Big Canada Natural Gas Project Rejects Alternate Route Scott Van Voorhis February 19, 2020 One Comment Native tribes, activists claim $4.5B Coastal GasLink threatens sensitive B.C. sites and block national rail lines in protest of developer stance.Read More
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 No Comments Ministry of Public Works will pay Korean contractor and partners a portion of $300 million in cost overruns.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
Infrastructure & Politics Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum Doug Puppel February 17, 2020 No Comments Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Steyer made bipartisan pitches to boost attention to biggest US needs.Read More
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 No Comments 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.Read More
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.Read More
Delayed Fed OK of Big US Offshore Wind Farm Puts Power Start Date at Risk Mary B. Powers February 16, 2020 No Comments Massachusetts politicians cite Trump interference in late award of project EIS, even as power costs are shown to drop further.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More