Newark Speeds $120M Lead Water Line Replacement Tom Stabile April 1, 2020 No Comments NJ city's 30-month effort to pull 18,000 tainted pipes is halfway complete, officials say.Read More
U.S. Jobsites Now Face Array of State COVID-19 Restrictions ENR Editors April 1, 2020 No Comments With need to curb virus spread and protect workers and residents, governors and mayors from New York to California enact tougher rules, and shut down projects.Read More
Wave of Field Hospitals Deployed Across the U.S. State and local authorities join Army Corps to convert space to relieve hospitals battling COVID-19 Bruce Buckley March 30, 2020 No Comments State and local authorities join Army Corps to convert space to relieve hospitals battling COVID-19.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction Federal Government Issues Guidance to Clarify Areas of ‘Essential’ Work Mary B. Powers March 30, 2020 U.S. Dept of Homeland Security document states need to reduce confusion and ambiguity among state and local officials.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction Corps Leaders Explain Strategy for Rapid Hospital Response Janice L. Tuchman Tom Ichniowski March 28, 2020 3 Comments Corps chief, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, spoke with ENR at New York City's Javits Center about the challenges of setting up temporary space.Read More
UK Offers COVID-19 Financial Cushion to Firms, Workers Peter Reina March 27, 2020 No Comments Government delays tax payments and offers corporate loans and small business cash grants while extending employee stipends to self-employed workers.Read More
D.C. Federal Judge Rejects Corps Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Mary B. Powers March 26, 2020 No Comments Judge orders agency to do new environmental review in case brought by tribe, but did not order a halt to current operation.Read More
Germany Eases COVID-19 Restrictions for Public Infrastructure Projects Michael Dumiak March 25, 2020 No Comments Directive follows industry groups' plea to blunt national financial impact; government may pump in more than $810 billion to shore up German economy.Read More
In Reversal, Energy Projects Join Virus-Sidelined Construction in Pa. Jim Parsons March 24, 2020 No Comments Governor now deems Mariner 2 gas pipeline "non-life-sustaining," ordering work stopped under statewide COVID-19 construction halt.Read More
Airport Projects Denver Airport Negotiates Final Payment with P3 Team It Fired Last Year Mark Shaw March 23, 2020 Denver will pay the public-private partnership team an additional $55 million to end its work on the airport's Great Hall renovation.Read More