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Safety and Health

Highway Work-Zone Safety Survey Shows Worrisome Trends

AGC-HCSS survey: 7% of firms had a worker fatality on roadwork site

Tom Ichniowski

May 25, 2022

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More than 60% of respondents say accidents occurred at their firms' highway jobsites.

Waste Remediation

Jacobs Faces $3B Damage Liability in Coal-Ash Worker Suits, Court Says

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

May 20, 2022

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Firm's status as former TVA contractor extends no immunity for claimed illnesses caused by site cleanup work, judge said; Jacobs also announces new cleanup support contract at Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

Workforce and Leadership

Women Cite Infrastructure Law, Energy Transition as Key Career Growth Catalysts

May 19, 2022

To boost women's career tracks as industry sectors grow, attendees shared creative approaches at ENR's Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference, held earlier this month.

Transportation

AECOM, Skanska, Obayashi Picked for $1.4B Utah Railroad Project

James Leggate

May 18, 2022

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The planned Uinta Basin Railway will connect a mineral-rich region to the national rail network.

Companies

Auditing Giant KPMG Fined $18M Linked to Carillion Bankruptcy

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

May 17, 2022

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UK levies penalty for firm's misleading regulators into the quality of its financial audit of British contractor before its unexpected collapse under huge debt in 2018.

A large red crane lifts a gray rectangular slab with workers wearing yellow vests below, a cloudy sky in the background

Federal Contracts

DOE Cancels Disputed $28B Nuke Site Award to Fluor-Amentum

Mary B. Powers

May 17, 2022

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After a bid protest, the megacontract to operate the giant Y-12 and Pantex waste sites will be rescoped and split, but Energy Dept. provides no rebid schedule. Bechtel will remain manager of both sites for at least two years.

Advanced Manufacturing

Georgia Gains Two EV Plant Investments Totaling $10.5B

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

May 15, 2022

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Hyundai confirms on May 20 an electric vehicle plant valued at $5.5B to be built outside of Savannah, with startup Rivian planning a $5B EV pickup truck factory near Atlanta.

Lawsuits

Possible Funding Sources for the $997M Champlain Towers Settlement

Richard Korman

May 12, 2022

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Many claims by victims and families were expanded to blame construction work on a neighboring building.

Expert Flint Witness Testimony Draws Fire

May 11, 2022

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The ethics and standard-of-care witness in the negligence trial of two engineering firms connected to the 2015 Flint, Mich., water crisis said in three days of testimony that both firms failed to act to stop or limit the public danger despite having the knowledge and obligation to alert higher government authorities.

A rendering of “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Corretta Scott King.

Memorials

Team of Firms Works to Bring Boston MLK Memorial to Fruition

Contractors, designers and a foundry are working to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day

Scott Van Voorhis

May 11, 2022

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Construction recently started on “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, with firms set to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day.