A Brief Word... CONSTRUCTION • PUBLIC WORKS • NATURAL RESOURCES English Edition Volume 21 Number 3 March 2016 Forgive me for a bit of self-indulgence in this issue but, as I write this, I have learned some tragic news about a former colleague. PUBLISHER James Hankins, 85, was shot in the head on his front lawn. He worked Jean-François Villard
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