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Construction Disputes

Survey: Contract Term Flare-Ups Continue to Plague Construction

Compromise, collaboration and cool heads will avert many conflicts

Richard Korman

June 3, 2020

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Bad relationships do the most damage, annual survey finds.

Ray LaHood Terminal at Peoria International Airport

Legal

Illinois Contractor Williams Brothers Settles False-Claims Case With Justice Dept.

Firm was accused of using subcontractors that were not really disadvantaged businesses on airport project

Jeff Yoders

June 3, 2020

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The contractor agreed to settle with the Justice Dept. by paying a $1 million settlement over claims it misrepresented its use of a disadvantaged business as a subcontractor on a terminal building project at Peoria International Airport project.

WSP Plans New Stock Offering, Reviving Speculation About Deal

Richard Korman

June 2, 2020

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Stock with a value of $437 million will be offered.

US Appeals Court Won't Allow Energy Projects to Use Key Fast-Track Permit

Mary B. Powers

June 1, 2020

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Judges deny Corps of Engineers emergency plea to 'stay' lower court's ban on use of NWP-12 permit for oil, gas pipelines.

Coronavirus and Construction

OSHA Updates Controversial COVID-19 Record-Keeping Guidance

Jim Parsons

May 29, 2020

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How will contractors know if an employee became infected at work?

Jacobs, Ex-AECOM Teams Protest Losing $13B DOE Nuke Award

Mary B. Powers

May 29, 2020

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Teams, including winner BWXT-Fluor, had vied for 10-year management and cleanup of the large Hanford, Wash., site underground waste tank complex.

Renewable Energy

Siemens Scores Big U.S. Play for New Record Wind Turbine

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

May 29, 2020

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Firm will build 14-MW units at Va. offshore site, but sets Sept. 28 energy unit IPO. U.S. tax credits expand on clean-power, carbon-capture projects.

Four-Firm Coalition Makes Open Call for New COVID-19 Safety Tech

Erica Berardi

May 28, 2020

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Black and Veatch, DPR, Haskell and McCarthy aim to share workable findings and new best practices with the industry at large.

NY Governor To 'Fast Track' Key NYC Projects to Boost Virus Recovery

Debra K. Rubin

May 27, 2020

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With NYC now set for June 8 reopening, push focuses on LaGuardia, Penn Station projects and power infrastructure, but no scope and schedule detail aired; Andrew Cuomo seeks federal fund boost.

Former NYC Subway Chief Will Take Over London Transport System

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

May 27, 2020

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Andy Byford, transit exec who boosted service but butted heads with NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now must lead UK city's rail and road network to COVID-19 recovery.