Letters Feedback from our readers provides new perspectives on constructionhttps://www.新利18备用enr.com/rss/150-letters en-us Most Comments Blast ENR's Trump Editorial

ENR’s editors used its opinion page to weigh the pros and cons of the Trump presidency for the construction industry and found that the cons heavily outweighed the pros.

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Fixed-Price Issues Affect Engineers Too!

Professional liability attorney David Hatem speaks out on project risk imbalance.

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Letter: Merit-Shop Training Educates and Upskills

The commentary, “Keep The Rule Exemption As Is,” claimed that construction should remain excluded from the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s proposed rule on apprenticeship expansion because union apprenticeship programs set the bar high on quality training and earning potential.

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Letter: Battery Storage Fire Risks Need Greater Attention The article “Fire at Arizona Energy Storage Battery Draws Scrutiny” (ENR 7/8-15 p. 18) illuminated the potential hazards associated with energy storage systems and lithium-ion batteries and accurately noted that the technology “now make[s] up 98% to 99% of all new battery-type storage systems.” //www.phoneitt.com/articles/47377 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:22:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/47377-letter-battery-storage-fire-risks-need-greater-attention LETTER: Speed Cameras in Work Zones: Keep Them Out Where speed cameras are used, the speed limits are artificially low and tickets go out just barely above the speed limit. //www.phoneitt.com/articles/40510 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:30:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/40510-letter-speed-cameras-in-work-zones-keep-them-out Letter: Misrepresented Reality of CM Accreditation Again, we must take exception to a recent article that misrepresents the reality of accreditation for construction-management programs in universities and colleges in the story “A Big Increase in CMF-PM Fees” (ENR 6/20 p. 44). //www.phoneitt.com/articles/40149 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:30:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/40149-letter-misrepresented-reality-of-cm-accreditation Letter: CM Viewpoint Confuses Important Differences

In her viewpoint column, “Managing the Construction Manager in a Cost-Plus Contract,” Barbara Res expresses a significantly obsolete understanding of agency construction management.

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Letter: Levee Failture Clarification In your story on the Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps project in New Orleans (ENR 5/9 p. 24), with regard to the severity of Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge in Lake Pontchartrain, wave heights were typically similar to those assumed for the design of the structures (IPET, vol. 1, p. 2). //www.phoneitt.com/articles/39550 Wed, 25 May 2016 15:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/39550-letter-levee-failture-clarification Letter: The New York Transit Hub Isn't a 'Boondoggle' This letter is in response to an ENR article, headlined “Bird of Pay” (3/14 p. 7), and a New York Times article, “Santiago Calatrava’s Transit Hub Is a Soaring Symbol of a Boondoggle” (3/2). //www.phoneitt.com/articles/39098 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/39098-letter-the-new-york-transit-hub-isnt-a-boondoggle Letter: CM School Accreditation Is Not a New Phenomenon

The article “CM Schools Boost Standards With First US Accreditations” (ENR 10/19 p. 17) is misleading in its title and inaccurate throughout much of the content.

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Letter: CFMA to Contractors and Agencies: Do a Better Job

I read with great interest your editorial titled “Media Contempt for Construction” (ENR 11/2 p. 92).

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Letter to the Editor: The Climate-Changers Are Killing Construction

It’s too bad that your magazine is publishing articles written by left-wing environmentalists (likely devoid of any science background) making statements like “the very real effects of climate change

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Letter to the Editor: There's Nothing New Under the Sun for Bridges

I get a bit amused by articles on “new” construction methods for bridges, such as the following one in Ohio.

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Letter to the Editor: Major Shifts Needed for Integrated Project Delivery

Thanks for the great article on Lean and IPD (ENR 6/15 p. 8). It’s very helpful for the design and construction community to have a thoughtful piece for discussion.

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Skanska: Modular Hospital Story Missed the Mark

I am writing on behalf of Skanska USA Building Inc. to express our disappointment in your recent article "Modular Hospital 'Triumph'

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Modular Comeback

The modular sector needs less cheerleading and more critical observation, so I thank ENR for publishing this well-researched and informative article. Despite the challenges, the reason the modular sector will continue to grow is because a well-organized plant is a much more productive work environment than a construction jobsite.

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Letter to the Editor: Design-Build vs. AWP

I just read with interest Bruce Buckley's cover story on enhanced productivity, titled "Teams Are Driving Detailed Planning Into Design Phase"

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Federal Software Choice For Asset Management Shuts Out Private Sector Vendors

VFA Inc., a provider of integrated software and services for facilities asset management, capital planning and capital spend management, read with interest the article on the U.S. Dept. of Defense's recent decision to standardize on SMS BUILDER.

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Letter to the Editor: U.S. Must Address Risk to Power Grid of Coronal Mass Ejections

The latest article, “Hardening Energy Assets” is particularly interesting.However, I’d respectfully point out that an especially important subject that has been omitted.

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Letter: Crane Stats Were Wrong

The Letters section on page four of ENR's June 4, 2012, edition, in which William Shuzman of the Allied Building Metal Industries commented on an earlier staff editorial regarding crane safety in New York City, gives some numbers that are not correct.

