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This article reports on the request by U.S. President George W. Bush to Congress to help hurricane-battered Florida dean up and rebuild. In the Sept 14 request, $2 billion would go to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $457 million to the Small Business Administration and $150 million to the Housing and Urban Development Department. The Corps of Engineers would get $118 million to restore navigation channels or coastal areas and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would receive $126 million to repair Kennedy Space Center facilities and equipment.

Presents developments related to construction industry in the U.S. Amount that will be received by the National Park Service construction account in a fiscal 2004 spending bill; Rules issued by the Corps. of Engineers to help carry out the restoration of Florida's Everglades; Benefits of a policy proposed by the U.S. Environmental Agency for local governments.

Reports the action of AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trade Department on the union of carpenters to reaffiliate at levels during the meeting in Florida. Relationship between the carpenters and building trades; Doubts on the reaffiliation of the carpenters; Reasons for the withdrawal of carpenters from the organization.

Reports on bills pending with the United States Congress which affect the construction industry. Fiscal year 2001 appropriations; Water resources; Everglades restoration; Pipeline safety; Estate tax; China trade; School construction aid; Brownfields.

Reports on various developments related to the state and engineering industries as of July 3, 2000. Spate of amendments attached by Republican lawmakers to fiscal 2001 spending bills to block Clinton administration programs they disapprove of; Decision of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman Frank Murkowski to drop electric utility deregulation bill for 2000; Bill to restore Florida's Everglades.

Reports on the ruling by a Federal District Court in Florida that architects are liable for designing accessible buildings under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. Case against Florida Panthers' hockey arena in Broward County, Florida; Discrimination in failure to design access.