Articles by Scott Van Voorhis

Sole Woman in Room Now Leads by Example

March 8, 2021

Mary Jane O’Meara, HNTB vice president in Boston and national tolling group member, is an insightful leader and generous mentor

Safety

Worker Killed on Cambridge, Mass., Parking Garage Project

Another worker was critically injured in collapse of the stairwell they were working in

Scott Van Voorhis

March 3, 2021

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Another worker suffered serious chest and arm injuries in the collapse of a stairwell both were working in at a city-owned facility

Scott Van Voorhis

February 24, 2021

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced via Twitter that city officials had “immediately suspended Atlantic Coast Utilities’ only other permitted worksite in Boston.”

Canada Launches $15B Infra Spend Plan, Despite Bottlenecks in Old One

Scott Van Voorhis

February 10, 2021

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Trudeau government announces new 'permanent' transit fund to insure project certainty as national industry coailtion aims to boost funding flow

UPDATE: US, State Courts Say Disputed $2.6B Minnesota Pipeline Fix Can Continue

Scott Van Voorhis

February 4, 2021

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Judges reject halt to Enbridge oil pipe replacement while suits to stop the Canada-supported project are weighed and opponents seek Biden intervention; but new Keystone-XL project battle emerges

Big Mass. Natural Gas Compressor Opponents Could Get New Chance To Shut It Down

Federal regulators say they erred in not holding a public hearing on Weymouth project, lynchpin to a U.S.-to-Canada pipeline

Scott Van Voorhis

February 4, 2021

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Opponents of $100M Weymouth facility on Boston’s South Shore are making last-ditch push to FERC as agency takes new look at project impacts.

Canada, UK Governments Boost Mega-Battery Storage Projects

Scott Van Voorhis

February 1, 2021

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Ontario 250MW facility, Canada's largest, could get federal infrastructure bank investment, while U.K. regulators approved record-size lithium-ion storage project in November.

Construction Risk Management

Will Insurance Cover Risks Revealed By The Pandemic?

Richard Korman

Scott Van Voorhis

January 27, 2021

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The effort to deal with unfamiliar pandemic perils and to finance future risks begins.

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

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.

Industry Groups Worry Massachusetts Climate Bill Could Derail Development

Legislation would slash emissions by 50% of 1990 levels by the end of this decade

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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Ferrovial Consortium Wins $1.5B Project to Expand I-35 in San Antonio

Bechtel's Latest Revenue Decline Is Part of Familiar Up-and-Down Pattern

Developer's Novel Virus-killing Air Filter Ups Standard for Indoor Air Quality

Construction Unions Protest Amazon Projects in Massachusetts

UPDATE: Trade Secrets Pact Allows Resumed Work on $2.6B Ga. Battery Plant

Industry Jobs

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Events

May 4, 2021

Groundbreaking Women in Construction

GWIC is much more than just a conference—it serves as a catalyst that helps women expand their presence, influence and career success in an ever shifting industry—and to share, learn, challenge and inspire in their organizations. It also has grown into the leading talent development and networking event for construction industry professionals!

May 11, 2021

A Path to Recovery: Implementing Best Practice Controls & Service-Based Contract Models

Join our experts as they detail how construction companies can implement best practices to their projects to ensure they’re delivered on-time, on-budget and why offering facilities/service management contracts on the assets they build, can provide more stable and repeatable revenue streams.

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