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C-Suite Gets Shakeup at Canada Infrastructure Bank

Scott Van Voorhis

Debra K. Rubin

April 15, 2020

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Pension fund ex-CEO Michael Sabia now chairs criticized project finance entity, with feds seeing role ahead in country's COVID-19 recovery.

Some Mass. Unions Remain At Odds With Gov. Over COVID-19 Construction Policy

Other union workers help open state's field hospitals

Scott Van Voorhis

Justin Rice

April 14, 2020

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Construction unions in Massachusetts remain at loggerheads with Gov. Charlie Baker as the state pushes back against calls for a statewide building moratorium amid the coronavirus crisis.

Ontario, Quebec Shut Projects, But Canada Keeps Most Construction Essential

Scott Van Voorhis

April 12, 2020

Labor, industry lobby governments to continue work with better hygiene and penalties for violators, but megaproject goes into lockdown.

Construction Accidents

Family of Worker Who Died in Fall Presses Lawsuit Against 3M Company

Liability is unclear in 2018 accident that involved a harness line cut on slab edge

Scott Van Voorhis

April 8, 2020

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Did a flaw in personal protective equipment doom ironworker in Seattle in 2018?

Thousands of Mass. Union Members Walk Off Jobs Due to COVID-19 Fears

Scott Van Voorhis

April 6, 2020

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More than 17,000 carpenters and painters stopped work on jobs across the state on Monday because of health and safety risks due to the pandemic, union leaders say.

Massachusetts Unions Call for Statewide Halt on Building Projects

Scott Van Voorhis

April 1, 2020

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In letter to Gov. Charlie Baker, building trades want all but emergency work stopped through April over COVID-19 concerns.

Work Halted at Boston Project Despite Loophole in Shutdown Order

Scott Van Voorhis

March 26, 2020

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Work had continued at Boston's Oro Seaport project despite the Boston ban on all construction because it was located on state-controlled land.

Boston Extends COVID-19 Construction Ban

Mayor says work could be halted 'indefinitely' to combat coronavirus spread

Scott Van Voorhis

March 25, 2020

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Boston extended its construction moratorium indefinitely on March 25 due to continuing COVID-19 outbreak issues.

Canada Provinces Are Not Shutting Projects, But Some Owners Scale Them Back

Scott Van Voorhis

March 20, 2020

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Officials don't want COVID-19 to sidetrack a key economic driver, but western megaproject sites are sending workers home. Confirmed cases rose on March 22 to 1,302 from 1,099 a day earlier.

Scott Van Voorhis

March 18, 2020

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Mega-investor cites rising nationwwide environmental protest but owners seek new money and will proceed.

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ENR

June 1, 2020

In an unprecedented collaboration, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, and floor-covering supplier Interface are showing their collective commitment to embodied carbon reduction by joining the board of Building Transparency.

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