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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?

EPA Clears $196M WIFIA Loan for Calif. Wastewater Project

Tom Ichniowski

May 29, 2020

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Loan to Inland Empire Utilities Agency will cover about 45% of project's total cost.

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

One Comment

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

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.

Federal Contracts

What The New NASA Launch Could Mean For Jacobs and Other Contractors

A successful mission could keep contracts flowing out of agency’s ambitious programs

Richard Korman

May 27, 2020

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The space agency awards billions of dollars worth of contracts each year.

Modular ICU Units Placed Into Service in Maryland

A Second ICU Site is Being Completed

Bruce Buckley

May 26, 2020

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A new 7,000-sq-ft, 16-unit critical care facility was built from modular units designed by HGA and preassembled by The Boldt Co. at its Appleton, Wis., facility.

COVID-19 and Construction

Associated Builders and Contractors Files Suit Against Michigan Governor's Orders

Michigan ABC Lawsuit Alleges Reopening Opens Contractors Up to Fines, Prison Without Due Process

Jeff Yoders

May 26, 2020

One Comment

ABC of Greater Michigan lawsuit alleges that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D) construction opening executive orders eliminate due process and increase penalties for contractors without new laws being passed to do so.