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  • Back by Popular Demand: AutoCAD for the Mac
    Autodesk announced on August 31 that it has released AutoCAD 2011 for Macintosh, along with AutoCAD WS, a mobile app that will allow users to share their AutoCAD designs in the field using iPhones, iPads, and iTouches.
  • Construction Jobless Rate Improves Slightly in August
    Construction's unemployment rate moved down slightly in August but remains highest among all industries.
  • Labor Panel Okays Union Banner Protests
    The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that the posting of stationary banners by members of a construction union at a secondary employer’s workplace does not violate the nation’s labor laws.
  • Five Key Executives Depart RMJM
    One of the world’s largest architectural firms, the Scotland-based RMJM, is losing three key executives, in addition to losing two others within the past 10 months.
  • Green Label for Contractors Covers Offices and Practices
    Associated Builders and Contractors, a national organization representing 25,000 construction firms, has rolled out a green certification for its members.
  • Richard Meier to Design Home for Mr. Bean
    Richard Meier revealed last night that his design plans for a new home for actor Rowan Atkinson in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)in Oxfordshire, England were approved by the South Oxfordshire District Council. This will be Meier's first built work in Great Britain.
  • Obama Backs new Stimulus Program Valued at $50 Billion
    A combative President Barack Obama is promising to put Americans back to work rebuilding roads, railways and runways, and is blaming Republicans for opposing his efforts to stimulate the economy.
  • Construction Methods Of The Ancient Inca Offer Sustainable Lessons
    Civil engineers and other researchers working under a $90,000 National Science Foundation grant are studying the Great Inca Road of South America for clues to help modern society build roads, bridges and other infrastructure that last longer and have a less harmful impact on the environment.
  • USGBC Expands Data Collection from LEED Buildings
    The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has begun collecting energy- and water-use data from LEED-certified buildings, and is promising preliminary performance reports for building owners participating in its Building Performance Partnership (BPP) by November 2010.
  • Port of Miami Expansion Includes New Rail Link
    Hoping to attract cargo traffic from an expanded Panama Canal in 2014, the Port of Miami is taking steps to refurbish a dormant 4.4-mile rail corridor linking the port with the Hialeah Intermodal Railyard, operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad.

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