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Describes the Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Maryland. Estimated cost of the stadium; Contractor for the project; Geological problems faced during the construction of the stadium; Precast concrete stadium risers used; Number of crew employed in the construction project; Conventional formwork used in the corners of the stadium.

Reports the denial of Federal Highway Administration on union-supported project labor agreement in the Maryland. Assessment of options and opinions; Issues on project labor agreements on federally funded construction work; Services for anti-labor construction industry.

Reports the implosion of seven obsolete towers at the Naval Radio Transmission Facility near Annapolis, Maryland. Challenges faced in dropping the guyed towers; Comments from Robert D. Price, senior tower engineer in the Navy's office of chief engineer.

Reports that the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission announces the closure of the sludge composting facility in Montgomery County, Maryland on May 1, 1999. Complaints against the facility; Capacity of the facility for sludge treatment.

Focuses on the degree of safety at construction sites in the United States highlighting a March 19, 1996 shooting incident at Clarke Construction site in Bethesda, Maryland. Accidental shooting of L.T. Fields by watchman Juan Perez; Comments from key persons; Possibility of the enactment of workplace violence standards.