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Midwest On the Scene: November 2022

November 9, 2022

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Landmarks Preservation Council gives Preservation awards to 9 projects.

Nuclear Energy

Bank Invests $700M to Build Canada's First Small Nuclear Reactor

Mary B. Powers Scott Van Voorhis

November 4, 2022

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First 300-MW modular facility in Ontario, to be built at site of existing 3,500-MW nuclear plant, may cost billions; US power producer TVA also will use GE Hitachi BWRX-300 design in up to 20 SMRs.

An LNG train is shown bordering a brown waterway

Energy Construction

Texas Fire Marshal Details Cause of Blaze at Still Shut Freeport LNG Site

Mary B. Powers

November 3, 2022

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Major Texas gas export facility, closed since June, sticks to partial opening date this month but won't discuss status and scope of Kiewit repair work.

Construction Economics for November 7, 2022

November 2, 2022

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Construction Diversity

Will High Court Alter Affirmative Action in University Admissions?

Big companies, tech firms, STEM schools support race component to insure needed workforce diversity and skills; 18 state opponents and conservative court majority pose challenge

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

November 1, 2022

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Manufacturers, tech firms and other businesses, and STEM schools, support race component to insure workforce diversity and employee skills, but 18 state opponents and conservative court majority challenge

Legal

New Jersey Contractor Pays $400K to Settle False DBE Credit

James Leggate

November 1, 2022

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C. Abbonizio Contractors Inc. and its president agreed to settlement resolving alleged disadvantaged business enterprise subcontract claim on a state highway project.

Workforce

Effort Launched to Add 1 Million US Tradeswomen in Decade

Doug Puppel

Debra K. Rubin

November 1, 2022

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and others tell construction attendees at record turnout for Tradeswomen Build Nations conference that investment in women is critical to U.S. competitiveness.

The Spectrum Cos.’ Vantage South End project

Best Projects

ENR 2022 Southeast Best Projects: Innovation Fuels 2022’s Best Projects

ENR Southeast honors 32 projects that persevered amid mounting challenges.

Derek Lacey

October 31, 2022

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Innovation is the thread that connects ENR Southeast’s 2022 Regional Best Projects award winners, whether in solving specific problems with novel solutions, in building facilities not seen anywhere else or in navigating the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Projects Shine in the Southwest

Safety, sustainability honors awarded in addition to 12 main categories.

October 31, 2022

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ENR Southwest’s 2022 Best Projects competition drew 48 entries from across the three-state region of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

Best Projects

Best Project, Water/Environment: James E Quarles Plant 1 Replacement project

October 31, 2022

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Completing the $70.2-million replacement of the almost 70-year-old James E. Quarles Plant in Marietta, Ga., required careful coordination to keep water running

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Midwest On the Scene: November 2022

Bank Invests $700M to Build Canada's First Small Nuclear Reactor

Texas Fire Marshal Details Cause of Blaze at Still Shut Freeport LNG Site

Construction Economics for November 7, 2022

Will High Court Alter Affirmative Action in University Admissions?

New Jersey Contractor Pays $400K to Settle False DBE Credit

Effort Launched to Add 1 Million US Tradeswomen in Decade

ENR 2022 Southeast Best Projects: Innovation Fuels 2022’s Best Projects

Best Projects Shine in the Southwest

Best Project, Water/Environment: James E Quarles Plant 1 Replacement project

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