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Manufacturing

Toyota Will Build $1.3B Battery Plant in North Carolina, Its First in the US

December 7, 2021

Investment will support Japan-based giant's 14 North American auto plants and comes as electric utilities push expansion of EV charging infrastructure

US Army personnel look at a wall of pictures colored by Afghan children at an evacuee processing facility near Philadelphia

Military Projects

Corps Takes on Unusual Mission in Afghan Evacuee Operation

Baltimore, Philadelphia districts prepared space at nearby facilities for thousands with tight deadline

James Leggate

December 5, 2021

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The Army Corps of Engineers supported Operation Allies Welcome by preparing space at east coast facilities to handle thousands under a tight deadline.

Federal Contracting

US Energy Dept. Awards Latest Nuclear Complex Megacontract

Mary B. Powers

December 1, 2021

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Fluor-led team gains performance-based award to manage construction and operations at DOE Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Texas-based Pantex complexes valued at up to $2.8B annually for a possible 10 years.

Infrastructure

Industry Groups Seek US COVID-19 Aid for Projects Slowed by Supply Chain

James Leggate

November 30, 2021

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AGC, ARTBA, AASHTO and others want the US Treasury Dept. to clarify use of American Rescue Plan spending.

Environment

Hampton Roads, Va., $2B Clean Water Upgrade Gains From Data

US Justice Dept. modifies consent decree in federal court filing

Pam McFarland

November 29, 2021

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Measuring projected outcomes reduces amount of work originally mandated under a 2010 consent decree to reduce nutrient pollution into the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

A sign posted on a pole centered among a green field, trees and power lines reads "No CMP Corridor"

Clean Energy Construction

$1B Maine Hydropower Project Halted After Governor’s Plea

Johanna Knapschaefer

November 23, 2021

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Utility stops construction following Nov. 2 voter rejection of the transmission corridor, but awaits a court ruling to enjoin the vote. A state agency on Nov. 23 suspended a project environmental permit that also halts work.

Court Punts on AECOM Former Unit Whistleblower Suit

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

November 22, 2021

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Appellate judges said lower court must reconsider whether former employee's fraud claims on $1.9B Army contract were 'material' under the US False Claims Act against the unit, which was sold in 2020.

Energy Projects

$4B Advanced Nuclear Power Plant Set for Former Wyo. Coal Site

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

November 20, 2021

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Bechtel will lead EPC work on a 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for Bill Gates-founded firm TerraPower; Southern Co. also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho.