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  • Workers' Comp Not Always Enforced, Louisiana Finds
  • Lowe’s Makes Katrina Cottages Available for Purchase
  • Lowe’s Makes Katrina Cottages Available for Purchase
  • New Orleans Landmark is Widened and Strengthened
  • Katrina Anniversary Draws Vows for Change
  • Labor Shortages and Heartache Weigh Heavy
  • New Subdivisions are Designed To Take a Beating
  • Concrete-Home Manufacturers Gear Up for Production in N.O.
  • New Orleans Gates Are Hung as Call Rises for Taller Ones
  • Business Roundtable Pushes Job Training in Gulf Coast Area
  • Big New Orleans Plan Is Pushing Innovation
  • Corps Restructures to Manage $5.7 Billion in Civil Works
  • Louisiana Safe Houses Are Ultimate Workplace Amenity
  • Louisiana Coast Protection Plan Calls for Integrated Approach
  • Online Voting for New Orleans Competition Opens
  • Florida Enacts Back-Up Generator Law for High-Rises
  • Studio Libeskind Donates Design for Community Center
  • Corps Blames Designs, Modifications for Missed Deadlines
  • Broad Effort Launched to Use Storm Lessons
  • Battered Superdome Gets New Roof in a Hurry
  • AFL-CIO Unveils New Orleans Strategy
  • FEMA Money Flows Where Pressure Goes
  • Hurricane Damage Survey Leads to Calls for Change
  • Gulf Contractors Front Cost of Repairs
  • Congress Allots Another $19.8 Billion for Gulf Relief
  • System Failure Gets Blame in New Orleans
  • No Flood of Work In New Orleans
  • IPET: Corps at Fault
  • Florida Eyes Tougher Wind Code
  • Gulf Coast Funding Bill Delayed
  • Communications Blitz Is on for Storm Season
  • Downtown Revitalization Plan for New Orleans Unveiled
  • Corps Falls Short on Levee Fix, Vows to ‘Do the Right Thing’
  • System Failure in New Orleans
  • Louisiana Wants Feds to Pay for Repairs
  • Emergency Work on New Orleans’ Gates Falls Behind
  • Tough Negotiations Loom for Spending Bill
  • Army Corps Will Miss Flood Protection Deadline
  • New Master Planners Being Sought in New Orleans
  • Green Competition Planned for Gulf Region
  • Civil Engineers Endorse Corps' Katrina Inquest Progress to Date
  • Tough Jobs, Long Hours and Lonely Sites: Levee Reconstruction Grinds On
  • With Demolitions, Architectural Remnants at Risk in New Orleans
  • New Orleans Flood Base Elevation to Count on Levees Again
  • FEMA Releases Flood Elevation Guidelines
  • Raising Levees Is Even More Costly
  • In Katrina's Wake: Couple Watches the End of the Home They Built
  • Job Would Gag a Maggot, but Not These Guys
  • Safety Questions Now Dog New Orleans’ Levee Design
  • Floodwall Design Left Scant Safety Margin
  • Corps to Rebuild Levees, Public Trust
  • House Mulls $19 Billion for Gulf Coast Rebuilding
  • In Dissecting Disaster Experts Dig for Clues
  • Louisiana's Planning Moves Forward; Reveals Design Divide
  • Building Demolition Begins in New Orleans
  • An Interview with New Orleans' Master Planner, John Beckman
  • Young Engineers Sound Off on Rebuilding New Orleans
  • Corps Culpable for Flooding in New Orleans?