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Correction & #65279;On the Top 100 Design-Build Firms list, HOK, St. Louis, made an error on its survey and was improperly ranked at No. 50. HOK should be removed from the list. Thus, Webber LLC,The Woodlands, Texas, should rank at No. 100, with revenue of $107 million. 0625-65279correction.asp Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8141-correction Letters: Go With the Flow, Chicago

Any plan advanced by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers or others to re-reverse the flow of the Chicago canal system will hasten the demise of Lake Michigan

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Corrections & #65279;"BIM Consensus Standard Is a Step Forward but Not a Major Leap Toward Interoperability" should have stated that Nemetschek Vectorworks and Graphisoft are owned by the same company, Nemetschek Group. Also, the headquarters of FM:Systems is located in Raleigh, N.C."Cracks Slow Pontoon Job" erroneously stated Kiewit-General is widening state Route 520 east of the floating bridge. Eastside Corridor Constructors, a joint venture of Granite and PCL, is on that job. Alleged on-the-job drinking did not involve anyone from ECC. 0611-65279corrections.asp Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8139-corrections Boardroom Qualifications The cover story "Boardrooms Raise the Bar" was interesting and made good sense, but it missed the main points for [director] qualifications today: truthfulness, honesty, ethical behavior and moral integrity.Harry Watkins, P.E., Retired President Watkins Engineering Consultants Inc.Birmingham, Ala. 0611-letters-qualifications-.asp Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8140-boardroom-qualifications Critical Picks Not Needed The membership of Allied Building Metal Industries Inc. were dismayed at the contents of your recent editorial "Making a City Safe for Cranes," in which you suggest that users should de-rate a crane's load chart so every lift in New York City defaults to a critical lift.Crawler cranes already have a standard 75% reduced chart; truck cranes are at 85%. A further reduction to 75% would limit the crawler capacity to 56%. There is already a built-in factor of safety in the manufacturer's approved charts. Cranes are typically load-tested to at least 130% of rated capacity. A further reduction to 0604-critical-picks-not-needed.asp Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8138-critical-picks-not-needed Correction: Wrong Casino Collapse Photo Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record The story "OSHA Points to Process Errors in Cincinnati Casino Collapse" contained errors. The photograph depicted another Horseshoe Casino, which collapsed last December in Cleveland. Also, Messer Construction Co. received its last OSHA violation in January 2006, not May 2006 as the article stated. The violation was to be deleted as part of an informal settlement but remains visible in OSHA's online database. 0507-65279correction.asp 2012年5月07日星期一12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8137-correction-wrong-casino-collapse-photo Clarification rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) & #65279;In the story "As Fluor Turns 100, CEO Seaton Notes Successes, Challenges," the Q&A with Fluor Corp. Chairman and CEO David Seaton requires the following clarifications.A reference to "greenhouse gas" should have instead read "greenhouse-gas regulation."The sentence "The [Obama] administration said it wants to drive gas prices up to push renewables" refers to a 2008 statement by Energy Secretary Steven Chu.The sentence "Fluor has perfected the public-private approach [to infrastructure finance]" should have stated "sort of perfected."A quotation used should have been stated as "You don't earn a penny unless you sell something." 0423-clarification.asp Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8136-clarification Subcontractors Raise Issues on P3 Projects 在回答你r article, "Special Report: Which Way the Winds Are Blowing on P3s", the American Subcontractors Association would like to raise your awareness about a concern that construction subcontractors and suppliers have with public-private partnerships (P3s).Specifically, ASA is concerned that existing federal and state laws establishing payment assurances for subcontractors and suppliers may not apply to projects financed through P3s.State mechanic's lien laws generally do not apply to construction on public land; yet federal, state or local governments often own the real estate on which projects financed through P3s are built. Statutory payment bonds may be required on 0227-subs-raise-p3-issues-.asp Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8135-subcontractors-raise-issues-on-p3-projects Not-So-Hard Science Related Links: Concrete Goes to College I would like to respond to the numbers game and the "science" that the Portland Cement Association has initiated as reported in Tudor Van Hampton's article "Concrete Goes to College" (ENR 1/23/p. 8).First, Congress is not in the business of selecting materials for roadbuilding. Nor should it be. If congressmen were to dig into life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) as presented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSH), funded by PCA, they would find the idea of asphalt pavement costing double that of concrete pavement ludicrous.Notice that the CSH has used theoretic estimations 0220-not-so-hard-science-.asp Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8134-not-so-hard-science Clarity on Stock Sale I read with interest your story "Tutor Perini OKs CEO's Stock Sale." This could not be further from the truth.The entire story focuses on the removal of restrictions on my stock as if it were all about the sale of the balance of my interests in Tutor Perini [as opposed to] the manner in which the action was [intended, which was] to remove the restrictions so that if I chose to, I could pledge stock for loans, I could use the stock as an asset, or [I could] pledge it for whatever business reasons I needed to. However, at no 1114-clarityonstocksale.asp Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0500https://www.新利18备用enr.com/articles/8133-clarity-on-stock-sale