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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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Marty Walsh - Labor Secretary

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh Is Tapped as U.S. Labor Secretary

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Scott Van Voorhis
January 7, 2021
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Labor union leaders hailed selection of the former construction union exec, as Biden aims to fulfill his promise of being a pro-labor president.
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Mass Climate Bill

Industry Groups Worry Massachusetts Climate Bill Could Derail Development

Legislation would slash emissions by 50% of 1990 levels by the end of this decade
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Scott Van Voorhis
January 6, 2021
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A provision in the newly passed NextGen Roadmap bill would enable individual cities, towns and suburbs to mandate tough, net-zero-energy building codes that could hurt construction and development at a time when the economy remains shaky, developers say.
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Boston COVID Zoom

Boston Construction Bands With Health Care to Fight COVID-19

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

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Boston Skyline

Boston First to Embrace Obama-Era Zoning Rules

Development association backs plan to incorporate fair-housing review for residential projects
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Scott Van Voorhis
December 21, 2020
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Boston has become the first major city in the country that will incorporate Obama-era, federal anti-discrimination rules into the process of reviewing major new apartment and condo projects.


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Pandemic Finance

How Some Companies Boosted Their Finances Under a Little-Used Federal Program

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Scott Van Voorhis
December 13, 2020
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Overshadowed by PPP rescue loans, the smaller Main Street loan program ends Dec. 31.
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Newton/Needham

MassDOT Overhauling Congested Boston-Area Corridor

Crews start $31.1-million job to rework congested suburban roadways
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Scott Van Voorhis
December 9, 2020
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Crews kicked off a $31.1-million revamp of one of Greater Boston's most congested, pedestrian-unfriendly suburban roadways.


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TransMountain oil line

Canada Energy Demand Decline Outlook Stirs Project Debates

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Scott Van Voorhis
December 9, 2020
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Officials grapple with climate change push but pipelines move forward


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Pilgrim Monument

Rare Inclined Elevator Is Nearly Complete at Pilgrim Monument

Provincetown, Mass., project will ferry visitors up 85 ft to monument entrance
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Scott Van Voorhis
November 25, 2020
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The Bradford Access Project, set to finish next spring in Provincetown, Mass., will create added entrance to historic site where access has been long restricted by geography.


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Public Works

Dilemma Over Competing Ideas Pushes Back Start of Big Boston Highway Project

The $1.3-billion realignment of Boston's Mass Pike could be delayed by more than a year
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Scott Van Voorhis
November 20, 2020
One Comment

An agonizing civic decision must be made over whether to rebuild in the air or at grade.


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Coronavirus & Construction

Canada Construction Shows Post-COVID Resurgence, But Not Everywhere

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Scott Van Voorhis
November 18, 2020
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Ontario and Quebec infrastructure work leads the country in activity, says Procore statistics, while Alberta and British Columbia recovery is slowed by changes in energy-sector economics.


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