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Infrastructure

Chile Nears Pact With Contractor in Bridge Scope-Change Dispute

Work to resume on $740-million Chacao Channel Bridge

Jim Parsons

February 18, 2020

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Ministry of Public Works will pay Korean contractor and partners a portion of $300 million in cost overruns.

Workforce Management

EMCOR CEO Cites Keys To Labor Success As 2019 Results Are Tallied

Another year of solid profits based partly on choosing and keeping craft workers happy

Richard Korman

February 17, 2020

No Comments

The specialty contractor and services giant soon will release revenue and earnings totals for the past year.

Foxconn Technology Group Wisconsin Fabrication Facility

Manufacturing

As Foxconn's Wisconsin Plant Nears Finish, Lawmakers Want Clarity

The project's Taiwan-based parent has not disclosed what it will produce

Jeff Yoders

February 17, 2020

5 Comments

State officials have not been told what the new facility will produce.

Infrastructure & Politics

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum

Doug Puppel

February 17, 2020

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Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Steyer made bipartisan pitches to boost attention to biggest US needs.

Transportation

Just Approved $3.8B Terminal Expansion Adds to JFK Airport Upgrade

Port Authority of NY/NJ also schedules $1.5B in road improvements

Jim Parsons

February 17, 2020

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Designed to consolidate Delta Airlines operations in a single terminal, the 50,000-sq-ft project will add 16 gates to the nearly 20-year-old facility.

Virginia Construction Fire Ruled Accidental

$48-million blaze started in a jobsite trash chute

Jim Parsons

February 17, 2020

No Comments

The fire also claimed a trailer, nearly 30 vehicles and multiple pieces of construction equipment.

Delayed Fed OK of Big US Offshore Wind Farm Puts Power Start Date at Risk

Mary B. Powers

February 16, 2020

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Massachusetts politicians cite Trump interference in late award of project EIS, even as power costs are shown to drop further.

Design-Build

Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract

Joint ventures vie for key component of major infrastructure program

Richard Korman

February 14, 2020

No Comments

Contract is another test for NY state and Metropolitan Transportation Authority new project delivery methods.

Buildings

$7B Tech Park Project in Chicago to Start Construction by Early 2021

Jeff Yoders

February 13, 2020

No Comments

Related Midwest says construction will begin by early 2021 on The 78, the developer's $7-billion, 62-acre megaproject in Chicago's South Loop.

Transit Projects

Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor

Mark Shaw

February 13, 2020

One Comment

Agency says Balfour Beatty-Graham team managing the $510-million project missed another completion deadline to transfer it for testing.

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Chile Nears Pact With Contractor in Bridge Scope-Change Dispute

EMCOR CEO Cites Keys To Labor Success As 2019 Results Are Tallied

As Foxconn's Wisconsin Plant Nears Finish, Lawmakers Want Clarity

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum

Just Approved $3.8B Terminal Expansion Adds to JFK Airport Upgrade

Virginia Construction Fire Ruled Accidental

Delayed Fed OK of Big US Offshore Wind Farm Puts Power Start Date at Risk

Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract

$7B Tech Park Project in Chicago to Start Construction by Early 2021

Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor

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