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Texas & Louisiana On The Scene: August 2021

July 27, 2021

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Reports from key industry events across the Texas and Louisiana region.

Can Clean Energy Provide Well Paying Construction Jobs?

Sen. Joe Manchin and advocates push for infrastructure funds

Pam McFarland

July 27, 2021

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The energy bill is expected to be rolled into the larger $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill package.

Labor, Materials, Nature Complicate I-30 Widening

Arkansas highway expansion overcomes a time-consuming triple culvert, weak soils, supplier slowdowns and even endangered mussels

David M. Brown

July 27, 2021

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The 5.4-mile Interstate 30 project in central Arkansas widens the highway to six lanes from four, a $187-million undertaking that’s part of the 36 projects approved by voters back in 2012.

Digging Deeper | Flood Control

Golf Course Turned Into Storm Retention System Saves Homes

Storm retention and green space project is on time and within budget despite pandemic and community-related challenges

Eva Fedderly

July 27, 2021

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When developers attempted to convert a 200-acre defunct golf course in Houston into a commercial development, various groups coalesced with another idea.

Firms of the Year

Swinerton Makes the Most of Milestone Year

ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Contractor of the Year powers forward, growing through pandemic-related challenges

Jim Parsons

July 27, 2021

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ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Contractor of the Year powers forward, growing through pandemic-related challenges while also marking its 25th anniversary.

Improving Markets Spur Worker and Material Shortages

Louise Poirier

July 26, 2021

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The challenges of 2020 forced contractors to be nimble, and now regional firms are seeing signs of a promising remainder of 2021.

Infrastructure Funding

Canada Government Boosts Fast Transit Line for Eastern Cities

Scott Van Voorhis

July 26, 2021

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Feds plan fall RFP for dedicated high-frequency passenger line connection between Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa, with 2030 completion projected.

Construction Workforce

DOL Proposes Rule Setting $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Contractor groups say regulation would have little impact on construction.

Tom Ichniowski

July 23, 2021

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Proposal would implement Biden executive order signed in April.

LA's Hyperion Treatment Plant Clog Will Take Months to Repair

Erica Berardi

July 22, 2021

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Concern grows over "toxic air contaminants" released at city's mega wastewater plant, says the South Coast Air Quality Management District, after 17 million gal of untreated sewage was dumped into the Pacific when the system clogged.