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Scott Van Voorhis

Scott Van Voorhis

Scott Van Voorhis writes regularly for ENR about risk management, insurance, and the Canadian engineering, construction and infrastructure sectors. He launched his own freelance writing business in 2008 after nearly two decades as a reporter and business columnist for the Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal and The Eagle-Tribune.
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Canada Infrastructure

Vinci Will Build $580M Calgary Project To Avoid Epic Flood Repeat

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Scott Van Voorhis
May 24, 2022
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French contracting giant's water diversion scheme, one of Alberta's largest ever infrastructure projects, will prevent events such as the 2013 flood that caused more than $5B in damage and displaced 125,000 Calgary residents

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Development

Boston Developers Praise City's First Planning Czar

Arthur Jemison also takes over the embattled Boston Planning and Development Agency
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 24, 2022
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Arthur Jemison, Boston's first chief of planning, is also taking the reins of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.


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Transit Infrastructure

Equipment Cart Derailments Delay MBTA Tunnel Repairs

Mishaps come amid federal safety review
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 19, 2022
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MBTA Blue Line trains are running following a series of mishaps on an accelerated repair project.


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School Construction

Boston to Spend $2B to Revamp, Rebuild Deteriorating Schools

Green New Deal for public schools begins with 14 new buildings or major renovations
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 13, 2022
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Mayor Michelle Wu's "green new deal" for city public schools begins with focus on 14 buildings neeging replacement or buildings or major renovations


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Labor

Ontario Craft Strike Could Delay Hundreds of Projects Across Province

More than 25,000 union workers, mostly carpenters, have walked off the job this month
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May 13, 2022
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More than 25,000 union carpenters and other trades walked off jobsites across province in the largest wave of labor unrest since the late 1980s.


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Memorials

Team of Firms Works to Bring Boston MLK Memorial to Fruition

Contractors, designers and a foundry are working to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 11, 2022
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Construction recently started on “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, with firms set to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day.


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Design Firm of the Year

Small Architect, Mighty Projects

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Scott Van Voorhis
May 10, 2022
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GF55 designs affordable housing with abundant amenities as well as an array of other structures and entire residential communities.


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Safety & Health

Suffolk Stands Down After Consecutive Serious Boston Site Injuries

City's largest contractor voluntarily stops work in wake of two accidents in two days
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 6, 2022
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After two serious safety incidents in consecutive days, Boston area’s largest contractor voluntarily issued a safety stand down on projects ending May 6. 


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Developers Look to Triple Greater Boston Area Life Sciences Space

Outlook highlighted ACEC's first private market symposium on health care and life sciences sectors
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 5, 2022
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Outlook highlighted ACEC's first private market symposium April 29 on health care and biotech R&D and manufacturing sectors
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Safety

Boston Catwalk Collapse Injures Three Workers

Incident is the latest in a serious of construction accidents in the city
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Scott Van Voorhis
May 4, 2022
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The collapse of a catwalk in a defunct, 124-year-old power plant building in Boston injured three workers.


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