  • Battle of New Orleans Won By White House
  • Bush Seeks $4.2-Billion for Louisiana
  • Lawmakers Blast Response to Hurricanes
  • White House to Seek $4.2-Billion More for Louisiana Housing
  • Contract Awarded for Last Canal Gates
  • Lawmakers Ponder Unified Levee Boards
  • Boh Bros. Gives New Orleans a Reason for Hope
  • Healthcare Network Planned for New Orleans
  • Corps Awards Major Contracts to Prevent New Orleans Flooding
  • Deadlock Over Plan to Rebuild Depopulated New Orleans
  • Granite-Archer Has Low Bid on I-90 Bridges Damaged by Katrina
  • Ideas Floated for Hardening New Orleans Storm Defenses
  • In La., Construction to Grow after Katrina, Rita Wiped Out 11Years
  • New Orleans Introduces First Master Plan for Rebuilding
  • Corps Seeks Floodgate Designs for New Orleans Canals
  • Building Trades See Opportunity in Gulf Coast Rebuilding
  • Maintenance Now Key for Patched New Orleans Spans
  • Louisiana Reopens Second Damaged Span, 8 Days Early
  • World Monuments Fund Helping to Save Historic Gulf Coast Homes
  • Miss. DOT Names Bidders for Bridge Replacements
  • Mississippi Renewal Report
  • Senate Approves $29 Billion for Hurricane Relief
  • Spending Plan Holds Promises for Levees
  • $32-billion for Hurricane Relief Hinges on Fate of Alaska Oil Provision
  • $3 Billion for New Orleans Levee Work, But No Safety Guarantee
  • With Katrina-Hit Schools Set To Open, It Is Spring Fever on Campus
  • Shaw, KB Homes Team To Build Housing in the New Orleans Area
  • Louisiana Passes New Statewide Building Code
  • Louisiana, Mississippi Share $40 Million in Federal Transportation Aid
  • New Statewide Building Code Will Burden Repairs
  • Mississippi Charette Report is Complete
  • Relaxed Casino Siting Rules Prime Gulf Building Boom
  • Unfinished Business on Congress' Table
  • Preserving New Orleans: An Interview with Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Architect Team Wins Expedited New Orleans Superdome Award
  • Superdome Restoration Design Contract Awarded
  • Gulf Coast States Consider Zoning Changes
  • Study Critiques Louisiana Coastal Plan
  • Experts Focus on How to Rebuild Low-Income Housing
  • New Orleans Commission Beginning to Take Shape
  • Restoring New Orleans Takes Team Effort and Federal Help
  • AIA Co-hosts Louisiana Recovery & Rebuilding Conference
  • Louisiana Rebuilding Conference Calls for Unity on Goals and Plans
  • Claims That Illegal Immigrants Replaced U.S. Workers Refuted
  • Hope Survives after Katrina, Rita Forever Change Gulf Coast
  • Amid Piles of Rubble, Crane Crews Lift Spirits in New Orleans
  • On-and-off Davis-Bacon Rule Puzzles Some in Katrina-Land
  • City Turns from Rescue to Reconstruction
  • Reed Kroloff Appointed to New Orleans’ Rebuilding Commission
  • DHS Appoints New Leader for Reconstruction Effort
  • Mississippi Ends Floating Rule
  • Investigators Find Wilma Damage Passes Expectations
  • Better Communications, Roads Needed in Hurricanes
  • Florida Building Officials Commission Study of Panhandle Codes
  • LSU Stadium Project Races to Completion Despite Katrina
  • Bush Seeks to Shift $17 Billion for Gulf Coast Infrastructure
  • Gulf State DOTs Pare Highway Repair Estimates
  • Mississippi Begins Planning for New Infrastructure
  • Washington Waives the Rules for Repair Work Contracting
  • Wilma Pounds Florida, Cuba with Surprising Strength
  • Architecture Community Fights for Role in Rebuilding
  • Katrina and Rita Damage Figures Become Clearer
  • Expert Calls Delta Development Plan 'Nutty'
  • Bonus Awarded for Reopening Hurricane Damaged Bridge
  • Buffalo Quake Teams Piecing Together Katrina’s Clues
  • Mississippi Charrette Discusses How to Rebuild
  • National Academies to Probe New Orleans Levee Failures
  • Stronger Storms Expose Vulnerabilities in Flood Defenses
  • New Orleans Levee Repairs: Contracts, but No Work
  • Inquest Finds Signs of Soil Movement at Breach Sites
  • After the Disasters, Let's Not Hurt the Cleanup and Reconstruction Workers
  • Contractor Wins Big Bonus for Reopening Damaged Bridge Early
  • FEMA Cites Contractual Right to Rebid after $50,000 Paid
  • Congress Broadens Airport Grant Eligibility for Gulf States
  • Urbanists Invade the Gulf Coast Suburbs
  • Hurricanes Exposed Entergy Grid That Had Host of Problems
  • Transit Could Play Stronger Role in Emergencies
  • Rebuilding the Mississippi Gulf: Architects Respond
  • Hard-Hit Areas Face Tough Questions
  • Vendors Gain Leverage As Gulf Soaks up Supplies
