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Scott Van Voorhis

Scott Van Voorhis writes regularly for ENR about risk management, insurance, and the Canadian engineering, construction and infrastructure sectors. He launched his own freelance writing business in 2008 after nearly two decades as a reporter and business columnist for the Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal and The Eagle-Tribune.

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ARTICLES

Canada Energy Demand Decline Outlook Stirs Project Debates

Scott Van Voorhis

December 9, 2020

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Officials grapple with climate change push but pipelines move forward

Rare Inclined Elevator Is Nearly Complete at Pilgrim Monument

Provincetown, Mass., project will ferry visitors up 85 ft to monument entrance

Scott Van Voorhis

November 25, 2020

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The Bradford Access Project, set to finish next spring in Provincetown, Mass., will create added entrance to historic site where access has been long restricted by geography.

Public Works

Dilemma Over Competing Ideas Pushes Back Start of Big Boston Highway Project

The $1.3-billion realignment of Boston's Mass Pike could be delayed by more than a year

Scott Van Voorhis

November 20, 2020

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An agonizing civic decision must be made over whether to rebuild in the air or at grade.

Coronavirus & Construction

Canada Construction Shows Post-COVID Resurgence, But Not Everywhere

Scott Van Voorhis

November 18, 2020

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Ontario and Quebec infrastructure work leads the country in activity, says Procore statistics, while Alberta and British Columbia recovery is slowed by changes in energy-sector economics.

Bribery Allegations Linked to Massachusetts Casino and New Hampshire Projects

Architecture firm owner and contractor exec paid thousands, one to win work on a defunct $1B casino and the other to have worker violations dropped

Scott Van Voorhis

November 18, 2020

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Architecture firm owner and contractor exec paid thousands, one to win work on a $1B casino and the other to have worker violations dropped

Investment Group Aims to Develop $3B Mexico-Canada Trade Corridor

Scott Van Voorhis

October 28, 2020

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Caxxor Group says it will unveil development players in January of a 4,300-mile-long rail trade route with a new port in Mazatlan, Mexico and a later facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Risk Management

Insurance Option Added for Counseling in Times of Stress

Scott Van Voorhis

October 28, 2020

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Insurance coverage for mental health counseling can now be added to workers' compensation.

Work Resumes on COVID-Delayed Boston Tower

Relaunch comes after developer secures $775-million construction loan

Scott Van Voorhis

October 23, 2020

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Construction restart on one of the Boston skyline's tallest buildings follows several months in which Winthrop Center’s future hung in the balance.

Coronavirus & Construction

Pa. Audit Pans Gov. Tom Wolf's COVID-19 Waiver Program

Final audit expected to be completed soon

Scott Van Voorhis

October 18, 2020

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Pennsylvania contractors are pushing for greater clarity and consistency in how state officials handle COVID-19 lockdown measures in the wake of a highly critical audit report.