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Infrastructure Act

DOT Launches $1B IIJA Program to Reconnect Neighborhoods

Aim is to undo harm from highways and rail lines that cut off residential areas

June 30, 2022

The Reconnecting Communities pilot program has about $200M per year in grants, and will announce the first round of awards in early 2023.

Safety & Health

OSHA Seeks Input for Proposed Revision of Lead Standard

An updated rule would address more recent data on the harmful effects of lead exposure

James Leggate

June 28, 2022

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Construction remains one of the most common fields where workers are exposed to lead.

Federal Budget

House Appropriators Call For FY23 Hikes in Many Construction Programs

Tom Ichniowski

Pam McFarland

June 27, 2022

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Committee seeks boosts for GSA buildings, EPA water projects, military construction and overall Corps civil works programs.

Workplace

Unions Offer $200K Reward in Noose Incident at Big Federal Project

Building trades call the incident an 'act of intimidation'

Emell D. Adolphus

June 22, 2022

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FBI is investigating noose found at DOE Y-12 site's $6.5B uranium processing facility project in Tennessee, managed by Bechtel-led team.

Legal

High Court Nixes Expanded Workers' Comp at Hanford Cleanup Site

Pam McFarland

June 21, 2022

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US Supreme Court justices rule that 2018 Washington state law allowing more federal and federal contractor employees to claim benefits related to cleanup work at US Energy Dept nuclear site violates the US Constitution.

Ethics & Corruption

Illinois Excavation Firm Worker Convicted in $280K Fraud Scheme

Employee arranged kickbacks with local highway commissioner

Annemarie Mannion

June 15, 2022

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Employee arranged kickbacks with local highway commissioner

Design Issues

Ill. Law Grants Sign-Off Privileges to Interior Designers

Not all architects favor letting interior designers stamp and seal plans

Annemarie Mannion

June 14, 2022

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Interior designers receive limited stamp and seal privileges under new Illinois law.

Bridge Construction

Street Collapses Near $4.4B Gordie Howe International Bridge

Border project is on track for late 2024 completion

Annemarie Mannion

June 14, 2022

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Partial road collapse on major Canada-U.S. border crossing project did not stop construction.

Building information modeling

Cloud Engineering Simulator OnScale Purchased By Ansys

Jeff Yoders

June 10, 2022

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Engineering simulation and finite element analysis technology firm Ansys has purchased OnScale, a cloud engineering simulation service that was developed within the Thornton Tomasetti Weidlinger Innovation accelerator.

Labor, Asset Management Among Topics at APTA Rail Conference

Aileen Cho

June 10, 2022

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While still jubilant about the unprecedented amount of federal funding for transit, rail advocates also are concerned about the shortage of workers, the need to better manage project risks and the ability to implement mandated asset-management plans for their infrastructure and vehicles.