Shawn M. LaTourette: Seeking Balance to Deploy NJ's Pioneering Environmental Justice Law

New Jersey’s small size has not reduced impacts to its communities from pollution and climate change, but shorter travel distances have allowed the state's environment chief to see effects up close and pursue a mission to prevent further harm. 

Canada Achieves Foreign Trade Gains; U.S. Still Sinking

Canada’s foreign trade picture brightened considerably in June. The nation’s merchandise trade balance recorded its biggest surplus since before the 2008-2009 recession. Furthermore, there have now been four surpluses in the past six months. During the decade prior to this year, Canada’s monthly goods trade balance spent a lot of time below the zero x-axis (Graph 1).  (‘Merchandise’ trade is a fancier way of saying ‘goods’ as opposed to ‘services’ trade.)

Why recovery won't come easily for small and medium-sized construction firms

Contractors must invest in digital technologies and clean up their balance sheets in order to benefit from the coming post-pandemic boom, writes a contech executive.

Using less water to control dust, the new Cat® 777G Water Solutions truck offers a smarter, sustainable way to water

At mining and quarry sites, haul road dust can take a toll on safety and productivity, leading to a continuous struggle to balance dust suppression with overwatering. Built on the proven Cat® 777G truck platform, the new Cat 777G Water Solutions truck offers mining and quarry operations an innovative and smarter water truck to help control […] The post Using less water to control dust, the new Cat® 777G Water Solutions truck offers a smarter, sustainable way to water appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Costain rebounds into profit and boosts cash pile

Costain swung back into profit in the first half of 2021 as the firm rebounded from a disastrous 2020, and nearly doubled its year-on-year cash balance. In interim results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021 released this morning, the contractor reported a pre-tax profit… The post Costain rebounds into profit and boosts cash pile appeared first on Construction News.

Tickbox Infrastructure - Published by Radix and Gleeds

Our aim is to balance the challenge of reducing bureaucracy and keeping things moving with the need to prevent incompetence and inefficiency.