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ENR COVID-19 and Construction Regional Updates

Special Report

State-by-State Coronavirus Construction Status Updates

ENR Editors

June 8, 2020

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Interactive map of the U.S. with up-to-date status of states' shelter-in-place orders and construction status.

Trump Order Waives Project Environment Rules to Push COVID-19 Recovery

June 5, 2020

"Emergency" directive to fast-track energy, transport and other infrastructure stimulus comes as EPA proposes to further diminish broader U.S. clean air rules benefits.

Feds Enter Whistleblower Suit Against AECOM Over Katrina Claim Overcharges

Mary B. Powers

June 5, 2020

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Firm defends work under FEMA 'supervision' in just unsealed case; former client settles for $12M, staff whistleblower collects $2.3M.

Coronavirus and Construction

Update: Trump Signs Bill Making More Changes in Paycheck Protection Program

Tom Ichniowski

June 5, 2020

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Newly enacted legislation eases payroll spending requirement, extends period for loan recipients to spend funds.

Construction Workforce

Construction Jobs Rebound in May, Recoup Half of Huge April Losses

Tom Ichniowski

June 5, 2020

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Industry adds 464,000 jobs last month after shedding 995,000 in April.

Federal Contracting

Okla. Firm To Pay $2.8M To Settle Alleged Set-Aside Contract Violations

Tom Ichniowski

June 4, 2020

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Ross Group Construction resolves charges that it set up, and controlled, firms that got set-aside contracts for which they weren't eligible.

Transportation

Maryland Advances Next Big P3 Project Even as Cost Dispute Stalls Existing One

Jim Parsons

June 3, 2020

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State reveals four bids for $9B-to-$11B Beltway project but offers no new detail on status of talks to restart shuttered $2B Purple Line rail.

Transportation Infrastructure

House Democrats Unveil $494-Billion Surface Transportation Bill

Tom Ichniowski

June 3, 2020

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Proposal unveiled by DeFazio is silent on how to pay for the $138-billion trust-fund infusion needed to fully fund it.

Successful SpaceX Launch Bodes Well For NASA Contractors

Richard Korman

June 3, 2020

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The May 30 NASA launch has been publicized as an extraordinary event—the first crewed mission to the International Space Station on a privately owned SpaceX spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.