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Coronavirus Pandemic Coverage Archive

ENR's past coverage of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

ENR Editors

December 31, 2020

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ENR's past coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the industry, dating back to the beginning of 2020.

DOE Abruptly Cancels $13B Cleanup Award to BWXT-Fluor Team

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

December 31, 2020

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Agency will reprocure an expanded Hanford nuclear site mega-contract but offers scant detail on new value, scope, timeline or bidders; separately, site women settle $450K bias complaint

Construction Litigation

Big Mario Cuomo Bridge Consortium Targets Demolition Engineer in Lawsuit

Richard Korman

December 29, 2020

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Newest litigation by Fluor-led consortium on New York Hudson River crossing also seeks payment.

Portland, Maine's Green New Deal Worries Local Contractors

Stringent apprenticeship requirements take hold on Jan. 1

Johanna Knapschaefer

December 27, 2020

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Firms are concerned that new ballot initiative's mandates, which take effect Jan. 1, could threaten their eligibility for city public works.

Boston Construction Bands With Health Care to Fight COVID-19

A testing, tracing and treatment initiative targets tens of thousands of workers across city

Scott Van Voorhis

December 22, 2020

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Union leaders, industry executives and international experts team to stop virus spread in city's booming construction sector.

Jobsite Fatalities

UPDATE: Laborer Jamie Fitzgerald, Killed in Dec. 9 Ohio Plant Collapse, is Recovered on Jan. 9

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

December 21, 2020

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At power plant demolition site where Fitzgerald and another worker died, contractor Adamo Group also imploded a 900-ft stack it says posed a site hazard.