James Leggate is an online news editor at ENR. He has reported on a variety of issues for more than 10 years and his work has contributed to several regional Associated Press Media Editors and Murrow award wins.
The team behind China’s first malt whiskey distillery overcame challenges posed by the 32-acre site’s remote location and COVID-19 to build a manufacturing facility and visitor center that aims to be the center of a nascent local tourism industry.
The U.S. Energy Dept. proposed a rule that would impact new and renovated federal buildings, while a first-time federal building performance standard would be applied to existing buildings.
Intel Corp. is progressing on a $12.6-billion project to expand its 360-acre Leixlip, Ireland, campus with a new semiconductor chip manufacturing plant known as a “fab,” and has announced plans to further expand its European Union manufacturing capability.
Investment includes purchase of existing building adjacent to Brooklyn, N.Y., facility new build and renovations, and enlarged faculty and research funding.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district hired PowerSecure Inc. in 2017 via a sole source time-and-materials contract for power grid repair and restoration in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, but the government says the firm improperly withheld pricing data.
Innovation QNS plan calls for construction of 3,190 residential units, with 45% affordable housing, plus retail and entertainment space and a park with a performance venue.
