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Environment

EPA Outlines Plan to Speed Lead Pipe Removals

December 16, 2021

Agency will allow a Trump-era rule to take effect but also will propose new steps to clarify actions and boost funding to meet Biden goal of replacing 100% of nation’s lead service pipes.

Energy Construction

$6.2B Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Gains Key State Approval

Mary B. Powers

December 16, 2021

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Virginia narrowly OKs controversial water crossing permit in a 107-mile portion of the 373-mile route also in West Virginia and North Carolina, but two federal approvals remain

Construction Risk

Unusually Warm December Windstorm Wallops Midwest Infrastructure

Construction sites were shut down from Missouri to Nebraska due to crane risk

Jim Parsons

December 16, 2021

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Unusually warm air led to a rare December windstorm across a wide region on Dec. 15. Construction sites were closed and power was interrupted for hundreds of thousands.

A body of flowing water is shown in the foreground. Behind it is a strip of green trees and a road with two cars

Corps Pulls Support for Massive Mississippi Valley Pumps Project

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

December 16, 2021

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The project would have provided the last piece of the Yazoo Backwater Project, which was first authorized in 1941.

Safety and Health

Construction Fatalities Decrease but Fatal-Injury Rate Climbs

Tom Ichniowski

December 16, 2021

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Industry's workplace fatalities dip 5% in 2020, but fatality rate is up to 10.2 per 100,000 workers from 9.7.

The Infrastructure Act Rollout

FHWA Announces 22% Boost in Core Highway Funding From IIJA

Update: Lack of Full-Year Highway Obligation Cap Raises Concerns

Tom Ichniowski

December 15, 2021

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Fiscal 2022 apportionments for formula programs total $52.5 billion, the highest in decades.

Clean Energy Construction

GM Ramps Up To Expand Billions in US Battery and Supply Chain Production

Mary B. Powers

December 14, 2021

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Lansing, Mich., approved new tax breaks to attract a $2.5B announced factory, while other key facilities are under way in Ohio, Tennessee and elsewhere as part of a $35B U.S. electric vehicle investment by 2025.

Legal

Vermont Contractor to Pay $638K to Settle Federal False-Claims Charges

Tom Ichniowski

December 14, 2021

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Allegations deal with federal-aid bridge contracts in the state.

Companies

Advanced Nuclear Power Developer NuScale Strikes Deal To Go Public

Debra K. Rubin

December 14, 2021

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The firm is valued at $1.9B in link with NASDAQ-traded investor, but Fluor stays a majority stakeholder and exclusive engineer-builder of planned small reactors for global clients.

Transit Construction

Bechtel Gains Role on $8.5B Toronto Rail, But Major Contracts Still Loom

Scott Van Voorhis

December 13, 2021

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Contractor is tapped as "delivery partner" for 9.7-mile rapid transit line, but officials are vague as to when two major construction contracts will be awarded next year, and a third bid.