November 15, 2021

Check out the November 15, 2021 edition of ENR, featuring NASA's return to the moonwith the Artemis program, Top Owners Sourcebook, news and much more!

NASA Moon Launch Early Next Year Takes Infrastructure Innovations

Janice L. Tuchman

Jeff Yoders

November 10, 2021

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Preparations for the Artemis program, which will land the first woman and person of color on the moon, include upgrades to launch facilities and systems.

Technology

Launch Sequence Software is Ready for Blast-off

Jacobs' team wrote 5.5 million lines of code and coordinates with construction

Jeff Yoders

November 10, 2021

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When Artemis 1 takes off next year, there will be 90 people in the room on launch day. Two-thirds of them will be Jacobs engineers overseeing the launch sequence software they created.

KSC Director Janet Petro Reflects on Diversity

Janice L. Tuchman

November 10, 2021

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As NASA works on a mission to send the first woman and person of color to the moon, ENR Editor-in-Chief Janice Tuchman exchanged emails with Janet Petro, director of the Kennedy Space Center, to explore how diversity plays out in the agency itself.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of November 15, 2021

November 11, 2021

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Project news from Dodge Data & Analytics.

FHWA Awards PM Software Contract for FLH Projects to Aurigo

Jeff Rubenstone

November 10, 2021

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With a new wave of federal highway work expected to come with the passage of the federal infrastructure bill, the bidding and oversight of these jobs could get complicated.

Procore Acquires Workforce Management App LaborChart

Jeff Yoders

November 10, 2021

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Procore has acquired LaborChart, the Overland Park, Kansas-based developer of workforce management software for specialty contractors and self-performing general contractors.

Georgia Power Says Its Coal Ash Cleanup Tab Has Risen to $9 Billion

Mary B. Powers

November 1, 2021

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The utility has already spent $856 million on remediation and is moving on new cleanup projects, but court battle to stop it from passing costs to ratepayers will likely continue.

Workforce Dispute

Terminated Nuke Project Workers Seek New Ruling in Pay Suit Against Fluor

Mary B. Powers

November 2, 2021

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Appellate court is set to decide whether workers at abandoned VC Summer project in South Carolina are entitled to compensation for no notice of layoff.

Global Design Acquisition

Giant Stantec Will Buy Big Chunk of Consultant Cardno for $500M

Debra K. Rubin

October 27, 2021

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Global engineer intends to boost its environmental and public sector niches with proposed acquisition of the Queensland, Australia-based consultant's Asia and North America practices.

Transit Construction

Dragados-OHL Team Picked to Execute $2.2B Md. Purple Line Reboot

Jim Parsons

November 6, 2021

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Spain-based firms anticipate reaching commercial and financial close on contract for reconstituted P3 project completion in February, with full-scale construction set to begin soon after.

Methane Rule Would Cut Emissions 41M Tons by 2035, Says EPA

Corinne Grinapol

November 2, 2021

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EPA proposal is set to regulate existing oil and natural gas sector sources as well as new and modified ones; also, new DOT final rules now cover 400K miles of unregulated gas 'gathering' lines, and Interior Dept. is set to extend scrutiny of flaring.

Workplace Safety

OSHA Starts Heat Safety Rulemaking Process, Seeks Comments

James Leggate

October 27, 2021

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The heat hazard rulemaking initiative is part of a Biden administration push to protect workers and others from extreme heat.

COVID-19 and Construction

US Appeals Court Halts OSHA Vaccine Mandate, Unclear How Long

Debra K. Rubin

Jeff Yoders

November 6, 2021

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Government says OSHA enforcement is "unambiguous ... in addressing grave dangers to employees in the workplace," in rollout of COVID emergency temporary rule.

Construction Materials

US, European Union Reach Deal to Replace Trump-Era Steel Tariffs

James Leggate

November 1, 2021

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A new tariff-rate quota arrangement will only impose duties on steel and aluminum imports from the EU beyond amounts based on demand.

The November Vote

Election 2021: $1B New England Power Project Underway Rejected; Texas, Va. Pass Funding Measures

November 3, 2021

Project finance exec Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is Virginia governor-elect, while New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy squeaks to re-election; state Senate president Stephen Sweeney, an ironworkers' VP, concedes defeat and four big cities reject spending.

Clean Energy Construction

Feds Advance Offshore Wind Builds in Gulf and Off NC, Massachusetts

Debra K. Rubin

October 30, 2021

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Interior Dept. announced proposed leases in U.S. waters off of North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas; environmental review of 2-GW project south of Martha's Vineyard begins.

Investigations

Private Investigators for Champlain Towers South Failure Gain Access to Site

Nadine M. Post

November 3, 2021

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Four months after the tragic collapse of a wing of the 12-story Champlain Towers South residential condominium in Surfside, Fla., the Miami-Dade police gave private forensic investigators access to the site, but for measurements only.

