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• Tutor Perini Corp. brought to NY in a move to lower prices

  Deeply dissatisfied with the two dozen agreements negotiated over the summer between unions and contractors, and desperate to bring down the costs of its massive Hudson Yards project, the Related Cos. has made a move certain to shake the foundation of the city’s construction industry. The powerhouse developer last week brought construction giant Tutor Perini [...]
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• Phila. Airport Proves Inefficiencies of Separtations Act

  The gleaming expansion of Terminals D and E at Philadelphia International Airport has been open since December 2008: Fancy shops, ultramodern passenger screening, additional airline gates. But completion of the project – now estimated to cost $341 million, up from an initial $185 million in 2005 – is mired in construction lawsuits and finger-pointing. Experts [...]
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