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James Leggate

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.

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Lawsuits

Wise Services Settles False Claims Act Suit Over MOX Project

James Leggate

November 21, 2022

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Subcontractor will pay more than $300,000 to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government with false invoices.

Manufacturing

Turner-Yates-Kokosing JV Wins $3.5B Honda EV Battery Plant Project

James Leggate

November 18, 2022

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Construction on the 40-GWh plant in Ohio is scheduled to start in early 2023.

Sports Villages

Plan Unveiled for $780M NYC Stadium Anchoring New Development Near CitiField

Affordable housing, school and more are part of building plan near baseball facility

James Leggate

November 17, 2022

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Major League Soccer team expects to move from Yankee Stadium to its own soccer stadium in Queens, N.Y. by 2027.

Transit

Bidders Sought for $3B Vancouver SkyTrain Rail Extension

James Leggate

November 16, 2022

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British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure issues RFQ for last of three contracts for the 10-mile transit project.

Renewable Energy

Four Solar Projects Settle $1.3M EPA Clean Water Construction Suit

James Leggate

November 15, 2022

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Projects totaling 500 MW in three states that resolved alleged federal permit and stormwater rule violations were built by Swinerton and a spinoff firm, which were not settlement parties but whose enforcement status EPA declined to confirm.

Legal

Suit Dropped Against AE Firms in Amazon Warehouse Collapse

James Leggate

November 15, 2022

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Six people were killed when a tornado hit the Edwardsville, Ill., Amazon fulfillment center in December 2021.

Construction Technology

Trimble Launches Hilti Tracking Integration, Microsoft Cloud Service

James Leggate

November 11, 2022

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IT firm shared its latest surveying robots and automated machinery at its Dimensions+ conference in Las Vegas, now set to be an annual event.

2022 Top Owners Sourcebook: Boosting Semiconductor Chip Production

James Leggate

November 9, 2022

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Computer chip manufacturers are responding to pandemic-driven supply chain hurdles—as well as to state government incentives and federal funding allocated by the CHIPS and Science Act signed by President Biden in August—with projects to build plants and boost their U.S.-based production.

Design

SOM-Selldorf Picked for Latest Hirshhorn Museum Upgrade

James Leggate

November 4, 2022

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The Smithsonian museum on the National Mall in Washington, originally designed by SOM in the 1970s, is undergoing a three-stage upgrade and expansion as visitor numbers grow.