Legal Hensel Phelps Agrees to Pay $2.8M to Settle False Claims Case James Leggate May 16, 2022 No Comments The large construction firm was accused of making false claims about a subcontractor on a government project.Read More
Infrastructure Financing Los Angeles Wastewater Tunnel Project Receives $441M EPA Loan James Leggate May 12, 2022 No Comments The clearwater project calls for construction of a 7-mile-long tunnel to prevent sewage from overflowing into waterways.Read More
Public Projects No Bidders Submit for $210M St. Louis Convention Center Phase Two Only one bidder bid on the first phase of the pandemic-delayed public project James Leggate May 12, 2022 No Comments The only bid for the first phase of the expansion project was about $48 million higher than officials expected.Read More
Contracts $624M Design-Build Contract Marks Alabama's First Step to Fix Problem Prisons James Leggate May 11, 2022 No Comments Alabama plans to spend $1.3 billion building and renovating state prisons. Read More
Roads and Bridges Kiewit, Skanska Among Firms Vying for $250M Washington State DOT Project James Leggate May 10, 2022 No Comments Seven design-build teams responded to a Washington Dept. of Transportation RFQ.Read More
Power GE Renewables Leads $650M Upgrade of Huge Dam in South America Firm heads global consortium that wins 14-year modernization contract for Itaipu James Leggate May 10, 2022 No Comments Team wins Itaipu 14-year modernization contract for 650-ft-high hydro project on Brazil-Paraguay border, second-largest in the world.Read More
Health Care New York Picks Gilbane-Turner Joint Venture for $750M Health Laboratory James Leggate May 6, 2022 No Comments State officials want to consolidate the Dept. of Health Wadsworth Laboratory into one location.Read More
Legal Court Orders Corps to Halt $80M Everglades Job After Bidder's Protest James Leggate May 5, 2022 No Comments US judge agreed that agency failed to properly evaluate bid of Thalle Construction, a unit of giant heavy civil contractor Tully Group, in a big canal project award last year to Phillips & Jordan.Read More
Water Feds Plan Unprecedented Drought Response for Colorado River Reservoir Lake Powell has dropped to its lowest level since it was first filled James Leggate May 5, 2022 No Comments Bureau of Reclamation will release additional water to Lake Powell and hold back more water in the reservoir.Read More
Codes and Standards Washington First State to Require Electric Heat Pumps Construction interests oppose change to state's energy code James Leggate May 3, 2022 3 Comments Advocates say the move will reduce carbon emissions from commercial buildings.Read More