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US DOT Seeks Proposals for $1B in Airport Terminal Grants, $450M for Ports

Tom Ichniowski

February 23, 2022

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Airport terminal grant funding is just year one of five-year $5B program.

Workforce

ABC Says Infrastructure Act Will Worsen Industry's Labor Crunch

Pam McFarland

February 23, 2022

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New Associated Builders and Contractors model shows industry this year will need nearly 650,000 additional workers above normal hiring pace to meet demand for labor.

Construction Economics for February 28, 2022

February 23, 2022

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Legal

UPDATE: Feds Want Court Ruling By March 15 to Restore Social Cost of Carbon Metric

Mary B. Powers

February 22, 2022

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In appeals court filing, Justice Dept. says Louisiana judge's Feb. 14 injunction of metric is "illogical, unreasonable, and unlawful," and has halted work on oil and gas permits, NEPA reviews and rulemaking.

Nigeria to Get Over $280K in Settlement of Foster Wheeler Bribery Probe

Tom Ichniowski

February 22, 2022

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Funds will go for Nigerian infrastructure projects.

Sustainable Design

Tools Gaining Industry Traction to Manage Building Carbon Emissions

Peter Reina

February 20, 2022

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UK and Finnish technologies provide designers quicker reads of embodied carbon impacts of their structural and materials choices. "We've been waiting for [something like this] for as long as I've been in the industry," says one engineering firm manager.

Clean Energy Construction

Feds Roll Out $12.1B in Infra Funding for Carbon Capture Tech, Pipelines

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

February 20, 2022

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White House seeks comment by March 18 on approaches to extract CO2 from sources and from the air, with $2B for new pipelines. Capture projects have strong critics, but DOE also funds $4M of planned Rio Tinto-Talon Metals nickel mine demo project in Minnesota.

Energy

Enbridge to Issue RFPs for $500M Straits of Mackinac Oil-Gas Tunnel

Replacement for Line 5 pipeline could start construction as early as 2024

Annemarie Mannion

February 17, 2022

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Replacement for aging Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac could start construction by 2024.

Federal Funding

UPDATE: Near Deadline, Biden Signs Stopgap Bill, Avoiding Government Shutdown

Measure gives appropriators more time to draft an omnibus package

Tom Ichniowski

February 17, 2022

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New bill still doesn't release full IIJA highway and transit funding.

Energy Construction

Bechtel Set for April Construction Start on $25B Louisiana LNG

But gas projects now are likely to get added scrutiny in a tighter FERC approval policy adopted Feb. 17 in a 3-2 vote.

Debra K. Rubin

February 17, 2022

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Contractor will begin full construction on Driftwood complex in Louisiana under a $15.5-billion fixed-price contract, but gas projects now are set for added federal scrutiny in a tighter FERC approval policy adopted Feb. 17 in a 3-2 vote.

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US DOT Seeks Proposals for $1B in Airport Terminal Grants, $450M for Ports

ABC Says Infrastructure Act Will Worsen Industry's Labor Crunch

Construction Economics for February 28, 2022

UPDATE: Feds Want Court Ruling By March 15 to Restore Social Cost of Carbon Metric

Nigeria to Get Over $280K in Settlement of Foster Wheeler Bribery Probe

Tools Gaining Industry Traction to Manage Building Carbon Emissions

Feds Roll Out $12.1B in Infra Funding for Carbon Capture Tech, Pipelines

Enbridge to Issue RFPs for $500M Straits of Mackinac Oil-Gas Tunnel

UPDATE: Near Deadline, Biden Signs Stopgap Bill, Avoiding Government Shutdown

Bechtel Set for April Construction Start on $25B Louisiana LNG

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