Scott Van Voorhis

UPDATE: US, State Courts Say Disputed $2.6B Minnesota Pipeline Fix Can Continue

February 4, 2021

Judges reject halt to Enbridge oil pipe replacement while suits to stop the Canada-supported project are weighed and opponents seek Biden intervention; but new Keystone-XL project battle emerges

Big Mass. Natural Gas Compressor Opponents Could Get New Chance To Shut It Down

Federal regulators say they erred in not holding a public hearing on Weymouth project, lynchpin to a U.S.-to-Canada pipeline

Scott Van Voorhis

February 4, 2021

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Opponents of $100M Weymouth facility on Boston’s South Shore are making last-ditch push to FERC as agency takes new look at project impacts.

Canada, UK Governments Boost Mega-Battery Storage Projects

Scott Van Voorhis

February 1, 2021

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Ontario 250MW facility, Canada's largest, could get federal infrastructure bank investment, while U.K. regulators approved record-size lithium-ion storage project in November.

Construction Risk Management

Will Insurance Cover Risks Revealed By The Pandemic?

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Scott Van Voorhis

January 27, 2021

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The effort to deal with unfamiliar pandemic perils and to finance future risks begins.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh Is Tapped as U.S. Labor Secretary

Scott Van Voorhis

January 7, 2021

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Labor union leaders hailed selection of the former construction union exec, as Biden aims to fulfill his promise of being a pro-labor president.

Industry Groups Worry Massachusetts Climate Bill Could Derail Development

Legislation would slash emissions by 50% of 1990 levels by the end of this decade

Scott Van Voorhis

January 6, 2021

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A provision in the newly passed NextGen Roadmap bill would enable individual cities, towns and suburbs to mandate tough, net-zero-energy building codes that could hurt construction and development at a time when the economy remains shaky, developers say.

Boston Construction Bands With Health Care to Fight COVID-19

A testing, tracing and treatment initiative targets tens of thousands of workers across city

Scott Van Voorhis

December 22, 2020

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Union leaders, industry executives and international experts team to stop virus spread in city's booming construction sector.

Boston First to Embrace Obama-Era Zoning Rules

Development association backs plan to incorporate fair-housing review for residential projects

Scott Van Voorhis

December 21, 2020

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Boston has become the first major city in the country that will incorporate Obama-era, federal anti-discrimination rules into the process of reviewing major new apartment and condo projects.