Federal Contracts

DOE Awards Nearly $30B in 10-Year Nuclear Site Cleanup Contracts

Debra K. Rubin

October 28, 2021

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AECOM spinoff Amentum is part of BWXT-Fluor group awarded DOE Savannah River Site contract in South Carolina, and teams with Jacobs, Honeywell to manage $8.3B of work at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., complex.

Update

ENR to Audience: Let’s Connect!

Richard Korman

November 11, 2021

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As the world gradually reopens to more travel, ENR editors and writers are venturing out to see projects and attend industry events. This brings back the richness of in-person points of contact among the many ways we engage with our audience.

Defend GOP Supporters

Richard Korman

November 11, 2021

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When zero hour arrived in Washington, D.C., for the infrastructure and social spending packages that were once firmly tied together and now are only sort of tied together, a House vote was held on the infrastructure measure, and 13 Republicans voted for it. They now deserve support against withering criticism from within the GOP and from the Murdoch media empire’s Wall Street Journal and Fox News.

Construction Economics for November 15, 2021

November 11, 2021

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Manufacturing

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Charging Into the Future

Automakers building electric vehicle battery plants

James Leggate

November 10, 2021

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T he International Energy Agency projects that electric vehicles will account for more than 15% of U.S. car sales by 2030, and the number of publicly-available EV chargers will rise that year to more than 800,000, from 98,981 in 2020.

Petrochemical

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Renewable Gasoline

Energy firm builds natural gas to gasoline plant in Texas.

Louise Poirier

November 10, 2021

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Nacero Inc. has awarded to contractor Bechtel a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a natural gas-to-gasoline manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas.

Aviation

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Salt Lake City’s Second Act

Massive hub airport rebuild continues in Phase 2

Jim Parsons

November 10, 2021

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One year into phase 2 of its $4.1-billion, multifaceted makeover, Salt Lake City International Airport recently marked the topping out of Concourse A-East.

Georgia Power Vogtle unit nuclear powerplant

Electric & Gas

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Delays for Nuclear Units

Georgia Power pushes timeline back

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

November 10, 2021

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Citing continued construction challenges and the need for additional testing time, Georgia Power has pushed back by three months its timeline for the Vogtle units 3 and 4 nuclear powerplant expansion, the first new plant construction in years.

Roads & Bridges

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Crossing the Missouri

New bridge to support transcontinental traffic

Jim Parsons

November 10, 2021

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Construction is underway on a $240-million Missouri River crossing for I-70 near Rocheport, Mo.

Buildings & Developers

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: New LA Film Studio

The Hudson Pacific facility will be the first in two decades

Bruce Buckley

November 10, 2021

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Hudson Pacific Properties and Blackstone unveiled plans to develop the first large-scale purpose-built studio development in Los Angeles in more than two decades.

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Firms Rethink Future Strategy

Owners cautiously transition from finishing backlogs to building new long-term business.

Emell D. Adolphus

Jonathan Keller

November 10, 2021

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With another year of the coronavirus pandemic nearing its end, owners have mostly moved past reactionary plans for completing stalled projects and are now actively planning new ones. Looking ahead, how will fundamental changes to market sectors lead owners to potentially reconfigure business models?

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Cover Story

NASA Moon Launch Early Next Year Takes Infrastructure Innovations

Launch Sequence Software is Ready for Blast-off

KSC Director Janet Petro Reflects on Diversity

News

Pulse: Project News for the Week of November 15, 2021

FHWA Awards PM Software Contract for FLH Projects to Aurigo

Procore Acquires Workforce Management App LaborChart

Georgia Power Says Its Coal Ash Cleanup Tab Has Risen to $9 Billion

Terminated Nuke Project Workers Seek New Ruling in Pay Suit Against Fluor

Giant Stantec Will Buy Big Chunk of Consultant Cardno for $500M

Dragados-OHL Team Picked to Execute $2.2B Md. Purple Line Reboot

Methane Rule Would Cut Emissions 41M Tons by 2035, Says EPA

OSHA Starts Heat Safety Rulemaking Process, Seeks Comments

US Appeals Court Halts OSHA Vaccine Mandate, Unclear How Long

US, European Union Reach Deal to Replace Trump-Era Steel Tariffs

Election 2021: $1B New England Power Project Underway Rejected; Texas, Va. Pass Funding Measures

Feds Advance Offshore Wind Builds in Gulf and Off NC, Massachusetts

Private Investigators for Champlain Towers South Failure Gain Access to Site

DOE Awards Nearly $30B in 10-Year Nuclear Site Cleanup Contracts

ENR to Audience: Let’s Connect!

Departments

Defend GOP Supporters

Construction Economics

Construction Economics for November 15, 2021

Sourcebook

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Charging Into the Future

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Renewable Gasoline

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Salt Lake City’s Second Act

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Delays for Nuclear Units

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Crossing the Missouri

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: New LA Film Studio

2021 Top Owners Sourcebook: Firms Rethink Future Strategy

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