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Jobsite Fatalities

UPDATE: Laborer Jamie Fitzgerald, Killed in Dec. 9 Ohio Plant Collapse, is Recovered on Jan. 9

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

December 21, 2020

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At power plant demolition site where Fitzgerald and another worker died, contractor Adamo Group also imploded a 900-ft stack it says posed a site hazard.

Materials

Milwaukee's 25-Story Ascent Stacks Up as Tall Timber Role Model

Fire officials accept the unprecedented use of the sustainable material in a 284-ft-tall wood and concrete frame

Nadine M. Post

December 16, 2020

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Milwaukee forges a developer-friendly permitting path for construction of a 284-ft-tall timber and concrete tower

Building Materials

Chicago’s Union Station Tower Uses First 80-ksi Steel Sections in the US

Jeff Yoders

December 3, 2020

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MKA specifies new ArcelorMittal steel products to create larger upper-level spaces in the 51-story tower and deal with site issues near Chicago Union Station.

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing's Grand Rapids, Mich., fill and finish facility.

COVID-19 and Construction

Vaccine Focus Brings Aseptic Manufacturing, EPC Firms into Limelight

With shell nearly complete, contractor worked past COVID-19 obstacles to finish Michigan vaccine plant

Jeff Yoders

November 24, 2020

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U.S. production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines nearing approval for Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are delivered by EPC contractors. But supply chain availability has been a tricky process.

Infrastructure

5-Year, $3.7-Billion Chicago Capital Projects Plan Clears Finance Committee, Headed for Council Vote

If approved, the plan would authorize $1.4 billion in new borrowing for road, sewer and water work

Annemarie Mannion

November 20, 2020

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The city of Chicago's new five-year capital plan calls for road, sewer and Lake Michigan and Chicago river work, but requires $1.4 billion in new borrowing for the first two years alone.

Prosecutions

Former ComEd CEO, Lobbyist Indicted in Illinois Bribes-for-Rate-Increase Scheme

Jeff Yoders

November 19, 2020

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Prosecutors also name two other lobbyists, charging the executives with multiple counts of bribery and conspiracy; defendants' attorneys claim their clients are innocent.