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COMMEMORATINfi 9/11/01 - 9/11/02
Part Two: New York City
Destruction of the World Trade Center towers did not
weaken the nation or the government. PAGE 2 Sil
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BUSINESS & EeONOMIOS
Unions: Laborers open a charter school in Rhode Island
emphasizing construction 34
Safety; OSHA agrees to reduce charges against Dick Corp, in
fatal truss collapse 57
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TRANSPORTATION
Finance: Securing highway bonds spurs pitched legal battle in
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Georgia 35
Goads: Budapest mounts a $140-ininion effort to recon.struct
infrastructure in the citv’s center 38
POWER & INDUSTRIAL I
Alternative Fuels: Tire-fired powerplant in Nevada uses Repolished Gem of Lower Manhattan Lifts Lagging Spirits
39 Team pulls all slops to get grand Winter Garden atrium
advanced combustor
across West Street from Ground Zero improved—not just
Safety: Second fatality at Pittsburgh-area powerplant shuts repaired—for anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks. PAGE 8
down the project 55 Cover photos by Michael Goodman for EHP (Inset) and courtesy of New York City’s Office of
Emergency Management (background); photo above by Michael Goodman for ENR.
TECHNOLOGY
MNA6EMEHT Ground Zero’s rash response Is followed by site’s
Materials: High-concept space elevator that has earthbound painstaking cost recovery. PAGE 12
applications may be built within two decades 36 BEALTH AND SAFETY A screening program may shed light on expo
sure to contaminants, but workers are slow to take federally funded
exams. PAGE 15
DEMRTMENTS RESTOBATION After being down and briefly out, a landmark call cen
Update 29
W,-ishington Ob8eryer(;:2/31 official Proposals
ter battered on 9/11 powers through a S1.4-billion upgrade. PAGE 16
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Construction Economics 43 (cent, on pp. 65-66) UTILITY CONSTBUCTIII The devastation of 9/11 spawned an oppor
Products ......49' Viewpoint................... ..... 7T tunity to vastly improve utilities in the area, as service providers
Pulse............ 51 Construction Week ......72 rebuilt and dispersed for better security. PAGE 19
For subscriber services call (877) 876-8208 or (609) 426-7046 DAMAGED BUILDINGS The futuro of “ghost buildings” near Ground
Zero is shrouded in secrecy and uncertainty. PAGE 20
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TRANSIT Money and commitment expedite the push for speedy
restoration of train systems affected by the terrorist attack. PAGE 23
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