  • Obstacles and Change Await Katrina Housing Contractors
  • Planners Gather To Discuss HowTo Best Rebuild Gulf Coast
  • Corps Says Restoring Levees Would Cost $1.6 Billion
  • Refinery Outages Prompt Moves for New Construction
  • For the Most Part, Texas Takes Rita’s Winds in Stride
  • Myriad Gulf Coast Investigations Are in Need of a Coordinator
  • Experts Eager to Analyze Levees
  • Baton Rouge Seeks Help for Its Boom Town Woes
  • Teams Begin to Survey Damage Throughout Gulf
  • Katrina Exacts Heavy Toll on Gulf Architectural Legacy
  • Despite Cost Worries, More Relief Funds
  • Lake Pontchartrain’s Twin-span Repairs to Resume
  • Katrina Keeps Inflation Roaring
  • Environmental Catastrophe Feared in New Orleans Flood
  • Louisiana Senators Propose $250-Billion Reconstruction Package
  • Levee Damage Spells Long-Term Risks
  • Feds and States Unveil Plan to Rid Area of Waste Piles
  • Owner Joins Design-Build Team in Australian System
  • New Orleans Drainage Effort Paying Off, Corps Says
  • Its Population Doubled, Baton Rouge Forced to Adjust
  • New Storm Possibly Headed for New Orleans
  • FEMA Providing Temporary Housing to Hurricane Victims
  • Railroads Battered by Katrina Are Being Fixed
  • New Orleans Architecture Firms Set Up Shop Elsewhere
  • Washington Begins Drafting Legislation to Help Save Historic Properties
  • Architects Weigh In on Rebuilding
  • Louisiana Awards $31-Million Contract to Fix Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
  • Corps Lends a Hand to Repair Mississippi Coast's Demolished Infrastructure
  • FEMA Chief Brown Replaced as Head of Hurricane Response
  • Mineta Estimates $2 Billion to $2.5 Billion Needed for Road and Bridge Repairs
  • Implications of Hurricane Katrina for U.S. Construction
  • Corps: More Pump Stations Working
  • Debating Flood Control Raises Urban Rebuilding Questions
  • Strategy for Seven World Trade Center Exceeds Expectations
  • Flooded Buildings Are Powerless Against Mold Growth
  • City's Pumping Stations Won’t Be Dry for a Month
  • Utilities Overcome Devastation to Turn On the Lights
  • Some Repairs Under Way for Roads, Ports and Airport
  • Comprehensive Regional Plan Needed for Reconstruction
  • From Vicksburg War Room to Front Lines in New Orleans, the Fight Goes On
  • Sturdy Flood Defenses Shield U.K., Netherlands
  • For Vicksburg Commander, a Full Plate
  • Police Kill at Least Five in Shootout Near New Orleans Job Site
  • Draining New Orleans Easier Said Than Done
  • Katrina Has Devastating Impact on Architecture
  • Canal Closure Works Proceed, Pump Stations Are Next
  • New Orleans Airport Faces at Least $40 Million in Damages
  • Diesel Fuel ‘Holiday’ Sparks Confusion
  • New Orleans Water System's Recovery May Take a Year
  • Congress Rushes to Approve $10.5 Billion in Hurricane Relief
  • Canal Closure Works Proceed, Pump Stations Are Next
  • Reports From Hurricane-Damaged Shipping Ports Begin Trickling In
  • Katrina May Clean Out Construction Suppliers
  • Corps Plugging Some Gaps in Floodwall System, Opening Others
  • Highways and State Roads Washed Away by Katrina
  • Lack of Lifting Slings Slows Levee Repair As Water Levels Drop
  • US Pipeline Group Says Gas Flowing, Damage Seen As Minor So Far
  • Katrina's Longer-Term Legacy Could Be Energy Glut: Analyst
  • Swamped City Faces Reality as Levees Fail
  • Katrina Slams Gulf Coast
  • Superdome Roof Peels Back Under Katrina's Lash
  • Katrina Collapses Miami Overpass under Construction
  • With Better Hurricane Forecasting Comes Better Damage Predictions
  • Emily pounds Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
  • Dennis Not Much of a Menace in Florida Panhandle
  • Escambia Bridge in Hurricane Path Again
  • FAA Releases Funds for Hurricane-Damaged Airports
  • Emergency Housing Rises in Storm Season's Wake
  • Hurricanes Put Damper on Rebounding Bonding, Insurance Markets
  • Firms Dig In to Clean Up Damaged Florida Hospitals
  • Lawmakers Clear $57.6 Billion for Hurricane Relief, DOD Construction, Homeland Security
  • House Approves $11-Billion Hurricane Relief Bill
  • New Cement Substitute May Stand Up to Hurricane Winds
  • Deadly Hurricane Trio Whips Up New Debate
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  • Bush Seeks $7 Billion More in Disaster Aid
  • Bush Requests Added $3.1 Billion for Hurricane Relief
  • Congress Approves, Bush Signs $2 Billion in Aid for Florida Hurricane Recovery
  • Corps of Engineers Flexes Emergency Response Muscle
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