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Infrastructure

ASCE Gives Ohio Infrastructure a C-; Rail Gets High Marks While Levees, Roads, Transit Lag

The state's grades range from a B to a D across 16 categories

Jeff Yoders

February 11, 2021

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Ohio's infrastructure earns a C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

UPDATE: US, State Courts Say Disputed $2.6B Minnesota Pipeline Fix Can Continue

Scott Van Voorhis

February 4, 2021

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Judges reject halt to Enbridge oil pipe replacement while suits to stop the Canada-supported project are weighed and opponents seek Biden intervention; but new Keystone-XL project battle emerges

Construction Risk Management

Will Insurance Cover Risks Revealed By The Pandemic?

Richard Korman

Scott Van Voorhis

January 27, 2021

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The effort to deal with unfamiliar pandemic perils and to finance future risks begins.

TC Energy Stops Construction on Keystone Pipeline After Biden Pulls Permit

Mary B. Powers

January 20, 2021

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Unions react strongly to president's decisuib despite renewable-energy push they shared with owner TC Energy

Environment

Ex-Michigan Governor, 8 Other Officials Charged in Flint Water Scandal

Work on Line to Secondary Water Source Underway

Annemarie Mannion

January 14, 2021

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But cases against city consultants Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam and Veolia still are pending.

Water

STORM Law Creates Resilience Revolving Disaster Funds

Law signed by President Trump Gives FEMA Ability to Grant Money to States, Tribal Governments for Disaster Mitigation

Annemarie Mannion

January 7, 2021

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STORM Act becomes law, authorizing FEMA to grant money to states for resilience revolving loan funds but $200-million appropriation to fund it doesn't start until 2022.

Transportation

$3.1-Million Repair Wrapping Up on Fire-Damaged Cincinnati to Kentucky Bridge

The Brent Spence Bridge has been closed since Nov. 11 due to a fiery truck crash

Jim Parsons

December 21, 2020

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Kokosing nears end of six-week, expedited bridge repair of the main thoroughfare between Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.

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

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.

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ASCE Gives Ohio Infrastructure a C-; Rail Gets High Marks While Levees, Roads, Transit Lag

UPDATE: US, State Courts Say Disputed $2.6B Minnesota Pipeline Fix Can Continue

Will Insurance Cover Risks Revealed By The Pandemic?

TC Energy Stops Construction on Keystone Pipeline After Biden Pulls Permit

Ex-Michigan Governor, 8 Other Officials Charged in Flint Water Scandal

STORM Law Creates Resilience Revolving Disaster Funds

$3.1-Million Repair Wrapping Up on Fire-Damaged Cincinnati to Kentucky Bridge

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

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

Vaccine Focus Brings Aseptic Manufacturing, EPC Firms into Limelight

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