Valid
Emails Count: Maryland Court Finds Emailed Notice of Bond Claim Sufficient
Problem projects
TC Energy Terminates Controversial Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Expansion
Chicago Property Owner Files for Bankruptcy Amidst Foreclosure, Multiple Construction Liens
Amidst Legal Conflict, Construction Continues Around Hartford’s Dunkin’ Donuts Park
‘It would have been better if the American Dream Mall would have burned down’: New Jersey Mall Faces $1.2 Billion in Debt, Construction Liens
PA State Senator Combats ‘Change Order Scheming’ After Multiple Delays to Interstate Construction Project
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“Find your tribe” | Interview with Construction Accounts Manager Juli Foscoli
“If you get knocked down, get back up” | Interview with Construction President Catherine Schoenenberger
“Never stop educating yourself” | Interview with Director of Credit Gloria Macias
Strength in Numbers: Construction CEO Cindy Richter Talks Networking and More
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